Skagit Horticulture is pleased to announce that Scott Crownover has joined the company as of September 1st, 2018.
A native of the Seattle area, Scott has worked in the commercial horticulture industry for 34 years, first at Vaughan’s Seed Company, and for the past 21 years at McHutchison Horticultural Distributors, one the largest plant brokerage companies in the US, and a division of Dümmen Orange. Scott began his McHutchison career as a sales representative in the Pacific Northwest, and transferred to the New Jersey office where he finished as President of the corporation. He is well known across the industry, enjoying strong working relationships with growers, plant brokers, and suppliers.
Crownover has a solid reputation in his career for building qualified teams that have led to substantial growth and market share. As both a tenacious leader and creative innovator, he led the relaunch of Vaughan’s Horticulture in 2012, and the rebranding of McHutchison in 2015, creating one of the largest brokerage companies in North America. Crownover also held a key role in the negotiations and transition as the corporation was purchased by Dümmen Orange in 2017.
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