Garst Seed Company announces the promotion of Dr. W. David Witherspoon to Vice President of the company. Witherspoon currently serves as the Director of Marketing for Garst as well as the AgriPro and Interstate Seeds brand.

"I am pleased to announce the promotion of David Witherspoon to the position of Vice President of Garst Seed Company," says Col Seccombe, president and CEO. "The purpose of this new appointment is to recognize David as the "number two" person at Garst and take advantage of his excellent leadership, management and marketing skills." 

For the interim, Witherspoon will retain his current director of marketing role and responsibilities. "And with the appointment of David to the vice president position, he will be taking on a much greater role in the day-to-day management and direction of both AgriPro and Garst," adds Seccombe.

Dr. W. David Witherspoon graduated from The Citadel with a Bachelor of Science degree in Biology; Clemson University with an Masters of Science in Agronomy and earned his doctorate at North Carolina State University in Crop Science (plant breeding). 

Witherspoon has been with Garst Seed Company since July of 1989 when he started as a Corn Breeder and Research Station Manager at the company's Marshall, Missouri facility. He was promoted to Field Business Manager in June of 1994 and managed the Garst sales force in the southern United States. In July of 1996, Witherspoon became Field Business Manager for Iowa and in August of 1997, was promoted to Director of Marketing at the company's Slater, Iowa research and corporate headquarters.

Witherspoon, a native of South Carolina, his wife Louise and three children now live in Ankeny, Iowa. In his spare time, David is a youth soccer coach and enjoys golf and is a licensed S.C.U.B.A diver.

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