TREE Fund Board of Trustees

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 2025

Rachel Barker, Chair
ArborMetrics Solutions, LLC
Tallassee, AL
Biography

David Gorden, FASLA, Chair Elect
Mark M. Holeman, Inc. 
Indianapolis, IN
Biography

Sam VanMaanen- Vice Chair
Arborwear
Pella, IA
Biography

Jon Hicks, Treasurer
Wright Tree Service
Cumming, IA
Biography

Patrick Franklin, Past Chair
Bartlett Tree Experts
Charlotte, NC
Biography

 

Trustees

Anne Beard
Filsinger Energy Partners
Edgewood, NM
Biography

Lori Brockelbank
Davey Resource Group
New York
Biography

Asia Dowtin, PhD
Michigan State University
East Lansing, MI
Biography

Megan Fielding
Asplundh

Bio coming soon

Dan Herms, PhD
The Davey Tree Expert Company
Kent, OH
Biography

Andrew Koeser
University of Florida, Gulf Coast Research and Education Center
St. Petersburg, FL
Biography

Kyle McCann
Wright Service Corp.
West Des Moines, IA
Biography

Cindy Schwab
The Davey Tree Expert Company
Pleasant Prairie, WI

Bio coming soon

De’Etra Young, PhD
Tennessee State University
Nashville, TN
Biography

 

Emeritus

Steve Geist, BCMA RCA
SavATree
Denver, CO
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