Board of Directors

Executive Board Members

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Sean Reading

Eversource

President Elect

Sean Reading
President Elect

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

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Rich Cartier

Rainbow Ecoscience

President

Rich Cartier
President

Rich has been in the industry for over 20 years, and is a Board Certified Master Arborist as well as a Massachusetts Certified Arborist and Connecticut Licensed Arborist.

Richard Parasiliti

Richard Parasiliti, Jr.

Vice President

Richard Parasiliti, Jr.
Vice President

Rich is the Tree Warden for the City of Northampton and the Superintendent of the City’s Department of Public Works Forestry, Parks, and Cemetery Division. He is a Board Certified Master Arborist/Urban Forest Professional and holds qualifications in Tree Risk Assessment and Tree and Plant Appraisal.

Kristina Bezanson

Kristina Bezanson

UMass Stockbridge School

Past President

Kristina Bezanson
Past 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.

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Greg Lukos

Woodbury, CT

Treasurer

Greg Lukos
Treasurer
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Kevin Brewer

Arborjet

Secretary

Kevin Brewer
Secretary
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, MA DCR Urban & Community Forestry
CCR Representative - Beth Brantley, Bartlett Tree Experts
Tree Fund Liaison - Paul Sellers

State Directors 

Connecticut - Charlie Iselin, Iselin Tree Experts
Maine - Steven Brook, New England Spray Tech
Massachusetts - Rick harper, Umass amherst
New Hampshire - Lucas Beane, Lucas Tree Experts
Rhode Island - dOUG sTILL, tHIS OLD TREE CONSULTING
Vermont - Elise Schadler, VT Urban and Community Forestry

advisory committee

A.J. Dupere, NH ComMunity forester
Lindsay Watkins, UNH Extension
A.J. Elton, Green infrastructure Center
Daniel Gift, Town of Ellsworth, ME
Natalie mcNeil, Hartney Greymont/Davey Tree Service

Committee Chairs

Conference Committee - RIch cartier, Rainbow ecoscience
Education Committee - Lindsay Watkins, UNH Extension
fINANCE cOMMITTEE - gREG lUKOS, nec tREASURER
Marketing Committee - Megan Kacenski, Bartlett Tree Experts
mEMBERSHIP cOMMITTEE - Richard Parasiliti Jr., City of Northampton
rEGIONAL pLANT aPPRAISAL cOMMITTEE - dAN cATHCART, pLANT hEALTHCARE cONSULTANTS
Tree Climbing Championship - Bruce duffy, Harrison McPhee
Trek des Trees Committee - AJ Dupere, Kristina Bezanson, and Julie Coop