Ron Wolfarth, director of Rain Bird Corporation?EUR??,,????'???s landscape irrigation division, was recently named to the board of directors for the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency?EUR??,,????'???s (EPA) Alliance for Water Efficiency. Wolfarth is one of 19 board members selected from throughout North America.

Ron Wolfarth

GTO, Inc., a manufacturer and provider of turnkey access control system solutions for various applications, announced that Paul Haas has joined the company as northwestern regional sales manager. He has been actively involved in the construction industry since 1990.

Paul Haas

Phil Burkhart, vice president and general manager of the Toro Company’s irrigation division, was recently appointed to serve on the Irrigation Association’s Board of Directors. The Toro Company is a provider of outdoor beautification products, support services and integrated solutions.

Phil Burkhart

Sam Perez, Jr. has joined the sales team at Hunter, headquartered in San Marcos, Calif. Perez comes to Hunter with a wealth of business-to-business sales experience, having spent 16 years managing and directing high volume retail operations.

Sam Perez, Jr.

Ervin Lovett & Miller, a professional consulting firm specializing in land planning, architecture, landscape architecture and urban design, has been appointed the consulting architect and landscape architect for Winthrop, a new neighborhood development in Hillsborough County southeast of Tampa, Fla.

Consulting (RBF) announced the installation of Angela Woodward, RLA, ASLA, a senior associate and landscape architect in RBF’s Irvine office, as the president of the Southern California Chapter of the American Society of Landscape Architects (SCC/ASLA).

Angela Woodward

AquaMaster recently announced the hiring of Jeffrey Suttner as their Midwest regional sales manager. He will be responsible for 11 states and based out of Wisconsin.

Jeffrey Suttner

Lewis Scully Gionet Inc., a landscape architecture, planning and urban design firm, announced the promotion of Christopher Lofstrom to project manager. He has been with LSG for just under one year.

Robert L. O’Boyle of O’Boyle, Cowell, Blalock & Associates, Inc. has received the President’s Award from the Michigan Chapter of the American Society of Landscape Architects for 2006. He has been an active member of Michigan ASLA for 46 years.

Robert L. O'Boyle

James Welsh, RLA, ASLA, LEED AP, joined Thomas Balsley Associates as a senior associate and brings over 15 years of landscape architectural experience. He has specialized in public sector design and construction projects in the New York metro area with a special focus on sustainable design issues.

James Welsh

Patricia G. Washington has been promoted to accounting manager at ColeJenest & Stone, P.A., a 60-person firm, provides comprehensive land development services, specializing in land planning, landscape architecture, civil engineering and urban design.

Patricia G. Washington

Elizabeth Marshall-Beasley, MLA has been re-appointed by Governor Jeb Bush to the Florida Board of Landscape Architecture for an additional four-year term. In addition Beasley has been appointed by Director Marta Canaves of the Graduate School of Architecture at Florida International University as a Distinguished Lecturer in Practice to the Graduate Program in Landscape Architecture.

TBG Partners, a landscape architecture and planning firm, announced the promotion of Mark V. Padilla, ASLA to Senior Associate in the San Antonio, Texas office. He received his BLA from Texas Tech University in 1998.

Mark V. Padilla

Darrell Campana has joined ColeJenest & Stone, P.A., as a site designer I. He received his Bachelor’s degree in landscape architecture from Pennsylvania State University.

Darrell Campana

MSI, an urban design and landscape architecture firm, has recently merged with the Pasadena, Calif. design firm Wyatt Design Group Inc. The merger will bring together two firms with over 15 years of experience in the planning and landscape design industry.

Brian Ott, ASLA has been promoted at TBG Partners to managing principal of the Austin, Texas office. Ott received his BLA from Texas A&M University in 1991 and is a registered landscape architect and LEED Accredited Professional.

Brian Ott