Oct 30, 2022

Jerry Schill founded Schill Grounds Management in 1993, and as CEO he sets the strategic vision for the company and makes executive and financial decisions that drive profitable growth and scale.

Beginning in 2020, Jerry partnered with Argonne Capital to proactively drive consolidation in the highly fragmented...

Sep 19, 2022

Ron and his wife Sally were operating a small garden center when in 1966, a chance encounter landed them a lifechanging contract doing landscape restoration work for a local utility. Over the next 53 years they grew Kujawa Enterprises, Inc. (KEI) into a nationally recognized, four-season, full-service commercial...

Sep 8, 2022

Bob graduated from Oregon State University in 1983.  After 17 years working for working in the industry, Bob started Pacific Landscape Management in 2001.  In 22 years, Pacific, based in Portland Oregon has grown to manage over 1,000 commercial and HOA properties with a staff of 350 working out of 4 branch offices.  In...

Feb 15, 2021

James Higgins is a Partner at Chenmark, a diversified holding company that works with retiring owners and current entrepreneurs to provide liquidity, preserve legacies, and position companies for long term success. To date, Chenmark has completed 21 acquisitions in the property services, pest control, manufacturing, and...

Jan 13, 2021

Kevin Kehoe is the co-founder of Aspire Software and an industry veteran who has consulted with landscaping companies for over 30 years. Kevin has provided practical solutions, systems, and advice in the areas of sales management, financial management, budgeting, pricing and merger and acquisition – all with the goal...