At the 2023 Annual Awards Celebration on Oct. 19, the Professional Grounds Management Society® (PGMS®) elected and installed Roger Conner, CGM of Duke University in Durham, North Carolina, as the new president. As the 102nd grounds management professional to hold the office, Conner succeeds Bruce DeVrou, CGM of Corewell Health in Grand Rapids, Michigan, as the chief elected officer of the over 100-year-old green industry organization.

 
In addition to Conner, PGMS members elected Michael Gildea, CGM of the Chevy Chase Club in Chevy Chase, Maryland, as president-elect. Donald Bottger, CGM of the San Diego Convention Center in San Diego, California, was elected vice-president, and Vincent Jagodzinski, CGM of SBD Outdoor in Valley City, Ohio, was elected treasurer.

The Regional Directors are as follows: North East Regional Director Dallas Cott, CGM of Slippery Rock University in Slippery Rock, Pennsylvania; North Central Regional Director Phil Richey of Purdue University in West Lafayette, Indiana; Northwest Regional Director Christopher Hall, CGT of Richland School District in Richland, Washington; South East Regional Director Jimmy Viars, CGM of Gloucester County Public Schools in Gloucester, Virginia; South Central Regional Director Aaron Martinez, CGM of CHRISTUS Mother Frances Hospital in Tyler, Texas; and Southwest Regional Director Sandra Obenour-Dowd of the University of Arizona in Tucson, Arizona.

The Directors at Large include Brandon Haley, CGM of SSC Services for Education in Moody, Alabama, Bill Quade, CGM of The Biltmore Estate in Asheville, North Carolina and Bedia Collins, CGM, CGT of Fayette County Board of Education in Lexington, Kentucky.

Roger Phelps of STIHL in Virginia Beach, Virginia, and Joel Spies of Rainbow Ecoscience in Minnetonka, Minnesota, will serve as the Supplier Member Representatives. Kelly Kopp of Utah State University in Logan, Utah is the Educator Representative.

PGMS leaders are already planning the 2024 School of Grounds Management Annual Conference & Equip Exposition, which will take place in Louisville, Kentucky, during the week of Oct. 15-18, 2023.