Meet the Produce Grower magazine staff

Kelli Rodda, Editorial Director

As editorial director of GIE Media’s ornamental publications, Kelli Rodda seeks out and delivers essential information to help green-industry businesses improve their bottom line. She’s visited several hundred nurseries and greenhouses — from mom-and-pops to massive operations — across the United States. She’s also seen some of the most high-tech operations in Holland.

She resides in Azle, Texas, with her husband Jason and daughter Molly, as well as a gaggle of pets. She sometimes bewilders her GIE Media coworkers, who are based in Ohio, with her odd Southern expressions. She enjoys spending time in the mountains and the forest.

Kelli is proud to represent an industry that characterizes hard work, integrity and professionalism.

She’s been a professional journalist for three decades, specializing exclusively in business-to-business publications. Contact Kelli by email here.

Patrick Alan Coleman, Editor

Patrick Alan Coleman is editor of Garden Center, Greenhouse Management and Produce Grower magazines. An avid home gardener with his wife and two boys in Northeast Ohio, Patrick is co-president of his neighborhood garden club. With two decades of journalistic experience, he is now deeply devoted to exploring the issues and trends most important to the independent garden center and greenhouse industries. Reach him by email here.

Emily Mills, Associate Editor

Emily Mills is associate editor of Garden Center, Greenhouse Management and Produce Grower magazines. A Kent State University graduate, Emily spent seven years as a newspaper reporter in Ohio before joining the business-to-business publication industry. She enjoys hiking, yoga and crocheting, and she's never met a hydrangea she didn't like. Reach her by email here.