2015 STMA PreSidenT
8 SportsTurf | February 2015 www.sportsturfonline.com
Leader of
"The Pack"
■ By Lynn Grooms
Allen Johnson, CsFM, will bring
to stMA the sAMe strong work
ethiC, intelligenCe And proFes-
sionAlisM he hAs shown At
green bAy's lAMbeAu Field
W
ithin a few hours of seeing allen Johnson
literally run between jobs, Steve Hutchison
knew the guy was special. Eighteen years
later, he feels the same way as Johnson, now
fields manager for the Green Bay Packers at Lambeau
Field, takes the office of 2015 STMA president. "Allen
is quick to grasp the big picture and cuts to the chase.
He's hardworking, intelligent and not afraid to get on
with the task at hand," Hutchison says.
The two men met in 1997 when Hutchison's com-
pany, Tee to Green, had been charged with renovating
Lambeau Field. Needing temporary construction
workers, Tee to Green had posted a job notice with a