Vince Brockman has two clear passions: family and nature. Both led him to a fulfilling career as general counsel of The Scotts Miracle-Gro Co.

As the youngest of seven children, Brockman looked up to his father, who at one time was general counsel of Wise Potato Chip Co. Brockman’s father encouraged him to forgo an undergraduate engineering degree and instead major in history, a subject in which he was truly interested. He then went on to law school at Ohio State University.