Reinders adds two to staff
Reinders, Inc. added Brian Placzkowski and Jerry Kershasky to its staff to help serve the Chicago market.
Placzkowski will work with golf courses as a territory manager within the commercial equipment division. He was the assistant superintendent at Royal Melbourne CC in Long Grove, Ill., for the past four years. Prior to that, he interned at The Ivanhoe Club in Lake County, Ill, and received a bachelor of science from Southern Illinois University-Carbondale where he majored in plant and soil science and specialized in turf management.
Kershasky rejoined Reinders, serving the southern Chicago market and northwest Indiana. He is a territory manager in the soft goods business group responsible for sales and product support.
Kershasky brings 40 years of golf course industry experience with him. Most recently, he served as superintendent of University Ridge GC in Madison, Wis. He worked for Reinders as a sales representative in the Chicago market prior to that. In 2008 he supervised a major course renovation that included an XGD drainage install and the fumigation and regrassing of greens at Westmoor CC in Brookfield, Wis. He has a bachelor of science from the University of Wisconsin-La Crosse.