T
he ABCs of the green industry are
valuable to all Davey field employees
and beyond—an educated workforce largely
attributed to instructors from colleges and
universities all over the U.S. and Canada.
To thank just a few urban forestry and
horticulture program coordinators for their
efforts in supporting Davey's next generation
of "green" leaders, Manager of Recruiting and
Training, Mark Noark invited four program
advisors to visit the company's corporate
offices and other service locations in northeast
Ohio, including the Davey Resource Group
offices in downtown Kent and the Akron
R/C office.
A Show of Thanks for Education Efforts
On the Road Again
Pictured from left to right: Mark Noark, Davey's Manager of Recruiting and Training;
Michelle Mitchell, Oakland Community College landscape horticulture/urban forestry
professor; Marshall Baekeroot, Oakland Community College landscape horticulture/urban
forestry professor; Don Roppolo, Davey recruiter/trainer; Hans Williams, Arthur Temple
School of Forestry State Forestry Administration; and Jim Downs, Hocking College forestry
professor.
The Big Picture
22 | November/December 2014
News from Davey's corporate office.
Just like brand new! After Davey's
Kent shop employees refurbished
and repainted a "retired" bucket
truck, corporate employees decided
to donate the vehicle to Kent
State University, located in Kent,
Ohio. The university's facilities
management crew will use the
truck for tree maintenance on the
main campus. Pictured from left,
Kent State's director of university
facilities management, Roy
Christian, joins Heather White, the
university's grounds manager, Nick
Sucic, Davey's vice president and
controller, Craig Holcomb, Davey's
vice president of operations
support services, and Boyd Moore,
Davey's Kent shop supervisor,
for the key exchange in July.
