6 City Trees
In This Issue: Contributors
Rich Weber has a BS in Forestry
from Purdue University and has served
for 17 years as Horticulturist for the
Indiana University-Purdue University
Fort Wayne (IPFW) Physical Plant-
Grounds Department. Weber devel-
oped a tree inventory with data on
over 9500 IPFW campus trees and
designed and maintains the Native
Trees of Indiana River Walk and website
(http://sites.ipfw.edu/native-trees).
Richard W. Harper is an Extension
Assistant Professor of Urban &
Community Forestry in the UMass
Department of Environmental
Conservation. An ISA Board Certified
Master Arborist & Connecticut Licensed
Arborist, Rick has over 15 years com-
bined green industry experience both
as a field technician and in Cornell
University's Extension Horticulture
Program. He serves as the MA State
Rep on the ISA New England Chapter
Board of Directors.
David Lefcourt is the current SMA
President and has been the City
Arborist/Tree Warden for the City
of Cambridge, MA for over seven
years. He is the past president of
the MA Tree Wardens and Foresters
Association. He is a MA Certified
Arborist, a Certified Municipal
Specialist, holds the Tree Risk
Assessment Qualification, and has
been involved in SMA since attending
the 2007 Municipal Forestry Institute.
Paul Revell has been the Urban
Forestry Coordinator for the Virginia
Department of Forestry since 1995.
He was one of the original organizers
of the Urban Forest Strike Teams and
has participated in all of the major
deployments. He is a current member
of the National Urban and Community
Forestry Advisory Council (NUCFAC),
a past President of the Mid-Atlantic
Chapter of ISA, and a longtime Board
Member of the Virginia Urban Forest
Council (Trees Virginia).
Jeff Shimonski is an ISA Certified
Municipal Specialist and retired
Director of Horticulture at Parrot Jungle/
Jungle Island in Miami. He now works
as a full-time consulting arborist and
horticulturist for his company, Tropical
Designs of Florida. He is Chair of the
Editorial Review Committee for City
Trees.
Richard W. Harper
Rich Weber Jeff Shimonski
Paul Revell David Lefcourt
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