8 CityTREES
In This Issue: Contributors
Alexsis Perrmann is a double major
in Sustainable Horticulture and
Landscape Horticulture at Cincinnati
State Technical and Community
College. She is working toward her
ISA Certified Arborist credential and
competes on the National Collegiate
Landscape Competition team.
Becky Kirk is a Project Specialist for
The Davey Tree Expert Company. She
will graduate this December from
Saint Leo University in Saint Leo,
Florida, with a Master of Business
Administration (MBA), with a
concentration in Project Management.
Thibault Monnier is enrolled in the
Landscape Horticulture program at
Merritt College in Oakland, California
and is studying to obtain the TCIA
Tree Care Specialist certification and
ISA Certified Arborist credential.
Michelle Sutton has been editor
of City Trees since 2005. She is a
writer, horticulturist, and urban
forestry subject matter specialist
who earned her master's degree
working with Nina Bassuk in the
Cornell Urban Horticulture Institute.
Christiean Todd Smith is the owner
of Urban Green Assets LLC and a
PhD Candidate in the Southern
University and A&M College
Department of Urban Forestry and
Natural Resources. In addition, he
was recently hired to be the Program
Coordinator of Urban Forestry for
the Department. Christiean is a
veteran of the U.S Army, where
he served as a firefighter.
For the USFS column on Urban
Forests Habitat for Wildlife and
People, thank you to Alexandreana
Cocroft, USFS Resource Assistant;
Susannah B. Lerman, USFS Research
Ecologist; Patrice N. Klein, USFS
National Program Lead Fish
and Wildlife Health; and Phillip
Rodbell, USFS National Program
Lead Urban Forest Research.
For the EAB Forecasting Maps update, thank you to
Theresa Crimmins (Director), Erin Posthumus (Outreach
Coordinator and US Fish & Wildlife Service Liaison), and
Alyssa Rosemartin (Partner and Application Specialist) of
the USA National Phenology Network; and Brittany Barker
(Entomology Research Associate) and Len Coop (Associate
Professor of Horticulture) from Oregon State University.
