SMA Award Winners
Celebrated at 2022 Conference
Award Ceremony Photos by Jake Hardaway
The SMA 2022 Awards were celebrated during the Seattle SMA Conference
luncheon on November 15, 2022. These awards recognize the great work
happening in urban forestry by some of the organization's most outstanding
colleagues, collaborators, and members. Alongside SMA Executive Director
Leslie Berckes, outgoing SMA President Sam Oludunfe presented the awards.
Each person recognized received a handsome plaque to commemorate their
accomplishments; the plaques were made from American elm (Ulmus americana),
sycamore (Platanus occidentalis), and bigleaf maple (Acer macrophyllum) trees
harvested in or around Portland, Oregon. Thank you to David Barmon and Epilogue
Urban Lumber in Portland for providing these meaningful urban wood plaques.
Honorary Membership is bestowed upon
people who are not members of SMA but who,
through their service to the urban and community
forestry profession or to SMA, have earned our grat-
itude. SMA recognized four people for 2022:
Dan Lambe, CEO at the Arbor Day Foundation,
for his dedicated and leadership to serve
both urban forestry and the public.
Dr. Jason Grabosky, Professor of Urban Forestry
at Rutgers University, for his research over the
past two decades that has provided great value
to many urban forestry practitioners.
Shannon Ramsay, Founding President and former CEO at
Trees Forever, for her 30 years of service with commu-
nity leaders, landowners, and thousands of volunteers to
enhance canopy coverage in Iowa, Illinois, and beyond.
Caitlyn Pollihan, CEO and Executive Director at the
International Society of Arboriculture, for her ded-
icated leadership of the organization, which has
resulted in increased global reach of the association.
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