Meet Our Team

Linford grew up in the family business and knew from an early age that he wanted to make it his career. He graduated from school and joined the business in 2000. Linford is the general manager and handles the purchasing and pricing.

Linford enjoys spending time with his wife and six boys. He also enjoys hunting as a hobby.

Shawn was born and raised in Iowa and then attended college in Ohio, where he met his wife Susan, who was from Pennsylvania. They were married and lived in Ohio for several years before moving to Central PA to work for a custom application business. In 2004, Shawn and Susan moved to Lancaster County and began working for Melvin Weaver & Sons. His role involves reporting to various agencies, company financial oversight, and speaking with customers on product selection.

Shawn and Susan have three children, and Shawn enjoys spending time golfing and running.

Derek joined Melvin Weaver & Sons in 2016 and is Dwane’s oldest son. He oversees dispatching trucks, lining up LTL shipments, and helping with customer service by answering phones.

Derek loves traveling, seeing new places, and observing different cultures.

Davon started working at Melvin Weaver and Sons in 2018, a year after graduating from high school. He is Dwane’s 2nd to oldest son. During his first two years with the company, he worked primarily in the warehouse, filling customer and UPS orders. In 2020, Davon’s role transitioned more to office duties and answering phone calls, and customer sales at the front counter.

When he is not at work, he enjoys spending time with his wife and playing volleyball.

Rachelle, Dwane Weaver’s daughter, began working at Melvin Weaver & Sons part-time in 2023. Her tasks include managing daily deposits, receiving inventory, invoice entry, and other office duties.

Rachelle enjoys disc golfing with her husband and playing volleyball in her free time.

Joel started with Melvin Weaver & Sons in 1998, managing our bulk facility. He unloads the incoming bulk tankers, fills mini-bulk tanks during the year, and at the end of the season, he washes and maintains all the tanks. In 2017 we added a custom-built robotic washer for our mini-bulk tanks. Two years later, we installed a customized robotic tank filler to create a safer and more efficient way to fill tanks.

Joel enjoys fixing things and making improvements at work and home. He runs a trucking business on the side. Joel, along with his wife and four children, help to run their family’s poultry farm. He also enjoys boating and fishing on the Susquehanna River.

Mark has worked here since 2009 is one of the faces behind the customer sales counter whom you will most likely meet when you visit us. He enjoys waiting on customers, assisting with their decisions, and answering their questions, especially on the vegetable production side. He has been a crop farmer for over 20 years and specializes in fresh market tomato production.

His hobbies include boating, crabbing, fishing, duck hunting, and anything else related to the beautiful Chesapeake Bay!

Dervin joined our team in 2016 as an agronomist and consultant. Before his hire with Melvin Weaver & Sons, he worked for Syngenta as an agronomist and technician, working with both seed traits and chemistry. His broad knowledge has been a great asset to our customers.

Dervin enjoys spending time with his family in the great outdoors on their farmette—gardening, tending their flower gardens, and feeding steers.

Chad joined PowerAG in 2020 as a sales representative. His previous experience has been in agriculture (seed sales, crop protection products, and building reliable agronomic programs for his customers). Chad loves the challenge of helping growers succeed by increasing productivity and adding to the overall return on investment.

Aside from work, he enjoys spending time with his family. Some of his favorite recreational activities are camping, biking, and yard games.

Dan joined PowerAG in 2023 as a sales representative. He loves the challenge of discovering and working with new customers and has a natural rapport with existing PowerAG clients. Dan aims to be a good steward of God’s beautiful earth, assisting growers in increasing their productivity. He has a background in sales and public relations.

Dan enjoys spending time outdoors and has a passion for exploring the world. His favorite activities include camping and working on or driving any vehicle. He sees himself as open to whatever new, exciting adventures God has planned.

Mark grew up in central Pennsylvania. He is a Penn State graduate, received a Fellowship at Yale College in 1975, and attended graduate school at Cranbrook Academy of Art in Michigan. Mark spent a decade running the Creative Division of Dame Media, a family-owned radio group operating 21 stations in PA and NY. He founded Dame Creative, LLC in 2000 to provide graphic design services and has worked closely with Melvin Weaver & Sons since 2012, formally joining the company in 2023.

Mark met his wife Toni in Portland, OR, and they have one daughter, Sadie, who resides in NYC. Mark enjoys spending time with friends, reading, and taking long walks.