8 CityTREES
In This Issue: Contributors
Interested in writing for City Trees? Please send your
one-paragraph story pitch to Editor Michelle Sutton.
Brandon Au is the head of the Nursery
and Landscape Section in the
Division of Urban Forestry, Depart-
ment of Parks and Recreation,
City and County of Honolulu in
Hawaii. He is employed with
the City for over 20 years and
recently acquired his Registered
Consulting Arborist credential from
the American Society of Consulting Arborists.
His time is devoted to reviewing and inspecting private
developer projects for street trees, tree preservation
and restoration for City facility projects, and contracting
and overseeing in-house beautification projects.
Kieran Hunt is the Municipal Manager
with Asplundh Technical Services,
responsible for working with
Asplundh's field operations to
improve and expand munic-
ipal and roadside vegetation
management programs. He
is an ISA Certified Arborist
Utility Specialist and New Jersey
Licensed Tree Expert with a Bachelor of
Science degree in Ecology from Rutgers University.
Dr. Nina Bassuk has taught and
mentored students at Cornell
University and directed the
Cornell Urban Horticulture
Institute for more than 40 years.
Her accomplishments are too
many to begin to enumerate
here, but readers can see a very
nice video overview of her career the
Arbor Day Foundation made in honor of
her receiving its 2015 ADF Frederick Law Olmsted award.
Becky Schwartz is the Senior Manag-
er of Urban Forestry at American
Forests. Prior to that, she worked
as an Urban Forester with
Washington, DC's Urban Forestry
Division. Becky is a 2020 grad-
uate of the Municipal Forestry
Institute and lives in Cambridge,
Massachusetts with her wife, Adriann.
Terri-Ann "Terri" Koike is the Admin-
istrative Specialist for the Division
of Urban Forestry, Department
of Parks and Recreation, City
and County of Honolulu. Terri
holds ISA credentials as a
Certified Arborist, Municipal
Specialist, TRAQ; she is the Hawaii
lead ISA exam proctor and liaison
to the Western Chapter ISA credentialing
committee. Terri is a proud graduate of MFI 2019.
Alexander Martin is a Board Certified
Master Arborist, Tree Care Industry
Association Certified Treecare
Safety Professional, Director
of Ironwood Urban Forestry
Consulting Inc, and Co-Chair
of the Canadian TREE Fund.
Michelle Sutton has been City Trees
Editor since 2005. She is a writer,
horticulturist, and urban forestry
subject matter specialist who
earned her master's degree work-
ing with Nina Bassuk in the Cor-
nell Urban Horticulture Institute.
