Join the “What’s Next” Conversation with AmericanHort President and CEO
What does it take to lead an entire industry into its next chapter? Lionel van der Walt sits down with the Greenhouse Grower podcast, Grower to Grower, to answer that question. Listen to his inside look at his first months as AmericanHort President and CEO and hear as he shares his vision for the future.
Lionel talks about his early impressions of the industry and the short- and long-term goals that shape his leadership. Additionally, he shares what drives him: a genuine urgency to bring growers, retailers, landscapers, and other green industry businesses closer together.
It is a candid, energizing conversation about where AmericanHort heads next, and why connection across the industry matters now more than ever.
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