Board of Directors
Executive Board Members

Doak Marasco
Davey Resource Group
Past President
Doak Marasco is Regional Manager of Strategic Partnerships for The Davey Tree Expert Company. He is an ISA Board Certified Master Arborist, ISA Municipal Specialist, and a Massachusetts Certified Arborist.

Dave Lefcourt
City of Cambridge
President
Dave is the City Forester for the City of Cambridge as well as the City of Cambridge Tree Warden.

Scott Wheeler
City of Newport
President Elect
Scott Wheeler is the Superintendent of Parks, Grounds, and Forestry for the City of Newport Public Services Department. Scott is an ISA Certified Arborist, a Licensed RI Arborist, and a Certified Pesticide Applicator. Scott is Chair of the Portsmouth Tree Commission and serves as an advisor to the Newport Tree Conservancy. Scott lives in Portsmouth RI with his wife Cynthia.

Sean Reading
Eversource
Secretary
Sean is the Manager of Vegetation Management at Eversouce. He lives in Connecticut.
Greg Lukos
Woodbury, CT
Treasurer

Kristina Bezanson
UMass Stockbridge School
Vice President
Kristina Bezanson focuses on sustainable landscape management and design and municipal arboriculture. Kristina is an ISA BCMA, Municipal Specialist, TRAQ, and a Massachusetts Certified Arborist. Kristina is the program advisor and lecturer for the A.S. in Arboriculture and Community Forest Management degree at the Stockbridge School of Agriculture at UMass Amherst and the online certificate in Arboriculture and Urban Forestry with the Department of Environmental Conservation, UMass, Amherst. Kristina works part-time with Garden & Forest Consulting, focusing on sustainable horticulture and tree risk management.

Heather Leff
Staff, Executive Director
Heather Leff is owner of Association Management Group, LLC (AMG). AMG is an association management company. The New England Chapter ISA has been a client since April 2011.