People: Aug. 2000

Irritrol Systems named Kristina Bergman category manager.

LasTec hired Roger Rew as plant manager.

Timothy Driscoll retired from AgrEvo Environmental Health after serving as president/chief executive officer for several companies in the specialty chemical industry for more than 30 years.

Simplot Turf and Horticulture named Bill Whitacre president and successor to Doyle Jacklin.

U.S. Lawns, a division of Environmental Industries Inc., promoted Kenneth Hutcheson to vice president and director of marketing.

Robert McDowell was promoted to executive vice president and chief operating officer of Mitsubishi Fuso Truck of America.

Monrovia appointed Jim Poorbaugh to vice president and government and industry relations officer and Russ Wojcik to general manager of the southern California nursery.

Karl Warnke and Willard Holland were elected to The Davey Tree Expert Co. board of directors.

Growth Products added Randy Oberland as a technical sales representatives.