Our People
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Executive
Mark Buscaino, Executive Director
Administrative
Andrew Schichtel, Chief Operating Officer
Matt Hansen, Business Manager
Veva Johnson-Milton, Human Resources Generalist
Laura Cooper, Human Resources Associate
Diane Mason, Special Projects Manager
Davis Pipher, Maintenance Specialist
Sharon Yao, Office Manager
Brian Norwitz, Accounting & Finance Manager
Communications & Development
Vince Drader, Director
Christina Hester, Multimedia Communications Associate
Emily Koppel, Partnerships Associate
Lucy Long, Communications & Events Assistant
Caitlin Gilmore, CRM Administrator
Policy & Land Conservation
Kelly Collins Choi, Director
Spenser Balog, Conservation Planner
John Boland, Policy & Advocacy Associate
Education
Melinda Peters, Director
Madeline Carreño Karp, Youth Programs Manager
Emma Joy, Youth Programs Associate
Samuel Nelson, Youth Programs Forester
Tree Operations
Robert Shaut, Director
Nick Smalley, Field Manager
Liam Ulasevich, Managing Arborist
Keith Howerton, Urban Forester
Evan Friedman, Urban Forester
Jonathan Carney, Urban Forester
Gabrielle Elliott, Urban Forester
Dana Gresham, Urban Forester
Allan Rey, Urban Forester
Dean Greene, Urban Forester
Maddie Hoagland – Hanson, Horticulturist
Kent Greene, Urban Forestry Foreman
Nathan Bradley, Urban Forestry Foreman
Andrew Roberts, Urban Forestry Crew Chief
Francis Siaya, Urban Forestry Crew Chief
Alex Palacios, Urban Forestry Crew Chief
Andy Solorzano, Urban Forestry Crew
Jamal Evans, Urban Forestry Crew
Marian Cooper, Urban Forestry Crew
Michael Carter, Urban Forestry Crew
James Leach, Urban Forestry Crew
Javier Corrales, Urban Forestry Crew
Shaveem Roberts, Urban Forestry Crew
Kaitlyn Camp, Urban Forestry Crew
Brian Spinner, Urban Forestry Crew
Michaila Musman, Senior Program Manager
Matthew Marchese, GIS Manager
Cortney Kraekel, GIS Technician
Robert Colburn, Data Technician
Tree Farm
Kyle Derr, Nursery Manager
Dan Martin, Farm Crew Chief
JR Plotner, Farm Crew Chief
Danny Guenthner, Farm Crew
Scott Patterson, Farm Crew
David Fletcher, Farm Crew
Deanna Higgerson, Nursery Admin Assistant
Research Partnership
Bartlett Tree Research Laboratories and Chris Riley, Ph.D – Research Scientist & Technical Support Specialist