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.
Shane McQuillan is the City Forester for
Des Moines, Iowa and prior to that was
the Urban Forestry Project Manager. He
has a bachelor's degree in Forestry and a
master's degree in Public Administration.
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including the Municipal Forestry
Institute, Municipal Accreditation,
our Arborist Exchange program,
Annual Conference, and more.
Sara Barron is the Program Director
for the Master of Urban Forestry
Leadership program at the University
of British Columbia. She has expertise
in large-scale sustainable community
planning and climate change research
projects and holds a Master of
Landscape Architecture degree.
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.
Thank you to Tammy Rominger, Karla Nagy, Dan
Hintz, Greg Soltwisch, Mary Danser, Carolina
Arango, David De Cicco, Robert Corletta, Peter
Murray, Jim Barborinas, Aidan Curran, and Michael
Martini for contributing thoughtful reflections
to "Inside the 2024 UCFS Mentoring Program."
For the U.S. Forest Service and Partners
feature, "Urban and Community Wood
Reuse in Memphis: Towards a Model
for Local Regenerative Economies," we
thank authors Ashley Kite-Rowland,
Tennessee Department of Agriculture;
Morgan Grove & Phillip Rodbell,
USDA Forest Service; and Lance
Davisson, The Keystone Concept
