In this issue… Contributors
David Bienemann is City Forester for Bowling Green, Ohio.
Bill Haws is the Forestry Administrator for the City of Savannah Park & Tree Department and has practiced urban for- estry in beautiful and historic Savannah, Georgia since 1994.
Pierluigi (Enrico) Bonello is a Professor in the Department of Plant Pathology at The Ohio State University.
Justin Morgenroth is a Lecturer for the New Zealand School of Forestry.
Anna O. Conrad received a BS in Environmental Biology from SUNY College of Environmental Science and Forestry in Syracuse, New York. She is currently pursuing a PhD in Plant Pathology at The Ohio State University.
Ralph Sievert has worked for over 30 years in urban forestry and is cur- rently the Director of Forestry for the Minneapolis Park & Recreation Board. He is a proud graduate of The Ohio State University where he earned a BS & MS in Natural Resources.
City Trees is the journal of the Society of Municipal Arborists, and is published bimonthly. The SMA is a Professional
Affiliate of the ISA.
President: Doug Still, Providence, RI Dstill@providenceri.com
Vice President:
John McNeil, Oakville ON jmcneil@oakville.ca Past President:
Gene Hyde, Chattanooga TN hyde_gene@mail.chattanooga.gov
Executive Director: Jerri J. LaHaie, CAE P.O. Box 641 Watkinsville, GA 30677 Phone: (706) 769-7412 Fax: (706) 769-7307 urbanforestry@prodigy.net
Executive Board: 2012 Tami Sadonoja, Hamilton ON 2012 David Sivyer, Milwaukee WI 2011 Nick Kuhn, Jefferson MO 2011 Chris Pargoff, Livonia MI 2011 Henry Wallace, Charlotte NC
ISA Representative: Bob Benjamin, Lombard IL
City Trees Editorial Review Committee
Co-Chair: David Sivyer, Milwaukee WI Co-Chair: Jeff Shimonski, Miami FL Melinda Adams, Fort Worth TX Steve Cothrel, Upper Arlington OH Owen Croy, Surrey BC Tami Sadonoja, Hamilton ON Steve Shurtz, Baton Rouge LA Julie Lafferty, Boise ID
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