Personnel Update: DuPont, Syngenta, Target

DuPont Professional Products names Mark Coffelt global development manager

DuPont Professional Products today announced Mark Coffelt has been named to the position of global development manager.

Coffelt joins the Professional Products team to lead global-development efforts across the pest management, lawncare and golf industries. He brings more than 20 years of experience in research and development in the specialty chemical market. Coffelt's responsibilities will include managing the technical group and leading the new product development process for all professional product markets across the United States and overseas.

"Mark is a tremendous addition to the Professional Products team," says Mike McDermott, global business leader, DuPont Professional Products. "He will have an immediate effect as we continue to develop new products and further innovation to our customers around the world."

Syngenta Hires New Sales Representative for Eastern Seaboard

Mark Merrick has joined Syngenta Professional Products as a field sales representative for the turf and ornamental team. Merrick will serve customers in Maryland.

Merrick comes to Syngenta from Growing Solutions Inc. in Whitemarsh, Md., where he served more than 200 customers in the mid-Atlantic region. He also has nearly 20 years of experience as a golf course superintendent, including 19 years at The Elkridge Club, a private facility in Baltimore that attracted more than 25,000 rounds annually during his tenure. Merrick is a member of the Golf Course Superintendents Association of America, the Mid- Atlantic Golf Course Superintendents Association, and the Maryland Turfgrass Council. He also is founder and president of the Baltimore Turfgrass Group.

“I have extensive knowledge of and years of experience with Syngenta products in the turf market,” Merrick says. “I look forward to serving the many Syngenta customers in my region, and helping them utilize Syngenta products and services to create superior conditions at their facilities.”
  
Target Expands Turf Team in southern California

Stephen Whitley is Target’s newest account representative for the golf, sports turf and landscape market in southern California. His territory includes Los Angeles and Orange counties. 

Whitley graduated from the University of Massachusetts Amherst with Bachelor of Science in Business Management. He also holds an Associate’s degree in plant & soil sciences from the University of Massachusetts’ Stockbridge School of Agriculture.
 
Before joining Target, Whitley was a service manager for Turflinks Environmental Services, a provider of professional turf management services to the golf, sports turf and landscape industry. He was also an assistant superintendent at The International Golf Club in Bolton, Mass.