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Leslie Berckes is the Executive Director
of the Urban and Community Forestry
Society (UCFS). She has over 10 years
of urban forestry experience. Leslie is
an ISA Certified Arborist and holds a
master's degree in Public Policy from the
University of Northern Iowa in addition
to a bachelor's degree in Marketing.
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.
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For the U.S. Forest Service and Partners
feature, "Promoting Environmental
Justice in Urban Forest Plans," we
thank the authors:
Amber Grant, Lara
A. Roman, Andrew A. Millward, Sara
Edge, and Cheryl Teelucksingh
Caitlyn Baldini is an Arborist
Groundsperson and Plant Health
Care Technician for Bartlett Tree
Experts. She has a B.S. in Agriculture,
Horticulture concentration from Texas
State University. Her goal is to become
a Consulting Arborist for Bartlett.
Kaleb Dorweiler is the City Forester
for Hillsdale, Michigan. He has
a B.S. in Forestry from Michigan
Technological University.
Michael Holinsky is the City Forester
for San Antonio, Texas. He has
a B.S. in Environmental Studies
from St. Mary's University.
Denise Lewis is an MS Candidate in
Environmental Conservation at UMass
Amherst, with a concentration in
Urban Forestry. Denise is also an intern
researcher for the Legacy Tree Program
at the Massachusetts Department
of Conservation and Recreation.
Keith O'Herrin is the Urban Forester for
Union County, North Carolina. He has
worked as an urban forester for 15 years
in 5 states, has a B.S. and a Ph.D. in
Urban Forestry, and is an ISA Certified
Arborist (TRAQ), a North Carolina
Registered Forester, and a 2011 graduate
of the Municipal Forestry Institute. Keith
serves on the boards of UCFS and the
North Carolina Urban Forest Council.
Tara Soppet is a Utility Arborist
Apprentice with the Western Utility
Division of The Davey Tree Expert
Company. Her goal is to become an ISA
Certified Arborist-Utility Specialist.
