David Moore is the Senior Tree
Supervisor for the City of
Oakland, CA. He is an ISA
Certified Arborist, ISA TRAQ
Qualified, MFI graduate,
and former president of the
New York State Urban Forestry
Council.
Kristine Griffith is an Engineering
Technician for the City of
Canton, Ohio Engineering
Department. She has over
ten years of experience in
Project Management and GIS
for local government and is cur-
rently the project manager for the
City's $206,000 Landscape Scale Restoration
Grant from the U.S. Forest Service. Kris has a
Bachelor's degree in Geology from Kent State
University in Ohio and has completed the Ohio
Division of Forestry's Ohio Tree Commission
Academy program.
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Sitara Gare is an Arboriculture
Coordinator for Brisbane City
Council, Australia's largest
municipal council. Brisbane is
a subtropical city that has an
annual storm season that starts
in October and ends in March.
Sitara's arboriculture passions lie
in educating the public about all the benefits of
trees and the retention of dead trees for habitat
for wildlife, including lizards and insects.
Bob Polomski is a Clemson
Extension Specialist—Horticul-
ture/Arboriculture and Adjunct
Asst. Prof. in the Dept. of Plant
& Environmental Sciences at
Clemson University. Polomski
supplements his extension
and teaching activities with a
research endeavor that evaluates and promotes
woody species for landscape and streetscape
applications.
Michelle Sutton has been City
Trees Editor since 2005. She
also edits the blog and e-news
for the New York State Urban
Forestry Council and writes
articles about urban forestry
and horticulture for a variety of
publications. She has a Master's
Degree in Urban Horticulture from Cornell
University, where she studied with Nina Bassuk.
