Board and Staff Members
President, Scott Wise
Scott Wise is vice president of Gard’N-Wise Distributors, Inc., in Wichita, Kan., a wholesale supplier of lawn, garden, greenhouse and nursery-related products. Started in Wichita in the early ’60s, Gard’N-Wise now has three other distribution locations in Denver, Lubbock and Salt Lake City servicing ten states. Growing up in the family business, there is not a job Scott hasn’t done.
He’s been on the board of the WESTERN since 2002, serves on the Wichita Garden Show Board and the John C. Pair Horticulture Center Advisory Board.
Scott and his wife, Jennifer, have two children, Jessica, 18, and Daniel, 13, and three dogs.
Board Members
To read more about the rest of the WESTERN Board, click here.
- Jim Mason, Vice President
- Country Landscapes, Ames, IA
- jim@countrylandscapes.com
- Shane Berry, Secretary/Treasurer
- Honey Creek Nursery, Grove, OK
- shanehc@hughes.net
- Larry DeWitt
- DeWitt Company, Inc., Sikeston, MO
- dewittl@dewittcompany.com
- Mark West
- Cedar Valley Nurseries, Ada, OK,
- mark.west@cvnurseries.com
- Sandi Hillermann McDonald
- Hillermann Nursery & Florist, Washington, MO
- sandimcdonald@sbcglobal.net
- Chad Wehrbein
- Green Life Garden, Papillion, NE
- cwehrbein@msn.com
- Andy Rizza
- Stone Creek Nursery, Hesston, KS
- andy@stonecreek.kscoxmail.com
- Nancy Blecha, Ex-Officio
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Sarah
Woody Bibens, Executive
Director
- (Forest Management, University of Missouri)
- westernexhibits@wnla.org
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Lisa Kliethermes, Graphic Designer
- (Bachelor of Journalism, Advertising, Summa Cum Laude, University of Missouri)
- westerngraphics@wnla.org
- Emily Woody Bibens, Social Media Marketing
- (MPhil in Management, University of Cambridge, Judge School of Business)
- westernpublications@wnla.org