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November/December 2018
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THE DAVEY BULLETIN
Catherine Kilbane, a member of
Davey's board of directors, was awarded
the 2018 Heath Oliver Distinguished Director
Award by the Cuyahoga Community College
(Tri-C) Foundation Board of Directors.
This award was established in memory
of longtime Foundation Board of Director
Heath Oliver.
Congratulations, Cathy!
A.D. Ali,, manager of technical services,
Davey Institute, received the award for
Excellence in Education from the Florida
Chapter of the International Society of
Arboriculture.
"This award is given to an individual who
has made an outstanding contribution to the
education of the Florida Chapter members
or to the sum knowledge of arboriculture,"
according to the Florida ISA website.
Congratulations, A.D.!
Matthew Shepherd, ecosystems
specialist, Wetland Studies and Solutions,
Inc., a Davey company, received a Champion
Award from the Fairfax County Department
of Public Works and Environmental Services
for his efforts to evacuate a residential building
after one unit caught fire.
Shepherd noticed the smoke and started
knocking on doors to alert residents of
neighboring units.
Congrats, Matthew!
Emily Beacham design engineer, Wetland
Studies and Solutions, Inc., a Davey company,
was named the Co-op Supervisor of the
Year by the Cornell University College of
Engineering.
Beacham served as a mentor in the college's
cooperative education program for 2017-2018.
Students in the program nominate a mentor
or supervisor who has helped them grow
in a professional capacity during their
co-op position.
The award is bestowed upon one mentor or
supervisor each year.
Congratulations, Emily!
David Dechant, senior consulting arborist,
Arborguard Tree Specialists, was selected
to participate in the city of Atlanta's Urban
Ecology Framework Technical Advisory
Committee.
The committee is examining Atlanta's natural
areas, including rivers and creeks, forests and
tree canopy, ridges and watersheds, public
and private green spaces and other defining
features of the city.
Congrats, David!
IN THE SPOTLIGHT
Sean Sornberger account manager,
Davey Tree Surgery Company, assisted
PG&E's Matt McLane, vegetation program
manager, with a third-party tree removal.
McLane witnessed a non-Davey tree trimming
crew cutting and dropping limbs near energized
lines. McLane noticed that they weren't
working safely and needed to discontinue
working. McLane reached out to Sornberger
and asked him to send a Davey crew
immediately to keep the unqualified crew
from attempting to continue the work.
This story made the front page of the PG&E
Electrical Avenue Publication, the utility's
internal employee communication.
Great work, Sean!
