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PGMS Celebrates Election of Greg Nichols as President

Greg Nichols of Bryn Mawr College in Bryn Mawr, Pa. was elected and installed as the new president of the Professional Grounds Management Society (PGMS) during the Society's annual business meeting held on Saturday, October 27 in conjunction with the 2007 School of Grounds Management & GIE+EXPO in Louisville, Ky.

The 86th grounds management professional to hold the office, Nichols succeeds Mike Mongon, CGM, Golf Course Superintendent at Fairview Country Club
Greensboro in Greenwich, Conn. as the chief elected officer of the 96-year-old green industry organization.

In addition to Nichols, PGMS members elected Gene Pouly, CGM of E.F. Pouly Company in Orrville, Ohio as their president-elect.

Monica Higgins, CGM of Bay Colony Golf Club in Naples, Fla. was elected vice president and Joe Jackson, CGM of Duke University in N.C. was elected as treasurer.

Complimenting the officers of the Society, PGMS is led by a team of volunteers who serve on its board of directors. Elected to the board this year as South East Regional director was Anthony Williams, CGM of Evergreen Conference Resort in Stone Mountain, Ga.

Continuing to serve on the PGMS Board are: Director-at-large Jock Robertson of E.G. Reinsch, Inc. in Arlington, Va.; Director-at-large Kenneth A. Stanton, CGM of Grand Valley State University in Allendale, Mich.; Director-at-large Kevin Harvey, CGM of St. Augustine - St. John's County Airport Authority in St. Augustine, Fla..; North East Regional Director Mike Loftus, CGM of the University of Delaware in Newark, Del. North Central Regional Director Walter Bonvell of Xavier University in Cincinnati, Ohio; South Central Regional Director John Burns of the University of Texas in Austin, Texas; North West Regional Director John Van Etten, CGM, of Hoffman Landscape & Design in Scotia, N.Y.; and South West Regional Director Donald Bottger, CGM of Viejas Casino in Alpine, Calif.

Thomas C. Shaner, a Certified Association Executive serves the Board as PGMS Executive Director.

PGMS leaders are already at work planning the 2008 School of Grounds Management School & GIE+EXPO which will take place in Louisville, KY., October 22-25, 2008.

Founded in 1911, PGMS is an individual membership society of grounds professionals advancing the grounds management profession through education and professional development. For further information on PGMS, contact the Society at 720 Light St., Baltimore, MD 21230, fax 410-752-8295, e-mail: pgms@assnhqtrs.com.

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