Our board members share a passion for healthy trees in our communities and healthy growth in the tree care industry. Our all-volunteer, working board represents a broad spectrum of expertise in commercial, municipal and utility arboriculture, academia, research, manufacturing and communications. TREE Fund embraces diversity to ensure that a range of perspectives and experiences are incorporated in the work of its board; arboriculture experience is not required.
TREE Fund Trustees 2023
Arnold “Beau” Brodbeck, PhD, Chair
Alabama Cooperative Extension System (Auburn University)
Auburn, AL
Biography
Patrick Franklin, Chair Elect
Bartlett Tree Experts
Charlotte, NC
Biography
Rachel Barker, Vice Chair
ArborMetrics Solutions, LLC
Tallassee, AL
Biography
Jacques Brunswick , Treasurer
Children’s Museum of Manhattan
New York, NY
Biography
Lori Brockelbank
Davey Resource Group
New York
Biography
Jeff Edgar
Silver Creek Nurseries, Inc.
Manitowoc, WI
Biography
Steve Geist, BCMA RCA
SavATree
Denver, CO
Biography
David Gorden, FASLA
Mark M. Holeman, Inc.
Indianapolis, IN
Biography
Dan Herms, PhD
The Davey Tree Expert Company
Kent, OH
Biography
Sharon Jean-Philippe, PhD
University of Tennessee
Knoxville, TN
Biography
Gordon Mann
California Tree and Landscaping Consulting, Inc.
Auburn, CA
Biography
Kathleen L. Wolf, PhD
University of Washington
Bainbridge Is, WA
Biography
John Lloyd
Trustee Emeritus
Tech Tree Experts Inc.
Blacksburg, VA
James Zwack
Trustee Emeritus
The Davey Tree Expert Company
Kent, OH
Biography
Allan West
Chairman Emeritus
U.S. Forest Service, Retired
Ojai, CA
Biography