James Hagedorn Chairman, CEO, and President
The Scotts Miracle-Gro Company

James Hagedorn

James Hagedorn

Mr. James (Jim) Hagedorn was elected to the Board of Trustees for Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University in April 2005. Mr. Hagedorn presides as Chairman of the Investment Committee and serves on the Development Committee of the Board of Trustees.

Mr. Hagedorn is a graduate of The Harvard Business School's Advanced Management Program and holds a degree in Aeronautical Science from Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University.

Mr. Hagedorn has served as chairman of the board of directors and chief executive officer of The Scotts Miracle-Gro Company since January 2003 and president and chief operating officer of the company in April 2000. Before April 2000, he was in charge of the company's North American business.

Mr. Hagedorn joined Scotts Miracle-Gro in 1995 as senior vice president, Consumer Gardens Group, when the company merged with Stern's Miracle-Gro Products, Inc. At Miracle-Gro, Mr. Hagedorn had served as executive vice president and was a major architect of Miracle-Gro's success both in the United States and in the United Kingdom. Following the merger, Mr. Hagedorn was instrumental in the effective integration of the two businesses.

Mr. Hagedorn is co-chairman of the National Fund for the U.S. Botanic Garden in Washington, D.C., an associate trustee of the North Shore Hospital in Manhasset, New York, and chairman of the board for the Farms for City Kids Foundation, Inc. in Reading, Vermont. Mr. Hagedorn also served in the United States Air Force for seven years as a captain and an F-16 fighter pilot.

Faculty and Student Delegates

  • Javad Gorjidooz

    Faculty Delegate,
    Prescott Campus

  • Bob Oxley, Ph.D.

    Faculty Delegate,
    Daytona Beach Campus

  • Kees Rietsema, Ph.D.

    Faculty Delegate,
    Worldwide Campus

  • Bryan Dietz

    Student Delegate,
    Daytona Beach Campus

  • Clancy Delforge

    Student Delegate,
    Prescott Campus