Bert Swanson elected MNLA president

Swanson holds a PhD in plant physiology from the University of Minnesota and was a professor and nursery management specialist at the University of Minnesota for 18 years and at Colorado State University for seven years.

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Swanson was first elected to the MNLA board in 1998. He was a key player in the development of the MNLA Certification Program and serves on the MNLA Nursery Committee, the Commercial Seedling Committee, and the Commercial Arborists Committee. Outside of MNLA activities, Swanson has been active in the American Nursery and Landscape Association and the International Plant Propagators Society along with other regional and national activities.