Landscape Management, April 2018
backstory edward L Wallace Wallace and fellow contractor Richard Cohen manning a CLCA chapter booth at an environmental expo in Irvine Calif I learned the three color process and started learning how to run the machines Im the first African American president of the Orange County chapter We had a presidents council meeting and I was really excited as I looked around the room at the diversity California Landscape Contractors Association 2003 2005 Director of communications 2017 2018 Director of resource management 2018 First African American president of Orange County chapter LANDSCAPEMANAGEMENT NET April 2018 40 Owner Midwest Landscaping Long Beach caLif inTeRVieW BY SaRah WeBB PHOTOS edward l wallace iSTOck cOm SaSHkinw I love to travel because when you travel you learn different things I also love to fish Ive been married for five fi years to my beautiful wife Mari We dont have any children but she has grown children so Ive got stepkids We were printing schematics for when they make the airplanes educaTion Grove City High School Grove City Ohio Class of 1973 Olympic Community College Bremerton Wash Business Administration 1973 1975 Fort Steilacoom Community College Tacoma Wash Graphic Arts Class of 1977 WoRK eXPeRience 1978 1980 Offset press operator Pick Up Printers Seattle Wash 1980 1987 Letterpress operator West Coast Printing Seattle Wash 1987 1989 Offset press operator Boeing Aircraft Kent Wash 1989 1990 Offset press operator ST Morgan Printers Long Beach Calif 1990 1992 Offset press operator Jacobsens Printers Carson Calif 1990 present Owner Midwest Landscaping Long Beach Calif I ran track and played football there My main event was the 440 intermediate hurdles I got my company started by complaining about the bad job that people were doing at the apartment building I lived at WoRdS of WiSdom never be afraid to get out of your comfort zone always respect other peoples opinions even though everybody has their own never stop never quit if youre going to do something see it through dont dwell on the problem concentrate on the solution
You must have JavaScript enabled to view digital editions.