About Southern Tradition Landscape Contracting, Inc.

William graduated in 1991 from Lake City Community College with an AS degree in Landscape Golf Course Technology and Design. In 1994 he graduated with a BS in Landscape Design and Management from FAMU in Tallahassee, Florida.

In June 1994, Bill was hired by government of St. Kitts, West Indies and a private company to complete two projects. The first project was to design, restore and supervise the Batik of St. Kitts and the second project was to design & landscape the hotel grounds of the Fort Thomas Hotel. The project took three months to complete, and proved to be a huge success!

After graduation he was hired as Estimator/Designer with one of the largest landscape contracting firms and nurseries in Tallahassee. Within a year he was named Vice President and continued to work for another 4 years until he decided to make a change.

With over 20 years of experience working in the landscape industry, Bill decided to relocate to Sanibel Island, Florida where he grew up, and founded  Southern Tradition Landscape Contracting, Inc. in January 1998. Bill is actively involved in the preservation and beautification of Sanibel Island. In 2000 he joined the Sanibel Beautification Committee and is working with the community and city to improve Sanibel naturally. In May 2006, Bill was awarded a framed artist's representation of the S - Four Corners Project.

Bill primarily handles all the Sanibel and Captiva accounts. In addition, he works with some repeat clients for both commercial and residential work and assists with all other projects by co-managing as needed.

Bill currently resides in South Fort Myers with his wife, Dawn, and three children: Jonathan, Justin and Kaitlyn.

Rob graduated from Cal State Fullerton with a BA in Business Administration.

During Rob’s career he has continued to demonstrated a strong commitment to serving the public by becoming a Reserve Firefighter and Peace Officer; and most recently Rob was appointed by the Florida Department of Agriculture as a voting member of the Florida Oceans and Coastal Council.

The Council is charged each year with developing priorities for ocean and coastal research and establishing a statewide ocean research plan. Rob has served in executive management roles for best in class companies such as: Frito Lay, Coremark International and MPFS.

Rob also serves the board of directors as CEO of the Coastal Conservation Association Florida.

Controller

Dawn joined the company in May 2002. Dawn graduated Cum Laude from Florida Gulf Coast University with a Bachelor of Science in Marketing E-Commerce. In addition, she was inducted into the Golden Key Honor Society for her outstanding scholastic achievement. She has over 10 years experience in office administration and several years experience in marketing and accounting.

Dawn managed the books and financials for the landscape division for over 4 years until the birth of her third child in February 2006. She now works part-time assisting the office as needed and continues to do all quarter-end and financial reporting for all three divisions.

Purchasing/Scheduling Manager

Mike joined the company in August 2006. He has over 25 years experience in management and sales in the landscape industry. He also has extensive knowledge with seeding and propagation. He has successfully grown everything from annual plugs to 200 gallon trees and everything in between. During his career he has also managed a 30 acre greenhouse and a 200 acre nursery. In addition to his extensive hands-on experience, Mike also has an impressive academic background. He has a BA degree in Marketing and Communications from Cleveland State University, has held a seat on the board of directors for Tampa Wholesale Growers and is a member of FNGLA (Florida Nursery Growers and Landscapers Association).

Mike does all the purchasing for the landscape division and handles all aspects of scheduling for the three divisions: STLC Landscape, STLC Irrigation, STLC Sod. This includes creating and tracking work orders for each division from start to finish. Mike also lends support in the field doing quality control and providing customer service as needed.

Jodi joined the company in September 2002. Jodi has over 10 years experience in office administration and management.

Over the course of her employment at STLC, Jodi has worked and succeeded in many areas. Upon hire she handled all miscellaneous office duties. Some of her duties included, but were not limited to, human resources and payroll.

Through hard work and dedication she continued to work her way to bigger and more challenging positions. In late 2005, Jodi was promoted to Estimator and is doing an excellent job playing a vital role in our bidding process with residential, development and commercial projects. Some of her job duties include measuring plans, doing plant counts and creating proposals.

Louise joined the company in June 2005. Louise owned a mail order business for 15 years and a florist for 5 years. She also has worked in the accounting department for all three divisions for over a year doing AP/AR and collections.

Louise is now responsible for answering the phones, filing, circulating office correspondence, inventory control, maintaining all insurance records, handling claims and managing human resources. In addition, she actively pulls permits for irrigation and assists in accounting as needed.

Julia joined the company in April 2006. She has over 15 years experience in office management and accounting. She has extensive computer knowledge with various accounting programs and Microsoft Office applications. In addition, she has taken several college courses in business/management and has successfully completed an AutoCAD course at Edison College in 2001.

Julia is responsible for AP/AR and banking for all three divisions: STLC Landscape, STLC Irrigation and STLC Sod. Acting as a liaison between the field and office, she works closely with our sales team and clients; general contractors, developers and homeowners, to ensure that the work orders from each division are invoiced accurately and in a timely fashion.

Dorothy joined the company in December 2005. Dorothy has over 30 years experience in office administration and management. Throughout her career she took management and accounting as well as various classes in motivational dynamics.

Dorothy handles all aspects of HR and payroll for all three divisions: STLC Landscape, STLC Irrigation and STLC Sod. She also lends support to accounting as needed.

Bailey, joined the company in May 2002. Bailey successfully graduated kindergarten from Coral Vet Clinic in Fort Myers and has also completed continuing education classes on obedience and mannerisms.

Bailey is responsible for making people smile and greeting people as they come into the office.