City Trees

8 CityTREES In This Issue: Contributors Brittany Benjamin is a doctoral student in Urban Forestry at Southern University and A&M College, from which she previously earned bachelor and master degrees in Urban Forestry. She works as a Biological Scientist for the U.S. Forest Service, overseeing and managing data collection for the Urban Forest Inventory and Analysis program in Portland, Oregon and San Diego, California. Kim Farris-Manning is an arborist and multi-media creative arts performer. Kim is in the second and final year of Forestry at Collège La Cité and works as a climbing arborist for L'ambas- sadeur de l'arbre. Kim has upcoming projects as both a composer/director and a tree climber/dancer in Switzerland, Bénin, and Montréal. Photo credit: Valaquia Studio. José Mireles is an ISA Certified Arborist at Cal Poly Pomona who is also in charge of a 17-acre (6.9 ha) area that includes all types of vegetation including trees, shrubs, turf, and a community vegetable garden. José is a graduate of the 2022 Municipal Forestry Institute, TRAQ certified, and is eager to explore professional avenues in urban forestry. Man Wa Lee ("Wa") moved to Vancouver, Can- ada from Hong Long last year. Wa is a third- year student of an MSc in Arboriculture and Urban Forestry through the University of Central Lancashire in the UK, where the course leader is Dr. Duncan Slater and the tutor is Dr. Andrew Hirons. Wa has more than 12 years of experience in the industry. Sitara Gare is the Planning Project Arboricul- ture Coordinator for Brisbane City Council, Australia; she has worked for the Council for more than 19 years. Sitara serves on the Editorial Review Committee for City Trees. She has an Arboriculture degree from Wollongbar TAFE, New South Wales. Felipe Alberto Fuentes Ramírez is an Urban Planner for the municipality of Calera de Tango in Chile. He has a postgraduate diploma in Arboriculture and Management of Urban Woodland from the Universidad Politécnica of Madrid, Spain. Felipe helped found the Chilean Society of Arboriculture, helped organize the first-ever Arbor Day in Chile, and serves on the Editorial Review Committee for City Trees. Jenny Wickford is an ISA Certified Arborist, TRAQ certified, who completed her studies in Arboriculture and Forestry at Bridgwa- ter and Taunton College in the UK. She is also a physical therapist and is developing a model of tree care, Arboribalance, that incorporates physical therapy principles. Ashley Kite-Roland is the Partnership Coordinator for the Tennessee Urban & Community Forestry Program. She is a graduate of the 2022 Municipal Forestry Institute and serves on numerous urban forestry and community beautification boards in Tennessee. Alexander Martin is an ISA Board Certified Master Arborist and TCIA Certified Treecare Safety Professional. He currently works as the Director of Ironwood Urban Forestry Consulting Inc., a research and consulting firm based in Winnipeg, Manitoba. He is also the Co-Chair of the Canadian TREE Fund, where he hosts the monthly webinar series. Interested in writing for City Trees? Please send your one-paragraph story pitch to Editor Michelle Sutton.

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