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THE DAVEY BULLETIN
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July/August 2021
INTEGRITY
A Diversity, Equity and Inclusion committee
created by the Pacific Northwest (PNW)
International Society of Arboriculture (ISA)
Chapter aims to advance the chapter's
understanding and support around these
important societal issues.
Ian Scott, area manager, Davey Resource
Group, urged the PNW ISA Chapter
to form this committee and is a
founding member.
"Diversity is important in how it helps
an organization create equity and be
sustainable, and inclusion is how you
increase diversity," Scott said. "We
formed the committee to take a deep
look at the chapter's core operating values
and mission statements to see how we
DIVERSITY, EQUITY AND INCLUSION COMMITTEE
FOUNDED AT LOCAL ISA CHAPTER
promote ourselves as an organization
and how the organization could be
more welcoming."
A big goal for the committee is simply
exploring what it means to be an arborist
today and what biases exist within
the profession.
"We're looking at organizing some
workshops to gain a better understanding
of the demographics within our
chapter to see where we can improve
representation," Scott said. "We're also
looking at producing toolkits for businesses
within the industry to help raise more
awareness around these topics and
promote more inclusion."
Ian Scott is the secretary for
the PNW ISA Chapter's Board
of Directors.
Asha Fox makes beautiful live-edge wood creations for fam-
ily, friends and Davey colleagues in her spare time. Fox is a
telecommunications expense administrator with Information
Technology services in the corporate office.
Fox's woodworking hobby began 14 months ago after
moving to Wisconsin with her husband. Building their wood
kitchen table sparked an interest in creating live edge wood
pieces.
Fox reached out to Adam Passo, district manager, South
West Milwaukee R/C office, to see where she could find
locally sourced wood. Passo recommended a local wood
mill where his office takes its leftover "waste" wood.
Since finding the mill, Fox has created charcuterie boards,
display boards, table ends and more. She even donated
some of her pieces to the Washington County Humane
Society for various charity events in 2020.
"I love that when the workday is over, I can go to my garage
and woodwork," Fox said. "I enjoy and love it. It's time
where I can disconnect from technology. I connect with the
piece I'm working on and it's fun to see the end results."
WEEKEND WOODWORKING HOBBY
STEWARDSHIP
When Asha Fox works
with wood, she likes
to keep the structural
integrity and the
characteristics in the
wood. If there are
wormholes and knots,
she doesn't get rid of
them and likes to keep
that aesthetic.
