6 | May/June 2014
DITS 2014: The Facts
Anniversary
• 105
Attendance
• 57 (record-breaker)
Diversity
• 2 women
• 55 men
• 1 corporate
• 1 commercial landscape services
• 5 Davey Resource Group (1 ALB,
1 Tree Preservation, TCOT)
• 43 residential/commercial
• 7 utility
Banquet Student Speakers
• Sales arborist Matt Betz,
Davey's Charlotte R/C office
• Plant Health Care Specialist Russell
Holman, Hartney Greymont
• Foreman Miles Peart,
Davey's Toronto West R/C office
R.J. Laverne (far left), Davey's manager of education
and training, reviews tree data collection and inspection
techniques with Shawn Skilton, Davey's administrator
of education and training, and DITS students Stephen
Jones, Joe Payne and Nick Dios (pictured left to right).
Jim Zwack (center), director of technical services for the Davey Institute,
greets graduates Patrick Boyle (left) and Russell Holman during the DITS
banquet. "The experience at DITS is not just what happens in the class-
room; it's what happens outside, as students interact," Holman says.