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Last updated 12/13/2007

 

Board and Staff of Tennessee Urban Forestry Council 

Past Presidents

Past Board Members

Founders Committee


Board of Directors and Staff (2008)


President: Patrick Walding, City Forester, City of Johnson City
Johnson City, w) 423-975-2681; walding@johnsoncitytn.org

 

Immediate Past President: Patrick Haller, Quality Trees and
Haller's Landscaping & Lawncare, Inc.
Sparta, w) 931-261-5885; patrick.haller@qualitytrees.net


Vice President: Karla Kean, TSU Horticulture Extension Agent
Clarksville, w) 931-648-5725, kkean@utk.edu

Second Vice President: Heather Langford, Consultant
Nashville, hlangford@gmail.com

Secretary: Dr. Douglas Airhart, TTU Professor, School of Agriculture
Cookeville, w) 931-372-3288; dairhart@tntech.edu

Treasurer: Jimmy Ferrell, Arborist, Ferrell’s Tree Service
Memphis, W) 901-553-1242; jferrell@ferrellstreeservice.com   

Dr. Nathaniel Appleton, TSU, Research Assoc., Instit. Ag. & Environ. Res.
Nashville, w) 615-963-7977, nappleton@tnstate.edu

Liz Didier, Utility Forester, Knoxville Utility Board
Knoxville, 865-558-2668, elizabethdidier@kub.org

Zack French, Arborist, Tree Solution Consulting
Nashville, w) 615-579-7539, tree_solutions@yahoo.com

Mike Ganus, Retired Urban Forester
Maryville, w) 865-291-8623, TIGERSROAR@bellsouth.net

Jeff Gill, Director of Operations, Middle Tenn. Elect. Memb. Coop.
Murfreesboro, w) 615-494-1561, jgill@mtemc.com

Carl Herbison, Dickson Tree Board
Dickson, h) 615-441-5274, cedarhavench@aol.com

Wes Hopper, Arborist, Urban Forestry
Memphis, w) 901-387-0376; urbn4estry@aol.com

Susan Murray, Urban Forestry Consultant
West TN TUFC Chapter President
Germantown, h) 901-757-9043; susanmurray_uf@msn.com

Jon Nessle, Arborist, The Ornamentor
Chattanooga, w) 423-596-4168, nessle2@bellsouth.net

Warren Nevad, Municipal Management Consultant
UT Municipal Technical Advisory Service
Knoxville, w) 865-974-9839, warren.nevad@tennessee.edu

Hester Rodgers, Pulaski Tree Board
Pulaski, h) 931-638-1001; h.rodgers@energize.net  

Trey Watson, Utility Forester, Jackson Energy Authority
Jackson, w) 731-422-7511, twatson@jaxenergy.com

One-Year Appointments:

Mary Thom Adams, Development/Marketing Consultant
Knoxville, w) 865-637-2657, marythom@comcast.net

Dr. Bridget Jones, Executive Director, Cumberland Region Tomorrow
Nashville, w) 615-986-2699, bridget@cumberlandregiontomorrow.org

Todd Morgan, City Planner, City of Morristown
Morristown, w) 423-585-4624, tmorgan@mymorristown.com

Parvathi Nampoothiri, Planner, Hastings Architecture
Nashville, 615-329-1399, pnampoothiri@haa.us 

Urban Forestry Staff:

Jennifer Smith, Executive Director , Tennessee Urban Forestry Council
6820 Cloudland, Nashville TN 37205
w) 615-352-8985; f) 615-352-6762; tufc@comcast.net

Steve Scott, State Forester
P.O. Box 40627, Melrose Station, Nashville TN 37204
w) 615-837-5411; steve.scott@state.tn.us

Bruce Webster, Staff Urban Forester 
P.O. Box 40627, Melrose Station, Nashville TN 37204
w) 615-837-5436; f) 615-837-5003; bruce.webster@state.tn.us

T. Brian Rucker, Assistant Staff Urban Forester
P.O. Box 40627, Melrose Station, Nashville TN 37204
w) 615-837-5439; c) 615-289-2103; brian.rucker@state.tn.us

Tom Simpson, East Tennessee Regional Urban Forester
1640 Chapman Highway, Sevierville TN 37862
w) 865-908-4434; f) 865-908-4434; tom.simpson@state.tn.us

Shawn Posey, West Tennessee Regional Urban Forester
7777 Walnut Grove Road, PO Box 30, Memphis, TN 38120
w) 901-754-5185, f) 901-685-3905; shawn.posey@state.tn.us