Event Speakers
Andrew Wimmel
Andrew is the Director of Operations and Safety for Sam Hill Tree Care. He is the current chair for the Prun...View Speaker
- http://www.samhilltreecare.com
- Sam Hill Tree Care
Awinash Bhatkar
Received Ph.D. at the University of Florida, Gainesville; pursued professorships in radiation biology at the...View Speaker
- https://texasagriculture.gov/
- Texas Department of Agriculture, Austin, Texas
Beau Brodbeck
Beau Brodbeck, Ph.D. is both an Assistant Director for Field Operations and an Affiliate Faculty in the Coll...View Speaker
- Auburn University
Benjamin Domer
My name is Benjamin Domer and I have been working in the natural resource management industry for around a d...View Speaker
- City of Austin - PARD Urban Forestry
Bill Green
Bill Green, Texas A&M Forest Service, Rio Grande Valley Regional Forester. Bill worked as an Exte...View Speaker
- https://tfsweb.tamu.edu/
- Texas A&M Forest Service
Brian French
Brian French is the principal at Arboriculture International and a skilled climber with a broad range of arb...View Speaker
- http://www.arboriculture.international
- Arboriculture International
Caitlyn Pollihan
Caitlyn Pollihan serves as CEO and Executive Director for the International Society of Arboriculture (ISA). ...View Speaker
Carolina Paredes
Carolina Paredes is originally from Guayaquil, Ecuador. She is the co-founder and owner of Beast Coast Tree ...View Speaker
- http://www.beastcoastsolutions.com
- Beast Coast Tree Climbers LLC
Chris Martin
Chris Martin OG&E, Vegetation Community Engagement Manager, BCMA Chris is a Vegetation Community Engagem...View Speaker
- OG&E- Oklahoma Gas and Electric
Darrell Street
Dr. Darrell K. Street is a seasoned urban forestry consultant with a Doctor of Philosophy (PhD) in Urban For...View Speaker
- https://tiguarufor.jobbersites.com
- TIGUAR Urban Forestry Consulting LLC
Drew Smith
Drew Smith is a member of the HUB Arbor Insurance Group, which specializes in providing risk management, adv...View Speaker
- https://www.hubinternational.com/landing-pages/hub-arbor-insurance-group/
- HUB Arbor Insurance Group
Erick Navarro Palacios
Erick Navarro Palacios Is an International Master Instructor. He travels the country providing Arborist trai...View Speaker
- https://www.iaitraining.com/
- International Arborist Institute
Francisco Sicilia
Francisco began working with Rainbow Companies in 2020, after working 18 years in the Landscape Maintenance ...View Speaker
- https://www.rainbowecoscience.com/
- Rainbow Ecosciencce
Garett Slater
Garett Slater is the Apiculture Extension Specialist and an Assistant Professor at Texas A&M University,...View Speaker
- https://masterbeekeeper.tamu.edu/
- Texas A&M AgriLife Extension
Hannah Ayala
Hannah Ayala is the Head Diagnostician at the Texas Plant Disease Diagnostic Lab. She holds a B.S. in Bioenv...View Speaker
- https://plantclinic.tamu.edu
- Texas Plant Disease Diagnostic Lab
Héctor González
Héctor González Héctor es el Gerente de Estrategia de Comunicaciones de TreeFolks. Su meta principal es ayud...View Speaker
- http://treefolks.org
- TreeFolks
Hector Marines-Chio
Héctor Marines-Chio es un forester urbano regional y bombero forestal. Ha trabajado con el Servicio Forestal...View Speaker
- https://tfsweb.tamu.edu/forest-land/community-forestry/
- Texas A&M Forest Service
Jake Simon
Jake Simon is the Director of Southwest Urban Forestry with American Forests and works across the reg...View Speaker
- https://www.americanforests.org/
- American Forests
James Campos
James Campos is a Program Specialist with the Texas A&M Forest Service, where he leads efforts in urban ...View Speaker
Jamie King
Jamie King is the director of Coaching and Consulting at American Forests. He earned a BS in Natural Resourc...View Speaker
- https://www.americanforests.org/project/coaching-network/
- American Forests
Jeff Polvado
Jeff Polvado Jeff Polvado is a Safety Supervisor with Wright Tree Service, where he supports the Safety, Edu...View Speaker
- Wright Tree Service
John Ball
John Ball is a Professor of Forestry at South Dakota State University where he instructs courses in arboricu...View Speaker
- South Dakota State University
Kristoffer Rasmussen
Kristoffer Rasmussen is a respected leader in the Tree Care Industry, known for his dedication to arborist s...View Speaker
- http://www.arboriststrong.com
- Arborist Strong
Laura Miller
Laura M. Miller is the Texas A&M AgriLife Commercial Horticulture Extension Agent for Tarrant County. Pr...View Speaker
- Texas A&M AgriLife Extension
Lillian Dinkins
Lillian Grace Dinkins is a PhD candidate at the University of Florida studying urban forestry and urban gree...View Speaker
- University of Florida
Lindsey Purcell
Lindsey Purcell, principal of Lp Consulting Group, has over 40 years of experience in community landscape an...View Speaker
- http://lpconsultinggroup.org
- Lp Consulting Group LLC
Liz Westberg
Liz Westberg is originally educated as a Wildlife Ecologist, earning her B.S. from the University of Wiscons...View Speaker
- Growth Solutions
Mark Duff
Mark Duff – BS Forestry and Natural Resource Management from Colorado State University. MBA and Master...View Speaker
- Mark Duff Consulting
Matt Lanza
Matt Lanza is the manager of meteorology at CenterPoint Energy. He joined in November of 2024 and is helping...View Speaker
- CenterPoint Energy
Phil Swart
Phil Swart is a Regional Account Manager for ArborWorks, where he supports utilities building smarter, safer...View Speaker
Puneet Dwivedi
Dr. Dwivedi is a professor and Hillard Endowed Chair in Sustainable Forestry at Clemson University. He has p...View Speaker
- Clemson University
Ranferi Lopez-Garcia
Spanish: Hoy nos acompaña Ranferi Lopez-Garcia, quien aporta más de 12 años de experiencia práctica en el cu...View Speaker
- https://www.pannellco.com/
- Pannell Co.
Ronny Nelson
President
Term (2024-2025) Ronny Nelson is the President of Simply Horticulture and has several licenses, certificatio...View Speaker
- Simply Horticulture
Russ Warnock
Russ Warnock Russ Warnock is the Sales Manager at PlanIT Geo and frequently collaborates with states and cit...View Speaker
Sam Hill
Sam Hill is a long-time member of the Texas Chapter of ISA. He is the founder and owner of Sam Hill Tree Car...View Speaker
- http://www.samhilltreecare.com
- Sam Hill Tree Care
Sanjay Antony-Babu
Dr. Sanjay Antony-Babu applies microbiome research to practical pest management and crop improvement. His te...View Speaker
- http://www.plantmicrobes.com
- Texas A&M University
Stephanie Adams
Dr. Stephanie Adams is a tree pathologist and an ISA Board Certified Master Arborist (BCMA) with 24 years of...View Speaker
- Texas A&M University and AgriLife Extension
Tom Smiley
Tom Smiley is a Senior Arboriculture Researcher with the F.A. Bartlett Tree Expert Company, an adjunct profe...View Speaker
- tsmiley@bartlett.com
- https://www.bartlett.com/
- F.A. Bartlett Tree Expert Co.
Tommy Parker
Dr. Tommy Parker, a distinguished biologist and Professor at Spalding University, is a leading expert in urb...View Speaker
- https://drtommyp.com/
- Spalding University
Vit Kašpar
Vít Kašpar Vít Kašpar es el gerente del vivero en TreeFolks, en Austin, Texas, donde puso en marcha el prime...View Speaker
- http://treefolks.org
- TreeFolks