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.
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