Our People

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Executive

Mark Buscaino, Executive Director

Administrative

Andrew Schichtel, Chief Operating Officer

Diane Friedman, Office Manager

Davis Pipher, Maintenance Specialist

Brittany Tovar, Human Resources Manager

Laura Cooper, Human Resources Associate

Shukura Abbott, Bookkeeper

Matt Hansen, Business Manager

Communications & Development

Italia Peretti, Director

Vince Drader, CRM Administrator

Jona Elwell, Communications Specialist

Abby Holcombe, Communications & Marketing Associate

Tissa Khosla, Digital Developer

Evan Kieber, Development Associate

Alex Kew, Events Coordinator

Policy & Land Conservation

Kelly Collins Choi, Director

Leah Harnish, Policy Analyst

Spenser Balog, Conservation Planner

Education

Melinda Peters, Director

Kelsey Desmond, Youth Programs Coordinator

Hailey Alemán, Community Outreach Coordinator

Tree Operations

Robert Shaut, Director

Nick Smalley, Field Manager

Kent Greene, Urban Forestry Foreman

Jonathan Carney, Urban Forestry Crew Chief

Andrew Roberts, Urban Forestry Crew Chief

Nathan Bradley, Urban Forestry Crew Chief

Keith Howerton, Urban Forestry Crew Chief

Alex Palacios, Urban Forestry Crew

Dean Greene, Urban Forestry Crew

Andy Solorzano, Urban Forestry Crew

Francis Siaya, Urban Forestry Crew

Jerrick Dorsey, Urban Forestry Crew

Dondre Stanley, Urban Forestry Crew

Marcus Burton, Urban Forestry Crew

Jamal Evans, Urban Forestry Crew

Allan Rey, Managing Arborist

Maddie Hoagland – Hanson, Horticulturist

Evan Friedman, Urban Forester

Cecilia McCrary, Urban Forester

Jaxson Mack, Urban Forester

Rebecca Shipe, Urban Forester

Amelia Lesniak, Urban Forester

Michaila Musman, GIS Manager

Matthew Marchese, GIS Technician

Robert Colburn, Data Technician

Tree Farm

Reid Kemp, Nursery Manager

Paul Konopa, Farm Maintenance Technician

Dan Martin, Farm Crew Chief

JR Plotner, Farm Crew

Clay Schutte, Farm Crew

Luke Kilgore, Farm Crew