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MEMBER EVENT A Kelly Finney

2025 MNLGA Annual Meeting

he MNLGA annual meeting was held on the opening Secretary Kevin Atticks and Deputy Secretary Steve Connolly
Wednesday of MANTS. Over 100 members, officers, were both in attendance ahead of the session’s opening
Tdirectors, and prospective members attended the gavel.
complimentary breakfast. The Professional Achievement award was presented to Karl
President Leslie Cario presided over her first annual meeting Fischer of the Wye Nursery and The John Landon Reeve IV
of her two-year term. Outgoing Board members were Visionary Award was presented posthumously to Stanton
thanked, and incoming members recognized. In addition Gill of the University of MD Extension.
to networking, a lot of important association business gets
covered especially because the meeting coincides with the Thank you to everyone who attended and helped kick off
opening of the General Assembly in Annapolis. Agriculture 2025 with the MNLGA in Baltimore. A

MNLGA Board 2025
Back Row: Tom Bowman, John Hyman, Joel Haffner, Justin Taylor, John Murphy, Clark DeLong, Brett Carmean
Seated: Carrie Engel, Patrick Waldt, Leslie Cario, Alex Betz, Martha Pindale

Photo credit: Larry Canner Photography

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