In This Issue: Contributors
Dr. Adrina C. Bardekjian
( w w w . a d r i n a b a r d e k j i a n .
com) is an urban forestry
researcher and public speak-
er, and works with multiple
groups and Boards on a
diversity of projects. She is
a Postdoctoral Research Fellow
with the University of British Columbia and Manager of
Urban Forestry Programs and Research Development
with Tree Canada. She is the recipient of sever-
al awards, including ISA's Honourary Membership
Award (2016) in recognition for her efforts to pro-
mote and advance the ideas of arboriculture and
urban forestry.
Mathew Cahill is the
Greening the Gateway
Cities Program manag-
er for the Massachusetts
D e p a r t m e n t o f
C o n s e r v a t i o n a n d
Recreation. Mathew
received his BS in Natural
Resource Management from SUNY College of
Environmental Science and Forestry and is an ISA
Certified Arborist. He has 20 years of urban forest-
ry experience, including working for urban forestry
non-profits in New York, California, and Michigan
and most recently in Massachusetts on the Grow
Boston Greener campaign.
Andrew Hirons is a Senior
Lecturer in Arboriculture and
Urban Forestry at University
Centre Myerscough. He
teaches various modules
relating to tree biology and
arboricultural practices. His
research is motivated by the
need to improve resilience in our urban forests and
focuses on using plant traits to help select species for
challenging urban environments.
Henrik Sjöman is a Senior
Researcher at the Swedish
University of Agricultural
Sciences and Scientific
Curator at Gothenburg
Botanical Garden. His work
focuses on site-adapted plant
use for urban environments and
deliverance of ecosystem services in the urban con-
text. Working extensively with landscape architects
and landscape industry professionals, the prime focus
of Sjöman's work has become to expand the knowl-
edge of how to diversify the urban treescape.
Authors of the UHI National
Malls Elms report:
Nina Bassuk directs the Urban
Horticulture Institute at Cornell
University.
Bryan Denig is a visiting fel-
low at Cornell University's Urban
Horticulture Institute (UHI).
Yoshi Harada is a recent PhD graduate of the Urban
Horticulture Institute at Cornell University.
Barbara Neal is the Cornell Cooperative Extension
Community Horticulture Educator for Tioga County,
New York.
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Jennifer Jolliff has served as
a program arborist for the
City of Bozeman, Montana
since 1999. She is an ISA
Certified Arborist and TRAQ
qualified, holding addition-
al credentials as an Aerial
Lift Specialist and Municipal
Specialist.
