In late November and early December, the SFMA membership voted for its 2021 leadership. The results were announced during the SFMA virtual conference at the Annual Meeting/Awards banquet on January 13. Nine members were elected to the board, two board members are returning to fulfill the second year of their two-year terms, and 2021 President Nick McKenna, CSFM, made two appointments. One is to fill the Director At-Large Appointed position and the other is to fill the Parks and Rec Director position vacated by Brad Thedens, CSFM, when he ran for Secretary/Treasurer.
The 13-person board has representation from all voting categories of membership: schools k-12, parks and recreation, professional stadiums, academia, higher education and commercial. Those elected include:
President
Nick McKenna, CSFM, Asst. Athletic Field Maintenance Mgr., Texas A&M Athletics, College Station, TX
Immediate Past President
Jimmy Simpson, CSFM, Facilities Coordinator, Town of Cary, Cary, NC
President-Elect
James Bergdoll, CSFM, Director of Parks Maintenance, City of Chattanooga Public Works, Chattanooga, TN
Secretary/Treasurer
Sun Roesslein, CSFM, Sports Stadium Manager, North Area Athletic Complex – Jeffco Schools, Golden, CO
Vice President – Commercial
Jeremy Bohonko, Regional Manager, Ewing Irrigation and Landscape Supply, Charlotte, NC
Director – Schools K-12
Jeremy Driscoll, Grounds Supervisor, St. Mark’s High School, Wilmington, DE
Director – Professional Facilities
Nicole Sherry, Head Groundskeeper, Baltimore Orioles, Baltimore, MD
Director – Commercial
Paula Sliefert, Sr. Marketing Manager, The Toro Company, Bloomington, MN
Director – At Large Elected
Scott Thompson, CSFM, Superintendent of Sports Fields and Grounds, Duke University, Durham, NC
During the SFMA Annual Meeting, President McKenna made the following appointments that included appointing Brad Thedens back to Director – Parks and Recreation to finish out the term.
Director – At Large Appointed
Alpha Jones, CSFM, Director of Field Operations, Fayetteville Woodpeckers, Fayetteville, NC
Director – Parks and Recreation
Brad Thedens, CSFM, Park Caretaker, City of Sioux Falls Park and Rec, Sioux Falls, SD
Two board members are serving the second year of their two-year term and were not up for election. They are:
Director – Higher Education
Clark Cox, CSFM, University of South Carolina, Columbia, SC
Director – Academic
Adam Thoms, Ph.D., Assistant Professor, Iowa State University, Ames, IA
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