Clifford Ruth

Experience

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  Blue Ridge Community College

  Sept 1985 - Jul 1997

  Campus Horticulturist
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  Blue Ridge Community College, http://www.blueridge.edu/

  Sept 1985 - Jul 1997

  Campus Horticulturist/Adjunct Horticulture Instructor

  Managed Campus grounds and arboretum as well as taught one to two horticulture classes each quarter. Job included managing the landscape maintenance budget, designing new projects for existing and new buildings, supervising full and part time staff and providing required training to staff.

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  NC Cooperative Extension

  Aug 1997 - Aug 2022

  Extension Area Agent
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  PLANET

  Dec 2013 - now

  Chair LIC Authorization Panel

  This role is one that assists with the authorization of international certificaton exams and is an unpaid voluteer position with PLANET.

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  National Association of Landscape Professionals

  Jun 2015 - now

  Chair LIC Exam Authorization Committee, Board Member International Landscape Certification Council

  This is a volunteer position with NALP (National Association of Landscape Professional, working with a group of individuals in the landscape industry from all over the world in developing and revising certification exams and authorizing the administration of them to keep the industry professional and current on new trends.

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  Botanically Yours Consulting -

  Aug 2022 - now

  Field Faculty Emeritus

  Green Industry consulting and in-house training.