2021 NNLA Board of Directors Election Results
Cindy Christensen, Landscape Designer at ASPM Landscapes in Norfolk was elected to serve as an At-Large Director
Cindy’s love of horticulture started the summer after her freshman year of college. She got a summer job working at a design/build landscape company working on a maintenance crew. At that time, she had no idea that landscape design even existed. The Landscape Designers that worked there absolutely fascinated her - always in a hurry, walking around with their rolled-up paper plans and meeting with clients. At the time she was majoring in Food Science but knew that was not for her. Her sophomore year she switched to Horticulture/Landscape Design, earning her Bachelor of Science from the University of Nebraska in the fall of 1997.
Cindy has been working as a landscape designer for the past 24 years, a Nebraska Certified Nursery and Landscape Professional for over 20 years, and now serves on the NCNLP Committee. She regularly attends NNLA conferences, field days and continuing education. She has been working at ASPM Landscapes in Norfolk for the past four years where she does 3-D design/estimating for residential clients, commercial bidding, and plant ordering. Her and her husband live in Wayne, he is a science professor at Wayne State College. They have two grown boys and a Sphynx cat named Chloe.
Ashly Neneman, General Manager at Sun Valley Landscaping in Omaha was elected to serve an additional term as an At-Large Director
As General Manager of Sun Valley Landscaping, Ashly Neneman leads the company through the many challenges and hurdles of the green industry and the Omaha market, and more recently Covid-19. In the last 10 years Ashly has been part of exponential growth, seeing the company from $950,000 in revenue to a goal of almost $7 million at the end of 2021. In that time, she has helped the company navigate a merger and five acquisitions, which included a complete re-brand and an irrigation division start-up. Ashly was recognized as Midlands Business Journal’s 40 Under 40 in 2015 and currently serves as a board member for the Nebraska Nursery Landscape Association. Sun Valley has been recognized locally and nationally for their community outreach efforts by the Greater Omaha Chamber of Commerce, Nebraska Statewide Arboretum, Landscape Management and Lawn and Landscape magazines, and most recently, the National Association of Landscape Professionals. Ashly founded Commit20 in 2015 as a way for the company to celebrate their 20th year in business by not only giving back, but to encourage a shift in mindset of employees at Sun Valley.