In This I ue: Contributors
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.
Karla Nagy is a landscape architect and
ISA Certified Arborist with more than 15
years of urban and community forestry
nonprofit leadership experience, including
several years of teaching and admin
roles for the Municipal Forestry Institute
(MFI). She was hired last summer as the
UCFS Program and Education Manager.
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to learn about all things UCFS,
including the Municipal Forestry
Institute, Municipal Accreditation,
our Arborist Exchange program,
Annual Conference, and more.
Jered Lane is the Public Works Supervisor
and City Arborist for Beaverton, Oregon.
The City's urban forestry program is
UCFS Accredited and works closely with
Friends of Trees on tree planting events.
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.
Matt Stewart is Upper Arlington, Ohio's
Forestry Supervisor and Sidewalk
Maintenance Program Manager.
In June, Matt went to Cambridge,
Massachusetts to learn from David
Lefcourt and Abby Bentley through the
UCFS Arborist Exchange program.
Thank you to Dr. Nadina Galle for the story behind
her upcoming keynote presentation at the UCFS
Chicago Conference, "Trees, Tech, and Togetherness:
Nature's Role in Easing Urban Loneliness."
For contributions to "The Resilient Canopy:
Treenet," we thank Sitara Gare, Tim Johnson,
Russell Tomlin, and Ruby Wolfe.
For the U.S. Forest Service and Partners
article, "Knocking on our Front Doors:
Fires in Urban Forests," we thank
the authors: Francisco J. Escobedo,
USDA Forest Service; Ryan Klein,
University of Florida; Alessandro Ossola,
University of California, Davis; and
Phil Rodbell, USDA Forest Service
