The American Rose Exhibitors Society
Robert B. Martin Jr., Executive Director
3291 Old Oak Tree Lane
Escondido, California 92026-8416
Phone: (760) 317-5894
Fax: (760) 888-1979
E-Mail: PetRose@aol.com
Purpose
The American Rose Exhibitors Society (ARES) has but one primary purpose—to promote the public exhibition of roses in their most perfect phase of possible beauty. ARES is a California Nonprofit Public Benefit Corporation organized and operated exclusively for educational purposes within the meaning of Section 501(c)(3) of the Internal Revenue Code.
RoseShow.com - 10th-Year Anniversary
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Robert B. Martin Jr.
The Executive Director of the American Rose Exhibitors Society (ARES) is Robert B. (Bob) Martin Jr, Editor of Horizon Roses, Co-Editor of Rose Exhibitors Quarterly and author of Showing Good Roses. Bob was formerly Chairman of the American Rose Society's Horticultural Exhibitors Committee and Editor of its quarterly publication Rose Exhibitors' Forum for 12 years. He is accredited by the American Rose Society as a Horticultural and Arrangements Judge and Master Consulting Rosarian. Bob is also the 2007 recipient of the ARS Guy Blake Hedrick Jr. Award for lifetime achievement in rose exhibiting, and the 2009 recipient of the ARS Klima Medal for his lifetime contribution to rose education. Bob is currently the President of the San Diego Rose Society
Bob is married to Dona Martin, Consulting Rosarian and Newsletter Editor for the San Diego Rose Society. Dona is also an award-winning rose photographer, whose work is featured in RoseShow.com
Board of Directors
ARES has a board of directors as required by California law. In order to have individuals available in California for signature, it is populated with a majority of California exhibitors. The following are the board members:
Bob Martin, Escondido, CA, Executive Director
Richard Anthony, Kent OH, Treasurer,
Sandy Lundberg, Bluffton, SC, Secretary,
Robert Sutherland, Lexington, KY, Editor,
Kitty Belendez, Santa Clarita, CA, At Large
Suzanne Horn, Glendale, CA, At Large
Lynn Snetsinger, Arcadia, CA, At Large
Advisory Board
The board governs – such as governance is required – with the advice and consent of a distinguished advisory board of exhibitors from throughout the country. The following are the advisory board members of ARES:
Peter Alonso, San Carlos, CA
Mike Becker, Southlake, TX
Stacey Catron, Eatontown, NJ
Cindy Dale, Peachtree City, GA
Jason Fredette, Seattle, WA
Jim Hering, Marion, OH
Bob House, Loma Linda, MO
William Kozemchak, Levittown, PA
Gary Rankin, Lavalette, WV
Ryan Regehr, Chandler, AZ
Diane Sommers, Menomonee Falls, WI
Eric Yount, Winter Park, FL
Privacy Policy
ARES does not republish or sell information regarding its members, subscribers or visitors to its site to anyone for any purpose.