Don Karnes, Dave Slott Leave TruGreen; Sutton Promoted to COO

Two long-time TruGreen employees leave the company in pursuit of other interests.

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DOWNERS GROVE, Ill. -- The ServiceMaster Co. today announced that Dennis Sutton is being promoted to chief operating officer and interim president of TruGreen-ChemLawn in place of Don Karnes, former TruGreen Cos. president, and David Slott, former president and COO of TruGreen-ChemLawn. Karnes and Slott announced that they will be leaving the company to pursue other opportunities.

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Dave Slott, former president and COO of TruGreen ChemLawn. Photo: File

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Don Karnes, former president, The TruGreen Cos. Photo: File

Sutton was previously senior vice president of the company. He and Robert Fates, president of TruGreen LandCare, will now report directly to Jonathan Ward, chairman and chief executive officer of ServiceMaster.

The author is managing editor of Lawn & Landscape magazine and can be reached at nwisniewski@gie.net.
 

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