Person of the Year Recipients
Person of the Year Award: Each year we recognize and celebrate individuals who have made an impact in our industry by dedicating their time and service to promote the standards of PLANT WNY, our Certified Nursery Landscape Professionals (CNLP) and the nursery and landscape industry in New York State.
Person of the Year Recipients
PERSON OF THE YEAR
1965 Kenneth Isaac
1966 “Shorty” Lyons
1968 Edwin M. Fava
1969 Ralph Harrington
1970 C. Petillon
1971 William R. Boocock
1972 Raymond Gaskill
1973 George Schichtel
1974 Roger Schneckenburger
1975 Fred Howarth
1976 Bernard B. Stangler
1977 Henry Weller
1978 “Ski” Sypniewski
1979 Joseph E. Elbers
1980 Charles Taft
1981 Ed Cecil
1982 Ken Wilk
1983 Dick Salmon
1984 Steve Adams
1985 John Braddell
1986 Ron Walkowiak
1987 Dick Page
1988 Alfred Harrington
1989 Henk VandeWoestyne
1990 Joe Fortune
1991 Joe Fletcher
1992 Al Winslow
1993 Tom Matusiak
1994 Ken Stoddart
1995 Ed Dore
1996 Dave McIntyre
1997 Gary Leising
1998 David Taylor
1999 Gary Sokolowski
2000 John Braddell
2001 Sharon Webber
2002 Ed Dore
2003 John Heinike
2004 Chris Zeisz
2005 Bernie Eckert
2006 Bob Smith
2007 Jason Engel
2008 Steve Bakowski
2009 Thomas Mitchell
2010 Gardner Low, Jr.
2011 Kim Schichtel
2012 Neil Stern
2013 Sharon Howarth
2014 Phil Colarusso
2015 Sally Cunningham
2016 Chris Zeisz
2017 Roger Restorff
2018 Carolyn Stanko
