Board of Directors

    Officers

  • President
    Ronny Nelson (2024-2025)
    Simply Horticulture
    Prosper, TX
    972.750.8386

  • President-Elect
    Kirsten Schneider (2024-2025)
    City of Austin Parks & Recreation Forestry
    Austin, TX
    512.964.9573

  • Vice President
    Kenney Shook (2024-2025)
    Southern Botanical, Inc
    Dallas, TX 75247
    972.322.8478 

  • Past President
    Gary O’Neil (2024-2025)
    CenterPoint Energy
    Houston, TX
    832.547.7209

  • Treasurer
    A.J. Thibodeaux (2024-2025)
    SavATree, DFW
    Dallas, TX
    214.317.2519

  • Component Council Liaison to ISA
    Courtney Blevins (2024-2025)
    Texas A&M Forest Service
    Fort Worth, TX
    817.879.3974

    Board of Directors

  • Meaggan Reid (2023-2026)
    Texas Tree Surgeons
    Dallas, TX
    972.633.5462 (office)

  • Rachel McGregor (2022-2025)
    Dallas
    214-953-1184

  • Amy Heath (2023-2026)
    Texas Tree Surgeons
    Dallas, TX
    972.633.5462 (office)

  • Gareth Harrier (2024-2027)
    Bartlett Tree Experts
    Fort Worth, TX
    817.656.8733

  • Ed Dolphin (2024-2027)
    The Woodlands Tree Experts
    Houston
    713.494.0892

  • Jamie Thibodeaux (2022-2025)
    SavATree, DFW
    Dallas, TX
    817.524.9200

     

     

  • Bill Green (2023-2026)
    Texas A&M Forest Service
    Kingsville, TX
    956.373.8543

  • Haywood Morgan (2023-2026)
    Parks and Recreation Department – Urban Forestry
    City of Denton
    940.349.8337

  • Natalie Roberts (2024-2027)
    Trees for Houston
    Houston, TX
    713.840.8733

  • Editor
    Dr. David Appel (2024-2025)
    Texas A&M University, Retired
    Bandera, TX
    979.218.6396

  • Certification Liaison
    Sarah Campbell (2024-2025)
    City of Austin Watershed Protection Department
    Austin, TX
    512.974.9301

    ISAT Executive Director

  • Gene Gehring
    Executive Director
    gene@isatexas.com
    817.395.9055

    Megan Wood
    Program Manager
    megan@isatexas.com
    254.327.8017

  • ISAT Past Presidents:

    Gary O’Neil 2023-2024

    Rebecca Johnson 2022-2023

    Mark Bird 2021-2022
    A.J. Thibodeaux 20-21
    Jason Alfaro 19-20
    Emily King 18-19
    Micah Pace 17-18
    Bob Dewers 79-80
    Del Kennedy 78-79
    Markus Smith 14-15
    Michael Sultan 13-14
    Susan Henson 12-13
    Keith Brown 11-12
    Todd Watson 10-11
    Jim Carse 09-10
    John Giedraitis 08-09
    Jordy Hagen 07-08
    Gene Gehring 06-07
    Pat Wentworth 05-06
    Russell Peters 04-05
    James Tuttle 03-04
    Melinda Adams 02-03
    Mark Peterson 01-02
    Mike Richardson 00-01
    Len Newsom 99-00
    Harold Pitchford 98-99
    Pat Wentworth 97-98
    Kevin Bassett 96-97
    Jerry Pulley 95-96
    Russell Peters 94-95
    Gary White 93-94
    Jim Houser 92-93
    Len Newsom 91-92
    Ralph Flowers 90-91
    Mark Heil 89-90
    Larry Schaapveld 88-89
    Greg David 87-88
    Henry Painter 86-87
    Mike Walterscheidt 85-86
    Sue Simpson 84-85
    Harold Wilder 83-84
    R. D. Younger 82-83
    Sandy Rose 81-82
    Frank Cannon 80-81
    Bob Dewers 79-80
    Del Kennedy 78-79