Board of Directors

Executive Board Members

Doak Marasco

Doak Marasco

Davey Resource Group

Past President

Doak Marasco
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.

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Dave Lefcourt

City of Cambridge

President

Dave Lefcourt
President

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

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Scott Wheeler

City of Newport

President Elect

Scott Wheeler
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.

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Sean Reading

Eversource

Secretary

Sean Reading
Secretary

Sean is the Manager of Vegetation Management at Eversouce. He lives in Connecticut.

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Greg Lukos

Woodbury, CT

Treasurer

Greg Lukos
Treasurer
Kristina Bezanson

Kristina Bezanson

UMass Stockbridge School

Vice President

Kristina Bezanson
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

Heather Leff

Staff, Executive Director

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.

Liaisons

Certification Liason  - Julie Coop, DCR Urban & Community Forestry
COR Representative - Anne-Marie Moran, National Grid
Tree Fund Liaison - Paul Sellers, Eversource

State Directors 

Connecticut - Charlie Iselin, Iselin Tree Experts
Maine - Mike Duddy
Massachusetts - Rick harper, Umass amherst
New Hampshire - Lucas Beane, Lucas Tree Experts
Rhode Island - Andrew balon, bartlett tree experts
Vermont - Mark duntemann, Natural Path forestry

advisory committee

Rich Cartier, rainbow treecare 
A.J. Dupere, NH ComMunity forester
Scott Hathaway, City of Westfield
Abigail Bentley, City of Cambridge
Brendan Dobnick, Vertical Solutions

Committee Chairs

Conference Committee - Dave lefcourt, City of cambridge
Education Committee - Brian Salas, eversource
Marketing Committee - Open
Strategic Planning Committee - Kevin Breen, North Atlantic Landscapes
Tree Climbing Championship - Bruce Duffy, Shelter Tree Care Products
Trek des Trees Committee - AJ Dupere, Kristina Bezanson, and Julie Coop
Volunteerism Committee - Anne-Marie Moran, National Grid