WFFSA Past Presidents
In its past presidents, WFFSA is privileged to have a vast reservoir of experience and ‎leadership. These statesmen are constantly available for consultation with the Board of ‎Directors, staff and committees. This continuing commitment to the welfare of the ‎association on the part of its past presidents is one of WFFSA’s greatest assets.‎
2024 - 2025
Karen Oie
Smithers Oasis
2023 - 2024
Darin Dewberry
Pete Garcia Company/Garcia Group
2022 - 2023
Patrick Busch
Len Busch Roses
Plymouth, MN
2021 - 2022
Gabriel Becerra
Golden Flowers
Miami, FL
2020 - 2021
Tim Dewey
DVFlora
Sewell, NJ
2019 - 2020
Ben Powell
Mayesh
Miami, FL
2018 - 2019
Marla O’Dell
CSS Industries
Berwick, PA
2017 - 2018
Santiago Cock-Rada
Liberty Blooms
Miami, FL
2016 - 2017
Rob Shibata
Mt. Eden Floral Company
San Francisco, CA
2015 - 2016
Alan Tanouye
Floralife
Walterboro, SC
2014 - 2015
Tom Figueroa
Nordlie, Inc.
Warren, MI
2013 - 2014
Pat Dahlson
Mayesh Wholesale Florist
Los Angeles, CA
2012 - 2013
Nicholas Fronduto
Jacobson Floral Supply, Inc.
Boston, MA
2011 - 2012
David Armellini
Armellini Industries Inc
Stuart, FL
2009 - 2011
Gary Doran
Kennicott Brothers Company
Chicago, IL
2008 - 2009
William La Fever
Bill Doran Company
Rockford, IL
2007 - 2008
Dave Garcia
Pete Garcia Company
Atlanta, GA
2006 - 2007
William Hardin
Hardin Wholesale Florist, Inc.
Liberty, NC
2005 - 2006
Wanda Weder
Highland Supply Corporation
Highland, IL
2004 - 2005
John R. Wilkins
Delaware Valley Floral Group
Sewell, NJ
2003 - 2004
Jack Van Namen
Buena Vista Floral SA de CV
Villa Guerrero, Mexico
2002 - 2003
Dwight J. Larimer
Design Master Color Tool, Inc.
Denver, CO
2001 - 2002
Tim Matsuno
Greenleaf Wholesale Florist, Inc.
Brighton, CO
2000 - 2001
Arlene Sorensen
Lincoln Wholesale Florists Co.
Lincoln, NE
1999 - 2000
Alan Jacobson
Jacobson Floral Supply Inc.
Boston, MA
1998 - 1999
James A. Hill
Fresh Concepts
Ft. Lauderdale, FL
1997 - 1998
LeRoy Franzoia
California Flower Shippers Inc.
Mountain View, CA
1996 - 1997
Walter Rojahn Jr.
Rojahn and Malaney Co.
Milwaukee, WI
1995 - 1996
Leonard Levy
Hillcrest Garden Inc.
Paramus, NJ
1994 - 1995
John D. Shelton
Pajaro Valley Greenhouses Inc.
Watsonville, CA
1993 - 1994
Paul C. Zieger
Zieger & Sons Inc.
Philadelphia, PA
1992 - 1993
David Mears
Mears Floral Products
Springfield, MO
1991 - 1992
Robert M. Wilkins
Delaware Valley Whlse. Florists
Sewell, NJ
1990 - 1991
A. James Edgar
Austin S. Edgar Inc.
Syracuse, NY
1989 - 1990
James F. Gaunt
Southview Inc.
Romulus, Ml
1988-1989
Robert J. Carbone
R.J. Carbone Co.
Cranston, RI
1987 - 1988
Harrison (Red) Kennicott
Kennicott Brothers Co.
Chicago, IL
1986 - 1987
Alvin V. Dauble
Ziedler Whlse. Floral Co.
Evansville, IN
1984 - 1986
James C. Stuppy
Stuppy Floral Products Co.
North Kansas City, MO
1983 - 1984
Robert H. Weatherford
Southern Floral Co.
Houston, TX
1982 - 1983
Knud Nielsen, Jr.
Knud Nielsen Co.
Evergreen, AL
1981 - 1982
William C. Belden
Oscar G. Carlstedt Co.
Jacksonville, FL
1980 - 1981
Jerome Wagner
David L. Jones Whlse. Floral Co.
Seattle, WA
1979 - 1980
Pete Garcia
Pete Garcia Co.
Atlanta, GA
1978 - 1979
Jake Van Namen
Vans Inc.
Alsip, IL
1977 - 1978
William C. Sieck
Claymore C. Sieck
Baltimore, MD
1976 - 1977
William B. Arnett
Four State Wholesale Florist
Tulsa, OK
1975 - 1976
John Van Hanford Jr.
Handford’s Inc.
Charlotte, NC
1974 - 1975
Donald E. Hook
Pittsburg Cut Flower Co.
Pittsburg, PA
1972 - 1974
George E. Wolfe, Jr.
Wolfe Wholesale Florist
Waco, TX
1970 - 1972
Yoshimi Shibata
Mt. Eden Nursery
Mt. Eden, CA
1968 - 1970
Samuel S. Pennock III
S. S. Pennock Co.
Philadelphia, PA
1966 - 1968
James O. Nordlie
Nordlie Inc. Inc.
Detroit, Ml
1963 - 1966
Leland T. Kintzele
Denver Wholesale Florist Co.
Denver, CO
1961 - 1963
Robert C. Dewey
S. S. Pennock Co.
Philadelphia, PA
WCFA Past Presidents
The Wholesale Florists and Florist Suppliers of America, Inc. founded in 1961, evolved ‎from the Wholesale Commission of Florists of America. The latter group, organized in ‎Chicago, Illinois in 1926, provided a firm foundation for WFFSA to build upon. The ‎men listed on this page served as president of the WCFA during its 35 years of ‎existence. They, and many others, greatly contributed to making WFFSA the thriving ‎association it is today.‎
1959 - 1961
P. S. Cook
Norfolk Wholesale Floral Co.
Norfolk, VA
1957 - 1959
Harrison Kennicott Jr.
Kennicott Brothers Co.
Chicago, IL
1955 - 1957
O. Ben Haley Jr.
Denver Wholesale Florists Co.
Denver, CO
1953 - 1955
Oscar G. Carlstedt
Oscar G. Carlstedt Co.
Jacksonville, FL
1951 - 1953
Leonard C. Koehler
Koehler, Dramm & Johnson
Chicago, IL
1949 - 1951
George L. Stuppy
Stuppy Supply Co.
Kansas City, MO
1947 - 1949
Al J. Grigsby
Berthold-Grigsby Inc.
Cleveland, OH
1944 - 1947
David Geddis Jr.
D.S. Geddis Jr. Co.
St. Louis, MO
1941 - 1944
S.S. Pennock Jr.
S.S. Pennock Co.
Baltimore, MD
1938 - 1941
Edward Dupuy
Dupuy Wholesale Florist
Whitestone, Long Island, NY
1936 - 1938
Paul Rigo
Henshaw Floral Co.
New York, NY
1934 - 1936
Charles F. Pennock
S.S. Pennock Co.
New York, NY
1930 - 1934
William A. Hansen
William A. Hansen Co.
Chicago, IL
1929 - 1930
Henry G. Berning
H.G. Berning Inc.
St. Louis, MO
1928 - 1929
Howard J. Hook
Pittsburgh Cut Flower Co.
Pittsburgh, PA
1927 - 1928
Frank A. Windler
Windler Wholesale Floral Co.
St. Louis, MO
1926 - 1927​
William F. Ekas
William F. Ekas Wholesale Florist
Baltimore, MD