Board of Directors

MNLA Board Officers

President
Kerry Preston, MCH
Wisteria & Rose, Inc.
617.522.3843

David Vetelino, MCH, MNLA vice president

Vice President
David Vetelino, MCH
Vetelino Landscape, Inc.
781.826.0004

David Anderson, MNLA secretary/treasurer

Secretary/Treasurer
David Anderson
Mayer Tree Service
978.880.0803

Past President
Chris O’Brien, MCH
Howard Designs, Inc.
617.244.7269

Past Presidents

2020–2023 Peter Mezitt, MCH

2018–2020 Timothy Hay, MCH

2016–2018 Jim Stucchi, MCH

2015–2016 Tim Lomasney

2013–2015 Mary Jesch

2012–2013 James Connolly, MCH

2011–2012 Christopher Kennedy, MCH

2010–2011 Mark Sawyer, MCH

2009–2010 Thomas Bradley, MCH

2007–2009 Michelle Harvey, MCH

2005–2007 Jeffrey Willman, MCH

2003–2005 John Lebeaux, MCH

2001–2003 Bonnie Tucker L’Etoile

2000–2001 James McBratney, MCH

1999–2000 Stephen Corrigan, MCH

1998–1999 Mark Ahronian, MCH

1997–1998 Thomas Strangfeld, MCH

1996–1997 Patricia Bigelow, MCH

1995–1996 James F. McManus, MCH

1994–1995 Gregory Georgaklis

1993–1994 John M. Bardzik, MCH

1991–1992 Randolph E. Wright, MCH

1989–1990 Paul J. Shea, MCH

1987–1988 Richard W. Bemis, MCH

1985–1986 Peter R. Cook

1983–1984 Robert J. Kennedy

1981–1982 James K. Stewart

1979–1980 Neil J. Van Sloun

1976–1978 R. Wayne Mezitt, MCH

1974–1975 Reuben E. Lebeaux

1972–1973 Paul J. Mahoney, MCH

1970–1971 Dennis M. Dowd

1968–1969 Charles A. Godin

1966–1967 H. Harvey Jackson, Jr.

1964–1965 Umberto P. Motroni

1962–1963 Edmund V. Mezitt

1960–1961 Clifford D. Corliss, Jr.

1958–1959 Willard M. Bond

1956–1957 Frank T. White

1954–1955 Harold C. Atwater

1952–1953 Harold D. Stevenson

1950–1951 Homer K. Dodge

1948–1949 Luke C. May

1946–1947 Marinus Vander Pol

1945 George Fellows

1944 Seth L. Kelsey

1943 Clifford D. Corliss

1942 Winthrop H. Thurlow

1940–1941 Cornelius Van Tol

1938–1939 Lloyd A. Hathaway

1934–1937 Willaim N. Craig

1933 Victor Heurlin

1932 Harlan P. Kelsey

1931 George Johnson

1930 Robert F. Cross

1929 J. J. McManmon

1928 Paul Baumann

1927 Sheldon Robinson

1926 Edward Borst

1925 Richard M. Wyman

1923–1924 Christian Van der Voet

1922 Sheldon Robinson

1921 Julius Heurlin

1920 Walton Wyman

1919 George C. Thurlow

1918 John Kirkegard

1917 E. W. Breed

1916 G. Howard Frost

1915 Charles Adams

1914 Charles R. Fish

1910–1913 Windsor H. Wyman

Directors

Kelly Perry, MCH
Swan Point Cemetery

Steve Davis, MCH
Bigelow Nurseries, Inc.

Justin Mortensen
Farm Credit East

Patrick Parent
Mahoney’s Garden Center

Laura DiCarlo, MCH
Cavicchio Greenhouses, Inc.

What is an MCH?

A Massachusetts Certified Horticulturist (MCH) is the ultimate resource for growing in Massachusetts. They’ve invested the time to learn and qualify as experts in the field and include nursery professionals, landscape contractors, fine gardeners, designers, land managers, tree care professionals, and turf pros.

Partner programs

Plant Something MA

Plant Something MA is a project of MNLA which includes professional environmental horticulturists—people who grow, care for, design and install plantings and landscapes in your community.

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Growing Wild

Growing Wild helps reverse the loss of biological diversity, foster and protect endangered species and add to the natural beauty of our Commonwealth—right in your own backyard.

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