The Portland Cement Association has appointed Edward J. Sullivan as chief economist in the economic research department. Sullivan is responsible for tracking and forecasting trends in the economy that affect the cement and construction industry both for the United States and Canada. ?EUR??,,????'???? The Associated Builders and Contractors of Metropolitan Washington named Ruppert Nurseries its Sitework/Landscaping Subcontractor of the Year in its 2002 ?EUR??,,????'??Excellence in Construction?EUR??,,????'?? awards program. ?EUR??,,????'???? The Irrigation Association has announced that Don Blackwell, CID, CIC, CLIA of Advanced Irrigation, Auburn, Wash.; Jim Dowd, CID, CLIA of Irritrol Systems, Plano, Texas; and Greg Roland, CID, CAIS of CH2M-Hill, Lone Pine, Calif., have joined the Certification Board as members at large. The board also announced that Joe Fortier, CID, CIC, CLIA, CGIA of Mojave Water Management, Las Vegas now serves as Chair of the CB and Mark Hewitt, CID of Rain Bird Agri-Products Division, Richland, Wash., serves as chair elect. ?EUR??,,????'???? The Board of Directors of the Association of Equipment Manufacturers (AEM) has elected Dennis J. Slater as president of the association. ?EUR??,,????'???? Six Associate Members of the American Society of Golf Course Architects (ASGCA) were elected Regular Members by their peers at the group?EUR??,,????'???s recent annual meeting in Santa Barbara. The new Regular Members are: Tim Freeland, Golf Management, Inc., Jacksonville, Fla. Mark Hollinger, JMP Golf Design Group, Folger, Calif. Zhongshan Changjiang Golf Club in Guangdong, China, and Kulim Golf and Country Club in Kedah, Malaysia, are Hollinger?EUR??,,????'???s most recent designs; Bill Kerman, Hurdzan/Fry, Columbus, Ohio. Tim Liddy, Tim Liddy Associates, Inc., Yorktown, Ind. Hickory Stick in Greenwood, Ind., and Cambridge Golf Club in Evansville, Ind., are Liddy?EUR??,,????'???s most recent designs; and Art Schaupeter, Art Schaupeter Golf, St. Louis, Mo. Schaupeter recently completed the design work for The Buckhorn, Comfort, Tex., and The Republic Golf Club, San Antonio, Texas. This brings the number of Regular Members of the Society to 130. There also are 25 Associate members currently. The Society is comprised of leading golf course architects in the United States and Canada. ?EUR??,,????'???? Jennifer Ryder Fox, Cal Poly soil science alumna, has been appointed to head the university?EUR??,,????'???s Horticulture and Crop Science Department. Fox is the former vice president of regulatory affairs and technical development at AgraQuest Inc., a biopesticide company that discovers and develops crop protection products from microbial fermentation. Fox earned her master?EUR??,,????'???s degree and doctorate from New Mexico State University. William J. (Bill) Dial, Jr. has been appointed by Governor Dirk Kempthorne as a new Board Member to the Idaho Board of Landscape Architects. Dial?EUR??,,????'???s term goes until July of 2004. He replaces Gregg K. Sturtevant. ?EUR??,,????'???? Encore Manufacturing Co. national sales manager Doug Tegtmeier has been named a vice president and secretary/treasurer of the Encore Board of Directors. ?EUR??,,????'???? BASF Professional Turf has hired David Oberle as a senior sales specialist. ?EUR??,,????'???? Tilson Landscape Company (TLC) has been named one of America?EUR??,,????'???s entrepreneurial growth leaders by Inc. Magazine. ?EUR??,,????'???? LIGHTFAIR INTERNATIONAL has announced the addition of Eva Behrendt as Trade Show Manager. Behrendt has been an International Marketing Manager for Messe Frankfurt, Inc. based in Atlanta, GA, for the past three years. ?EUR??,,????'???? The American Nursery & Landscape Association (ANLA) recently presented its L.C. Chadwick Educator?EUR??,,????'???s Award to Dr. Ellen Peffley of Texas Tech University during a special visitation day by the Texas Nursery & Landscape Association State Board of Directors at the Lubbock campus. ?EUR??,,????'???? Richard K. Allen, Esq., Partner, Design/Construction Group, Gadsby & Hannah, LLP; Charles E. Chambers, Founder, Chairman & CEO, Advanced Wastewater Treatment Systems of Virginia, Inc.; Eric E. Daniels, Vice President, BP Solar; John F. Elliott, Vice President & General Manager, Pure Technologies, Ltd.; Jim Glymph, Partner, Gehry Partners, LLP; Michael J. Higgins, Chief of Design & Construction Branch, Jacobs Engineering Group, Inc.; and Brendan Macken, Vice President Engineering, Fluor Corporation recently join the Civil Engineering Research Foundation/International Institute of Energy Conservation?EUR??,,????'???s Corporate Advisory Board (CAB). ?EUR??,,????'???? Carter & Burgess, Inc. has announced the promotion of Tim Echeverria, P.E., to manager of the firm?EUR??,,????'???s Sacramento office. In this role he will be responsible for office operations and business development in the greater Sacramento area. Echeverria has served as unit manager of the Sacramento Land Development Unit since May. He developed and managed client relations and led multi-disciplinary land development team members in preparing improvement plans for various residential, commercial and industrial sites throughout California and Northern Nevada. Recent local projects include the Cambay West and Sam?EUR??,,????'???s Town residential developments.