Mary Lewis is a breeder with Syngenta Flowers at their Gilroy, CA location. Graduating from UGA in 2021 with her PhD in Horticulture and Ornamental plant breeding, she joined Syngenta and took over the breeding for a variety of seed and vegetative crops. In 2024 she accepted GPN’s 40 under 40 award, though was stressing the entire time that she’d miss the selection window for her zinnia crop (she made it. It was fine).