DEC U&CF Intern and Council Board Member Jennifer Kotary (left) served on the planning committee for the conference and she and Filomena Riganti, senior project manager for the New York Restoration Project, registered and welcomed attendees.
Right this way! The conference at Skidmore in Saratoga Springs was organized by DEC Regions 4 and 5 ReLeaf Committees. The conference was last held at Skidmore in 2007. Kudos to the regional committees for a superb program!
The conference was held at Skidmore, which recently attained its Tree Campus USA status. For their tireless efforts on the ReLeaf Conference and throughout the year, many thanks to State U&CF Coordinator Mary Kramarchyk and to Sally Kellogg, who was recently promoted to Urban Forestry Partnerships Coordinator. Thank you also to super-on-top-of-things Council Executive Secretary Liana Gooding.
NYS DEC Urban Forestry Program Assistant Mary Martin did a fantastic job as conference facilitator/coordinator.
Council President and NYC Parks Bronx/Staten Island Senior Forester David Moore (left) skillfully facilitated the Board and Member meetings, bringing his characteristic diplomacy and positive energy to the table.
Marquise Brown-Thornton (left) and Shadrach McKinney of the Onondaga Earth Corps attended ReLeaf for the first time.
Council Vice President Brian Skinner (left) and Board Members Brenda Cagle of Red Hook and Pat Tobin of Fayetteville toasted the start of a new ReLeaf conference.
Council Treasurer Lori Brockelbank (left) of Wendel Companies and Board Member Rachel Holmes, coordinator of The Nature Conservancy’s Healthy Trees, Healthy Cities (HTHC) Initiative.
NYC Parks Forester Jeremy Law attended ReLeaf for the first time. His graduate research at Columbia involved the insect diversity of green roofs in the five boroughs of NYC.
Beautiful Skidmore after a real stomper of a thunder shower.
More to come!