Board of Directors 2021

Mr. Douglas Anderson, President, Anderson’s Tree Care Specialists, San Jose, CA, doug@andersonstreecare.com

Mr. Carl Mellinger, Governance Chair, Mellinger Tree Service, Pacific Palisades, CA, ginkgoone@aol.com

Mr. Dennis Swartzell, Secretary/Treasurer, Horticulture Consultants, Inc., Las Vegas, NV, arbor-1@cox.net

Mr. Richard Gessner, Development Chair, Monarch Consulting Arborists, Felton, CA rick@monarcharborist.com

Dr. A. James Downer, Research Chair, UC Cooperative Extension, Ventura, CA ajdowner@ucanr.edu

Mr. Kevin Eckert, Arbor Global USA, Kailua, HI keckert@arborglobal.com

Ms. Nancy Hughes, California Urban Forests Council, Novato, CA njhughes@caufc.org

Administrative Staff

Mrs. Rose Epperson, CAE., Porterville, CA, repperson@wcisa.net