S
amuel (Sam) Olusina Oludunfe is the Open Space Manager and
City Forester at the City of Chula Vista, California.
Sam started his forestry career in 1978 when the Nigerian Federal Department
of Forestry appointed him as a Field Overseer, working out of Sokoto Field
Office. An International Society of Arboriculture (ISA) Certified Arborist/Utility/
Municipal Specialist, an ISA Tree Risk Assessment Qualified (TRAQ), and a National
Recreation & Park Association (NRPA) Certified Park & Recreation Professional
(CPRP), Sam obtained his Bachelor of Science (Forestry) degree in 1985.
During his 18 years of employment with the Nigerian Federal Forest Service,
Sam worked in various ecological zones across the country, including pioneer-
ing a Watershed Protection Project in Nigeria's northeastern Borno State from
1981 to 1983; managing arid zone afforestation, desertification control, and eco-
logical disaster relief projects in Kano and Jigawa States from 1986 to 1993;
and serving as a southwestern regional officer of the European Economic
Community-sponsored Tropical Forestry Action Project while stationed at the
Forestry Monitoring and Evaluation Coordinating Unit in Ibadan, Oyo State.
From 1997 to 2003, Sam Oludunfe was the Director of Hijen Lilac Limited, a firm
of consulting urban foresters, park developers, and landscape contractors, doing
business in various parts of Nigeria with offices in Abuja, Ibadan, and Lagos.
Board Member Profile:
Sam Oludunfe
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