{"id":888241,"date":"2025-12-21T21:32:34","date_gmt":"2025-12-22T02:32:34","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/floristsreview.com\/?p=888241"},"modified":"2025-12-21T21:32:43","modified_gmt":"2025-12-22T02:32:43","slug":"smithers-oasis-company-appoints-mickey-leech-as-president-north-america-operations","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/floristsreview.com\/smithers-oasis-company-appoints-mickey-leech-as-president-north-america-operations\/","title":{"rendered":"Smithers-Oasis Company Appoints Mickey Leech as President, North America Operations"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Kent, OH \u2013 Smithers-Oasis<\/a> is proud to announce the appointment of Mickey Leech as President, North America Operations, effective December 1, 2025. Mickey joins the President\u2019s Staff, reporting directly to Robin Kilbride, President and CEO of Smithers-Oasis.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Mickey brings decades of leadership experience in branded products, operations, and strategic growth. He joins Smithers-Oasis from Schumacher Electric in Dallas, Texas, where he served as Chief Executive Officer for the past four and a half years. Before that, Mickey spent 18 years with MTD Products in Cleveland, Ohio, holding key leadership roles including Vice President of the Aftermarket and eCommerce Division and President of the Handheld Products Division.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

With a strong background in designing, manufacturing, marketing, and selling branded products through diverse channels, Mickey is well-positioned to lead Smithers-Oasis in its mission to serve the floral industry. His experience in driving operational efficiencies and implementing change for rapid, sustainable growth aligns perfectly with the company\u2019s vision to empower floral professionals and serve our customers.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

“It\u2019s a privilege to be joining such a special industry, and I\u2019m honored to become part of the Smithers-Oasis team,\u201d said Mickey Leech. \u201cThe company\u2019s commitment to innovation and supporting floral professionals inspires me, and I look forward to helping our customers create solutions to help celebrate life\u2019s most meaningful moments.”<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Robin Kilbride, President and CEO of Smithers-Oasis, added: \u201cWe are thrilled to welcome Mickey to Smithers-Oasis. His proven leadership and expertise in building strong brands and driving growth will be instrumental as we continue to innovate and strengthen the floral industry. Mickey shares our commitment to supporting floral professionals and delivering products that make a difference.\u201d <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Mickey earned a Bachelor of Science in Accounting from John Carroll University and a Master of Business Administration from Case Western Reserve University. Originally from Northeast Ohio, he is eager to return to the region and contribute to the growth of Smithers-Oasis and the floral industry at large.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Mickey succeeds Anne M. Stewart, who will retire at the end of January after 11 years of dedicated service to Smithers-Oasis. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Kent, OH \u2013 Smithers-Oasis is proud to announce the appointment of Mickey Leech as President, North America Operations, effective December 1, 2025. Mickey joins the President\u2019s Staff, reporting directly to Robin Kilbride, President and CEO of Smithers-Oasis. Mickey brings decades of leadership experience in branded products, operations, and strategic growth. He joins Smithers-Oasis from Schumacher […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":160,"featured_media":888245,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_et_pb_use_builder":"off","_et_pb_old_content":"","_et_gb_content_width":"","advanced_seo_description":"","jetpack_seo_html_title":"","jetpack_seo_noindex":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[17],"tags":[11657,11656,4858],"class_list":["post-888241","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-industry","tag-floral-industry-leadership","tag-new-leadership","tag-smithers-oasis","et-has-post-format-content","et_post_format-et-post-format-standard"],"acf":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/floristsreview.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/Screenshot-2025-12-21-at-9.26.52-PM.png?fit=2104%2C890&ssl=1","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/floristsreview.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/888241","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/floristsreview.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/floristsreview.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/floristsreview.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/160"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/floristsreview.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=888241"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/floristsreview.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/888241\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":888248,"href":"https:\/\/floristsreview.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/888241\/revisions\/888248"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/floristsreview.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/888245"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/floristsreview.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=888241"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/floristsreview.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=888241"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/floristsreview.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=888241"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}