8 CityTREES
In This Issue: Contributors
Lori Hayes is the Director of Urban
Forestry at Philadelphia Parks
and Recreation; she has worked
for Parks continuously in differ-
ent capacities going back to her
Temple University days, where
she majored in Ornamental Hor-
ticulture. Lori is a 2017 Munic-
ipal Forestry Institute (MFI) grad and
was a popular speaker at the virtual 2021 MFI Day/
Reunion, where she shared stories from her life and
career trajectory with her fellow MFI graduates.
Dr. Adrina C. Bardekjian (www.
adrinabardekjian.com) is an
urban forestry researcher and
public speaker who works with
multiple groups and boards.
She is the Director of Engage-
ment and Research Develop-
ment with Tree Canada. She is
the recipient of several awards, includ-
ing SMA's Award of Achievement (2018) and ISA's
Honourary Membership Award (2016). She serves
on the editorial review committee for City Trees.
Georgia Silvera Seamans lives
and breathes city trees, with
field experience in New
Haven, Boston, Oakland,
and NYC, and a dissertation
about urban forestry policy
in Northern California cities.
She designs urban ecology pro-
grams for New Yorkers of all ages
under the umbrella of Washington Square Park Eco
Projects / Local Nature Lab. Georgia is a member
of the #BlackBotanistsWeek organizing committee.
Interested in writing for City
Trees? Please send your
one-paragraph story pitch
to Editor Michelle Sutton.
Jim Barborinas is an ISA Certified
Arborist of 25 years who con-
sults in the Pacific Northwest
through Urban Forestry Ser-
vices | Bartlett Consulting. Jim
also owns Urban Forest Nurs-
ery, Inc., which specializes in
fabric grow bag production of
street and landscape trees that have
excellent form and well developed root systems.
Contributors to U.S. Forest Service article,
"The Many Benefits of Accessible Trees and
Forests": Marla Emery, Cassandra Johnson
Gaither, Patrick Hurley, and Phillip Rodbell
Jean Zimmerman is an Inspec-
tor for Landform LLC, where
she helps enforce protection
for trees in New York City's
five boroughs. A graduate
of the 2020 Municipal For-
estry Institute, she Co-chairs
New York ReLeaf Region 3 and
serves as a New York State Urban
Forestry Council Board Member. She is also a pub-
lished author (jeanzimmerman.com), a New York-
based writer who has made the history of Manhattan
a central focus of both her fiction and nonfiction.
