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Contact: Sherry MacDonald
Phone: (703) 736-9666
E-mail: sherrymacdonald@landcarenetwork.org

For Immediate Release

PLANET ANNOUNCES NEWLY CERTIFIED CANDIDATES

HERNDON, Va., April 7, 2008 — An important part of the mission of the Professional Landcare Network (PLANET) is to promote the professional advancement of its members. One means to achieve that goal is through a certification program that tests individuals against a national standard created by PLANET.

Certified Landscape Professional (CLP)
To achieve the CLP designation, a candidate must master a body of material on all aspects of operating a green industry business. The four-hour exam is divided into seven sections: Risk, Law, and Contracts; Human Resources; Production/Operation and Horticulture; Marketing; Leadership; Strategic Planning; and Corporate Financial Management. PLANET congratulates:

James E. Burke, CLP, CLT, The Bruce Company of Wisconsin, Middleton, WI
Rick Cuddihe, CLP, Husqvarna, Prospect, KY
Robert Da Rocha, CLP, BJ’s Nursery & Landscaping, Inc., Rehoboth, MA
Gordon Denmark, CLP, Henkel Denmark, Lexington, KY
Louis R. Foster, II, CLP, CLT, COLP, CTP-CSL, Columbus State Community College, Columbus, OH
Brian Frank, CLP, Milieu Design, LLC, Wheeling, IL
Jeffrey Gilsinn, CLP, Embassy Landscape Group, River Side, MO
Zachary S. Johnson, CLP, Colorado State University, Fort Collins, CO
Allen Moot, CLP, CLT, American Civil Constructors, Littleton, CO
James Moses, CLP, CLT, Hermes Landscaping, Inc., Lenexa, KS
David Nabong, CLP, Flamingo Landscape, Inc., Crystal Lake, IL
Josh Nichols, CLP, CLT, BRICKMAN, Columbus, OH
J. Ben Nowak, CLP, Mount Vernon, IL
Jim Pranger, CLP, CLT, Teufel Nursery, Inc., Portland, OR
Noe Robles, CLP, CLT, ValleyCrest Landscape, Clarksburg, MD
Bob Rogers, CLP, Heaviland Enterprises, Inc., Vista, CA
Mark Roscoe, CLP, Plant Guys Lawn & Landscape, King William, VA
James Smallwood, CLP, Landtech Contractors, Inc., Aurora, CO
J. Drake Snodgrass, CLP, Drake’s 7 Dees, Inc., Portland, OR
Jennifer Spencer, CLP, Landscape Concepts Management, Inc., Aurora, IL
Jeff Svilarich, CLP, Red Oak Landscaping, Overland Park, KS
Antonio Valenzuela, CLP, CLT, Mariposa Horticultural Enterprises, Inc., Irwindale, CA

Certified Landscape Technician-Exterior (CLT-E)
The CLT-Exterior exam is a day-long event that tests the candidate’s ability to properly use equipment, demonstrate an understanding of handling plants and related materials, and pass written general comprehension tests — all done under the pressure of strict time frames. The candidate selects a specialty area (Maintenance, Installation, or Irrigation) and is judged on the skills and knowledge needed to perform tasks in that specialty. State associations are licensed by PLANET to administer the test. PLANET congratulates the following newly certified exterior landscape technicians:

Juan Acevedo, CLT (Maintenance), Redwood City, CA
Juan Alvarado, CLT (Irrigation), Irwindale, CA
Joseph A. Alvetro, CLT (Installation), Falls Creek, PA
Rafael Anguiano, CLT (Irrigation), Reno, NV
Alex Barnsbee, CLT (Irrigation), Colorado Springs, CO
Jaime Berger, CLT (Irrigation), Spring Creek, NV
Jason Boyer, CLT (Installation), Petersburg, PA
Jose Bustamante, CLT (Maintenance), Stanford, CA
Samuel Bustos, CLT (Maintenance), Menlo Park, CA
John Campbell, CLT (Maintenance), Richmond, IL
J. Mario Castro, CLT (Irrigation), Reno, NV
Kenneth A. Charron, CLT (Maintenance), Colorado Springs, CO
Joe Chiera, CLT (Installation), Barberton, OH
Michael T. Clemmer, CLT (Maintenance), Hatfield, PA
Bill Coisman, CLT (Maintenance), Westminster, CO
Bill Collins, Jr., CLT (Installation), Novelty, OH
John Connolly, CLT (Maintenance), Colorado Springs, CO
Ronald L. Cox, CLT (Irrigation), Portola, CA
Benjamin Crawford, CLT (Maintenance), Novelty, OH
Norberto Cruz, CLT (Maintenance), Vista, CA
Joshua Dake, CLT (Maintenance), San Marcos, CA
Curtis Depner, CLT (Maintenance), Richmond, IL
Brandon De Young, CLT (Maintenance), San Marcos, CA
Matt Dickinson, CLT (Maintenance), Hayward, CA
Doug Dixon, CLT (Maintenance), San Rafael, CA
Marc Donaleski, CLT (Installation), Kansas City, MO
James Duff, CLT (Maintenance), Dayton, OH
Todd Duncan, CLT (Installation), Chagrin Falls, OH
William Dysert, CLT (Installation), Chardon, OH
Sean Elliott, CLT (Irrigation), Fernley, NV
Steven Ernst, CLT (Maintenance), Columbus, OH
Jose Escanuela, CLT (Maintenance), Stanford, CA
Pablo Esteva, CLT (Maintenance), Irwindale, CA
Michael Fellow, CLT (Maintenance), Mount Prospect, IL
S. Patrick Ferrell, CLT (Irrigation), Wickliffe, OH
Miguel Flores, CLT (Maintenance), Cupertino, CA
Dustin Forsythe, CLT (Maintenance), Albany, OH
F. Troy Friar, CLT (Maintenance), Denver, CO
Joe Galloy, CLT (Installation), Vernon Hills, IL
Donna Garcia, CLT (Irrigation), Reno, NV
Juan Garcia, CLT (Installation), Chicago, IL
Karin Gardner, CLT (Installation), Springfield, OR
Daniel Gazzano, CLT (Maintenance), Stanford, CA
Matt Gilson, CLT (Installation), Novelty, OH
Don Goff, CLT (Maintenance), Chagrin Falls, OH
Josh Golden, CLT (Maintenance), Richland, WA
Rafael Gonzales, CLT (Maintenance), San Diego, CA
Victor Gonzales, CLT (Maintenance), Chula Vista, CA
Joshua Gorman, CLT (Maintenance), Boulder, CO
Carlos Gutierrez, CLT (Maintenance), Sacramento, CA
Juan Gutierrez, CLT (Installation), Waterford, MI
Christopher Hardwick, CLT (Maintenance), Colorado Springs, CO
Lucas Heil, CLT (Maintenance), Longmont, CO
Brian Huffhines, CLT (Maintenance), Lake Forest, IL
Duffy Hutchins, CLT (Installation), Crested Butte, CO
Miguel Jimenez, CLT (Maintenance), Centerville, OH
Medel Junco, CLT (Installation), New Haven, CT
Ted Kelley, CLT (Maintenance), Glastonbury, CT
Julie Kiddoo, CLT (Maintenance), Vail, CO
Ryan Knauss, CLT (Maintenance), Poway, CA
Matthew Knutson, CLT (Irrigation), Greeley, CO
Benjamin Krugh, CLT (Maintenance), Delaware, OH
Salvador Ledezma, CLT (Irrigation), Healdsburg, CA
Geraldo Lemus, CLT (Maintenance), Lemon Grove, CA
Neil Lind, CLT (Maintenance), Rockford, IL
Jose Lopez, CLT (Maintenance), New Milford, CT
Juan Lopez, CLT (Maintenance), New Haven, CT
Alejandro Luna Trujillo, CLT (Irrigation), Colorado Springs, CO
Jose Macias, CLT (Maintenance), Windsor, CA
Timothy P. Malone, CLT (Installation), Shillington, PA
Michael McGill, CLT (Maintenance), Eric, CO
Will McInnes, CLT (Installation), Nashville, TN
Jeff McIntosh, CLT (Installation), Spring Grove, IL
David Mendez, CLT (Maintenance), Carlsbad, CA
Silvestre Mendoza, CLT (Maintenance), Cupertino, CA
Matt Messenger, CLT (Maintenance), Mundelein, IL
Jose Montoya Carrillo, CLT (Installation), Englewood, CO
David Moran, CLT (Maintenance), Vista, CA
Michelle Morrell, CLT (Maintenance), Bend, OR
Kermit Morris, CLT (Irrigation), Boise, ID
Hector Munguia, CLT (Maintenance), Stanford, CA
Glenn Murta, CLT (Maintenance), San Rafael, CA
Jesus Nieves, CLT (Maintenance), Vernon Hills, IL
Bjorn Nordquist, CLT (Installation), Portland, OR
Jose Orozco, CLT (Installation), Wilsonville, OR
Dan Parker, CLT (Maintenance), San Diego, CA
Nicolas A. Pascarella, Jr., CLT (Installation), Sewickley, PA
Jason Perry, CLT (Irrigation), Pleasant Hill, CA
Thomas Predmetsky, CLT (Irrigation), Chagrin Falls, OH
Sergio Quintana, CLT (Installation), Irwindale, CA
Francisco Quintero, CLT (Irrigation & Maintenance), Martinez, CA
Gabriel Ramirez, CLT (Maintenance), Vista, CA
John Ratto, CLT (Installation), Coram, NY
Mike Reed, CLT, (Maintenance), Mount Pleasant, SC
Anthony Reynoso, CLT (Maintenance), Fallbrook, CA
Tom Rieder, CLT (Maintenance), Columbus, OH
Gabe Robbins, CLT (Installation), Crested Butte, CO
Weston L. Roberts, CLT (Installation), Hermitage, PA
Manuel Rodriguez, CLT (Irrigation), Irwindale, CA
Salvador Ruiz-Aguilar, CLT (Irrigation), Reno, NV
James Clinton Rupp, CLT (Maintenance), Lancaster, PA
Stacy Salk, CLT (Maintenance), Enfield, CT
Tim Sanders, CLT (Maintenance), Poway, CA
George Schultz, CLT (Maintenance), Clayton, CA
Angel Sierra, CLT (Maintenance), Hillsboro, OR
Kirby M. Snyder, CLT (Installation), Lewisburg, PA
Robert Stidham, CLT (Irrigation), Dublin, OH
Brian Thieman, CLT (Maintenance), Indianapolis, IN
Michael Wade, CLT (Maintenance), Boulder, CO
Thomas L. Wambaugh, CLP, CLT (Installation and Maintenance), Reading, PA
Tina Watson, CLT (Irrigation), Reno, NV
Eric S. Weiser, CLT (Maintenance), Lancaster, PA
Brad Wood, CLT (Maintenance), Noblesville, IN
Talixo Yeppz, CLT (Irrigation), San Diego, CA

Certified Landscape Technician-Interior (CLT-Interior)
The candidate for this designation must pass a four-hour written test, covering such topics as pesticides, plant identification, safety, watering/sub-irrigation, pruning, fertilization, insects, disease, and customer relations. PLANET congratulates:

Kerri Agnew-Osborne, CLT, Metropolitan Community College, Plattsmouth, NE
Rebekah M. L. Gutha, CLT, Metropolitan Community College, Carter Lake, IA
Christina Koziol, CLT, Metropolitan Community College, Bellevue, NE
Charles Senack, CLT, Raimondi Horticultural Group, Inc., Ho-Ho-Kus, NJ
Jennifer Shuster, CLT, Metropolitan Community College, Omaha, NE
Karin Strong, CLT, Metropolitan Community College, Omaha, NE
Mariela Tuquero, CLT, Botanical Designs, Seattle, WA

Certified Ornamental Landscape Professional (COLP)
To become a Certified Ornamental Landscape Professional, individuals must pass two exams based on the material in the Principles of Landscape Tree & Shrub Maintenance. This course emphasizes plant physiology, woody ornamental identification, soils, plant establishment and fertilizers, plant health-care management, property maps, insect and disease identification, physiological or cultural problems, chemical injury, and pesticide safety. PLANET congratulates:

Tyler Debevec, COLP, Tongue Point Job Corps Center, Astoria, OR
Jason Eaton, CLP, CLT, COLP, Lawrence Landscape, Inc., Lawrence, KS
Elizabeth Gunn, COLP, Boulevard Gardens, Omaha, NE
Mollie Luze, COLP, Boulevard Gardens, Omaha, NE

Certified Turfgrass Professional-Cool Season Lawns (CTP-CSL)
The CTP-CSL designation is earned by passing two exams based on material in Management of Cool Season Lawns. The course builds a foundation for understanding lawn management in the northern United States. Study topics include establishment and renovation; fertilization and liming; mowing, thatch management, aeration, and irrigation; pest and weed management; diseases; identification and management of insect pests; and pesticides and pesticide safety. PLANET congratulates:

C. Mitchell Donizio, CTP-CSL, Swingle Tree Lawn & Landscape Care, Denver, CO
Craig LaBudde, CTP-CSL, Grants & Power Landscaping Co., West Chicago, IL
Matt Long, CTP-CSL, Oasis Turf and Tree, Loveland, OH
Ed Schuenemann, CTP-CSL, American Gardens, Inc., Elmhurst, IL
Todd Sieber, CTP-CSL, Elizabethtown College, Elizabethtown, PA
James Stump, CTP-CSL, Synatek, Souderton, PA
Mike Wheeler, CTP-CSL, Boreal Property Management, Moose, WY
Mike Wilson, CTP-CSL, Turf Care Enterprises, Barrington, IL
Josh Zaniboni, CTP-CSL, Superior Lawn & Shrub Service Corp., Plymouth, MA

Certified Turfgrass Professional (CTP)
To become a Certified Turfgrass Professional, individuals complete a self-study course of 14 lessons appropriate to all regions in the United States. This course emphasizes turfgrass growth, development and physiology, characterization, identification and adaptation, soils, fertilization, mowing, irrigation, insect, weed and disease identification, and pesticides. PLANET congratulates:

Antonio Marquez Alcantara, CTP, Cordoba, Spain
Andy Batcheller, CTP, Dunwoody, GA
Ryan Black, CTP, Merriam, KS
John Blatti, CTP, Joliet, IL
Kevern Philip Burger, CTP, Uitenhage, South Africa
Stephen Bush, CTP, Fayetteville, AR
Joseph Camosse, CTP, Leicester, MA
Armando Campos, CTP, Maitland, FL
R. Kenneth Capps, CTP, Macon, GA
Wai Chun Chui, CTP, Shek, Hong Kong
Spencer B. Colby, CTP, Lewes, DE
Nathan D. Dodd, CTP, Virginia Beach, VA
Cheryl Eberle, CTP, Danbury, CT
Jason Freeman, CTP, Fresno, CA
Chuck Green, CTP, Jacksonville, FL
John Guglielmi, CTP, Maitland, FL
James Kenneth Hensley, CTP, Locust Grove, GA
Luis Ibarra, CTP, Basinkoy, Instanbul, Turkey
Michael Johnson, CTP, Creedmoor, NC
Brian B. Mader, CTP, Saint Joseph, MN
Mike Martin, CTP, Little Rock, AR
Rick Melton, CTP, Memphis, TN
Daniel Nulton, CTP, Danbury, CT
Norbert O’Hare, CTP, Cincinnati, OH
Charles Patterson, CTP, Gypsum, CO
Jimmy Lee Plowman, CTP, Franklin, TN
John R. Robbins, CTP, Orem, UT
Guillermo Santiago Rodriguez, CTP, Ubeda, Spain
Jeff Rogers, CTP, Indianapolis, IN
Brian Schuler, CTP, Monument, CO
Brent Scroggins, CTP, Fresno, CA
Josh Selden, CTP, Danbury, CT
Jason Shanabarger, CTP, Cornelius, NC
Steven A. Sprague, CTP, Jacksonville, FL
Shane Wiman, CTP, Glenville, CT

For more information about PLANET’s certification programs, please contact the PLANET office at (800) 395-2522 or visit the PLANET Web site, LandcareNetwork.org.

PLANET is the association of members who create and maintain the QUALITY OF LIFE in communities across America. With more than 4,200 member companies and affiliates, these firms and their employees represent more than 100,000 green industry professionals.