Our Story
Since 1959, ILCA has provided its members with the resources needed to enhance their performance and ensure continued growth and success. The Association’s mission is to enhance the professionalism and expertise of all members through leadership, collaboration, education, representation, and services while advancing the value of the landscape industry. ILCA employs a wide variety of means to fulfill its mission including; seminars, workshops, publications, trade shows, awards, networking, scholarship grants and social events.
The association is pledged to serve as a forum for the free exchange of ideas among landscape contractors, their suppliers and the government, working together for a greener, more beautiful Illinois. ILCA is a 501 (c) (6) nonprofit trade association with more than 800 member companies.
2025 Board Of Directors
Officers

President
Kim Hartmann
Rosborough Partners
Phone: (847) 549-1361
Libertyville, IL 60048

Vice President
Kevin McGowen
Kaknes Landscape Supply, Inc.
Phone: (630) 416-9999
Naperville, IL 60563

Secretary/Treasurer
Ryan Heitman
The Fisher Burton Company
Phone: (847) 566-9200
Mundelein, IL 60060

Immediate Past President
Ashley Marrin
Bret-Mar Landscape
Phone: (708) 301-2225
Homer Glen, IL 60491
Directors

Adam Bellas
Bellas Landscaping
Phone: (309) 827-5263
Bloomington, IL 61705

Jim Cirrincione
Hinsdale Nurseries
Phone: (630) 323-1411
Willowbrook, IL 60527

Tom Klitzkie
Nature’s Perspective Landscaping
Phone: (847) 475-7917
Evanston, IL 60602

Michael Massat
The Growing Place Nursery &
Flower Farm, Inc.
Phone: (630) 355-4000
Naperville, IL 60563

Nikki Melin
Midwest Groundcovers
Phone: (847) 742-1790
St. Charles, IL 60174

Becky Thomas
Spring Grove Nursery, Inc.
Phone: (815) 448-2097
Mazon, IL 60444

Mark Utendorf
Emerald Lawn Care, Inc.
Phone: (847) 392-7097
Wheeling, IL 60090
Aaron Zych
ILT Vignocchi, Inc.
Phone: (847) 487-5200
Wauconda, IL 60084