Beau Brodbeck, Ph.D. is both an Assistant Director for Field Operations and an Affiliate Faculty in the College of Forestry, Wildlife and Environment at Auburn University. Beau holds a PhD in forestry and is both an Alabama Registered Forester and ISA Certified Arborist. Over the past twenty years Beau has worked in various facets of forest and urban forest management. He began his career as a forestry consultant before transitioning to become an Urban Forestry Specialist at Auburn University managing Alabama’s hurricane recovery program in the aftermath of Hurricanes Ivan and Katrina. Over the past few years Beau develops educational outreach programs and publications to serve the urban forestry communities in Alabama. His research has focused on human dimensions of urban forest management as well as migrant labor within the forest industry. Beau currently serves in various leadership positions, including National Urban & Community Forestry Advisory Council, Tree Fund and the Society of American Foresters.