People: March 1998

James R. Collins was named specialty products director for FMC Corporation.

West Ag Irrigation Products appointed Don Thompson as national sales manager.

Rain Bird hired Mitch Wood as the southeast district manager and Mark Hall as the specification manager for northern California.

Sherri Farrington was appointed to Sales Representative for Pan American Seed.

Craig Berlin and Bob Schottke were named new district sales managers for Hunter Industries. Berlin will handle south Texas and Schottke will over sales efforts in Arizona, New Mexico and west Texas.

Bozzuto Group promoted Ryan Early and Richard Schoenbeck to area managers to help oversee operations in Maryland and Virginia.

G&K Services announced the appointment of Jeffrey Hartman to marketing communication manager.

Stano Landscaping appointed John Sancomb as the firm’s landscape management and construction department sales representative.

Dave O’Connell joined Power Com 2000 responsible for the company’s sales to manufacturers in the outdoor power equipment industry.

Allied Signal named David White as district sales manager for Sulf-N 45 ammonuim sulfate fertilizer.

Valley crest named Richard Brutig branch manager for the Los Angeles and Las Vegas offices of Valley Crest.

Stihl Southeast outdoor power equipment named Bob Noble, Jr. as the president/GM. Other changes were: Ward Brooks promoted to executive vice president/sales; Jeff Taylor promoted to vice president/dealer training; Tony Betros named communications manager; Missy Rose named assistant to the president;

Drew Fosnight named manager for the region; Marty Johnson and Al Blount are the new associate sales representatives for Alabama and Georgia.

B.J. Bilas was named senior director of marketing for the Auxein Corporation.