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November/December 2025
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THE DAVEY BULLETIN
Jim Houston retired Aug. 29, 2025, following 33
years of service. Houston joined Davey in 1992 as
a trimmer, West Cleveland office, Residential/
Commercial (R/C) services and moved into plant
health care that same year. Over the next five years,
he held the positions of sales arborist and district
manager for the Toledo and North Detroit R/C offices.
In 2010, Houston was named operations manager
for R/C's Northeast Region and was promoted to vice
president of Midwest Operations in 2011. He became
vice president and general manager, Eastern Operations, U.S. R/C, in
2017 and added Commercial Landscape Services to his responsibilities
in 2021. Houston is a past member of the Davey President's Council and
a Davey Institute of Tree Sciences graduate, and he had served on the
Board of Directors of the Tree Care Industry Association.
Jim Houston
RETIREMENTS
We are saddened by the loss of
Rich Nelson, who passed away
Aug. 11, 2025. Nelson was a
Utility Vegetation Management
lead specialist, NGRID account,
Davey Resource Group.
PERSONNEL ANNOUNCEMENTS
Patrick Bokesch has been appointed
to property manager, corporate office.
Doug Byers has been promoted to
operations manager, PG&E account,
Davey Tree Surgery Company. Byers
most recently served as account
manager on the PG&E account.
Ken Douglas has been appointed
to director of property, corporate office.
Jason Evans has been appointed
to director of mergers & acquisitions
integration and support, corporate
office."
Natalie McNeill has been promoted
to market manager of Residential/
Commercial services (R/C) New
England operations. McNeill most
recently served as an operations
manager, ROMRA.
Melissa Sanchez has been appointed
to manager of accounts receivable,
corporate accounting.
Patrick Bokesch
corporate office
Jason Evans
corporate office
Natalie McNeill
New England R/C
services
Ken Douglas
corporate office
Doug Byers
Livermore office
Dan Scolaro
corporate office
Jim Tuttle
corporate office
Melissa Sanchez
corporate office
Dan Scolaro has been promoted to
purchasing manager of commodities,
corporate office. He most recently
served as department manager, parts
and warranty, Kent Shop.
Jim Tuttle has been promoted to vice
president of Mergers and Acquisitions,
corporate office. Tuttle joined Davey in
2009 as an internal auditor and was later
promoted to manager of Internal Audit
in 2015. He most recently served as
director of Mergers and Acquisitions,
a role he began in 2018.
MEMORIALS
