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President - Abby McNeal, CSFM
President

Abby McNeal, CSFM
Colorado School of Mines
Golden, CO

Abby McNeal, CSFM is the Turfgrass Manager for the Colorado School of Mines. Abby holds a B.S. in Landscape Horticulture with an emphasis in Turfgrass Management from Colorado State University. She is a two-time recipient of the Rocky Mountain Regional Turfgrass Association Professional of the Year Award, and received the STMA 2005 Professional Soccer and Football Fields of the Year awards.

She has been an active member of the STMA since 1992, and chaired the Chapter Relations Committee from 1997-2004. She was the representative from the professional fields category for two years, then held the STMA office of Secretary in 2005 and 2006, and President-Elect in 2007 and 2008. As President Elect, she oversaw the STMA Annual Conference. Abby has served as a Board member of the Rocky Mountain Regional Turfgrass Association, the Rocky Mountain Turfgrass Research Foundation Board, and is a Past President of the Colorado Sports Turf Managers Association.

Her sports turf management experience includes opening Toyota Park Stadium in the spring of 2006 in Bridgeview, Ill. as Director of Turf Management from January 2006 thru September 2007, and serving as the Assistant Turfgrass Manager for INVESCO Field at Mile High in Denver from 2001 to 2005, the home to NFL’s Denver Broncos and MLS’s Colorado Rapids. Prior to that Abby was the Athletic Turfgrass Manager at the University of Colorado.

Vision:
My experience at many levels throughout the sports turf industry provides a solid foundation on which to continue to build and improve the role of the sports turf manager. My vision for the STMA is to provide our membership with strong educational programs national, regionally, and locally (thru STMA Chapters). Provide the necessary support to further develop STMA Chapters, because they are the foundation and strength of our organization. I would like to continue to promote the professionalism of the members through advancing the certification program. I want to further the student involvement by promoting SAFE and the scholarships by which it distributes.