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title: T.O. Plastics Announces New Horticulture Leader
description: T.O. Plastics is pleased to announced the appointment of Jared Rusch to Director of Sales & Marketing – Horticulture markets.
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# [T.O. Plastics Announces New Horticulture Leader](https://www.toplastics.com/blog/new-horticulture-leader)

 Written by [T.O. Plastics Staff](https://www.toplastics.com/blog/author/t-o-plastics-staff) | October 19, 2020

T.O. Plastics is pleased to announced the appointment of [Jared Rusch](https://www.toplastics.com/about/leadership) to Director of Sales & Marketing – Horticulture markets. Previously, he held the position of Great Lakes Regional Sales Manager - Horticulture.

In his new expanded role, Jared will assume full commercial leadership for the [Horticulture](https://www.toplastics.com/horticulture) sales team, marketing and customer service. Jared will continue directly managing his customer relationships until he transitions those responsibilities to a new regional sales manager.

"I am very pleased to announce Jared’s promotion to Director of Sales & Marketing – Horticulture. Jared brings to this position an extensive background in horticulture and commercial sales leadership. Jared will be a valuable addition to the TOP senior leadership team where he will help guide our mission to delight customers with outstanding products and service,” said [Paul Meschke](https://www.toplastics.com/about/leadership), T.O. Plastics President.

[Jared ](https://www.linkedin.com/in/jared-rusch-a4615113/)joined TOP in 2016 where he led commercial leadership activities in the Great Lakes region. Prior to joining TOP, he held progressive roles in sales and product management with a leading horticulture supply company. Jared has a BA in Marketing and Business Administration from Carthage College.

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