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Editorial Committee Chair Warren C. Thoma, President, Warren Thoma & Associates, LLC Brian P. Frerich, CID, CEO, Eco-Drip Irrigation Supply, Inc. Michael P. Grzywacz, National Sales Manager, Halco Lighting Technologies Bryan B. Hobbs, CAIS, CID, President, TriEst Irrigation Chip Kah, President, K-Rain Manufacturing Corp. Fred March, President, Eagle Spec Sales Group Eric M. Nelson, CIC, CLIA, General Manager, Green-Way Irrigation Stephen W. Smith, PhD, FASIC, CAIS, CLIA, Principal, Wade Water, LLC Jill A. Zwiener, Global Marketing Manager, Valley Irrigation


Board of Directors President Gregory R. Hunter, President, Hunter Industries, Inc. President-Elect Warren S. Gorowitz, CLIA, Vice President of Sustainability, Ewing Irrigation Products, Inc. Vice President Edward J. Santalone Jr., Owner, Atlantic Irrigation Specialties, Inc. Treasurer Aric J. Olson, CSSBB, CPIM, CSCP, CAIS, CID, President, Jain Irrigation, Inc. Past President Jackie (Jay) W.D. Robbins II, PE, TSP, CAIS, CID, President, Irrigation-Mart, Inc.


Directors J. Louis Bergantino Jr., CIC, Director of Golf and International, Rain Bird Corporation Brian P. Frerich, CID, Chief Executive Officer, Eco-Drip Irrigation Supply, Inc. Diann Ilkenhons, Marketing Manager, Senninger Irrigation, Inc. John J. Newlin, CIC, CIT, CLIA, President, Quality Sprinkling Systems, Inc. Vince Nolletti, Partner and Executive Vice President, Paige Electric Company, LP Richard J. Panowicz, CID, Vice President of North America Sales, Valley Irrigation Jim Ross, President, Horizon Distributors, Inc. Stephen W. Smith, PhD, FASIC, CAIS, CLIA, Principal, Wade Water, LLC Jonathan E. Topham, CAIS, CID, General Manager, Irrigation Design & Construction, Inc. Bryan Wynen, CIC, CLIA, CLWM, Chief Execu- tive Officer, Springwise Facility Management


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