ONLA Board of Directors

The Ohio Nursery & Landscape Association (ONLA) board of driectors is elected each January at the Annual Business Meeting during the Central Environmental Nursery Trade Show (CENTS) in Columbus, Ohio.

The ONLA Board of Directors is made up of 11 board members, comprised of nine voting members and two non-voting members. The non-voting directors are the ONLA executive director and the member of the faculty of The Ohio State University, Department of Horticulture and Crop Science, who holds the responsibility for the program planning for the Nursery Short Course Program.

The ONLA Nominating Committee elects the board members from among Ohio's green industry professionals who are among the officers or managerial personnel of ONLA active members. These elected members serve for a term of two years.  

Board of Directors

Dick Posey President Buckeye Resources, Inc. richardrposey@aol.com Tel.: (937) 462-8346 Dick Posey was elected to position of Ohio Nursery and Landscape Association (ONLA) President at the Annual Business ... [Read more]

Jay Daley President-Elect Sunleaf Nursery, LLP jay@sunleaf.com Tel.: (440) 428-4108 ... [Read more]

Andy Doesburg Immediate Past President Thornton Landscape adoesburg@thorntonlandscape.com Tel.: (513) 683-8100 Andrew Doesburg is the Ohio Nursery & Landscape Association immediate past president and has diligently served th... [Read more]

Tim Clark BOARD MEMBER H. J. Benken Florist & Greenhouse tclark@benkens.com Tel.: (513) 891-1040 Tim Clark, H. J. Benken Florist & Greenhouses, Inc., Silverton, Ohio, was elected to serve on the ONLA Board of D... [Read more]

Mike Dues BOARD MEMBER Dues Nursery & Landscape mikedues@duesnursery.com Tel.: (419) 586-1290 Mike Dues is from Celina, Ohio and has over 22 years of experience in the Green Industry. He began his family-owned b... [Read more]

Mark Gilson BOARD MEMBER Gilson Gardens mark@gilsongardens.biz Tel.: (440) 259-4845 Mark Gilson is President of Gilson Gardens, Inc., a third-generation nursery and garden center in Perry, Ohio.  ... [Read more]

Andy Harding BOARD MEMBER Herman Losely & Son, Inc. andy@losely.com Tel.: (440) 259-2725 Andy Harding has worked in the Green Industry since 1970 when he started at a garden center in England. He earned a d... [Read more]

Dr. Hannah Mathers BOARD MEMBER The Ohio State University mathers.7@osu.edu Tel.: (614) 247-6195 Hannah Mathers is a native of Exeter, Ontario, Canada and works as an associate professor at The Ohio State Universit... [Read more]

David Richards BOARD MEMBER Auburn Career Center sridgefarm@adelphia.net Tel.: (800) 544-9750 David Richards has been involved with the Ohio Nursery and Landscape Association for over 25 years through his variou... [Read more]

Lisa Ungers BOARD MEMBER Roemer Nursery, Inc. ungerslisa@yahoo.com Tel.: (440) 428-5178 Lisa is the vice president and general manager of Roemer Nursery, Inc. and she is involved in all aspects of its grow... [Read more]