18 | March/April 2015
T
hanks to interactive presentations from
Davey safety leaders, other employee
leaders have sharpened their leadership
skills to better understand behavior, results
and performance, and much more.
In mid-January, Davey managers and
Participants included (pictured left to right), front row: Manuel Aquinaga, Shawn Cressman,
Juan Rico, Brandon Mathis; second row: Len Burkhart, Raul Gutierrez, Isai Escovar, Mark
O'Neil, Josh Rongish, Juan Guzman, A.D. Ali; back row: Jon Woods, Beto Duran, Michael
Tellez, Chris Engelbrecht and Jason Dremsa. Instructors included Technical Advisors A.D.
Ali, Christine Balk and Len Burkhart and Andy Ferguson, operations manager, south central
operating group.
The ABCs
of PHC
F
rom plant identification to insect and
disease management, plant health care
technicians (PHCs) have many terms and
guidelines to keep straight at Davey.
To help supplement PHCs' knowledge, the
south central operating group, R/C services,
organized a Liquid Services Workshop in early
January. In addition to classroom instruction,
16 employee participants attended a hands-on
equipment maintenance and safety training at
the Houston South/North office.
Davey Institute January
Road to Zero
Leading Safely
Attendees included: Nichole Arnett, Casey
Barker, Adam Benshoff, Josh Ciesla, Tony
Clum, Rochelle Cooper, Brian Cox, Andy
Cunniff, Nick Day, Nick Dios, Robert Ellis,
Matt Fredmonsky, Brian Friedrich, Matt Ganoe,
Marlon Giron, Paul Herb, Tim Jackson, Ben
Johnson, Logan Keck, Bob Klein, Edward
Kollar, Todd Kurena, Donald Leonard, Brad
McBride, Nelson Medina, Cory Meyer, Vito
Monteleone, Greg Myers, Joshua Pressley,
Lindsay Ridinger, Jose Salinas, Matt Shaffer,
Joe Shaw, Doug Trice, Christina Tvrdik,
John Walls, Geoff Watson and Daryl Woods.
Facilitators included Joe Engberg, Mike
Horneber and Johnny Wilson.
supervisors from several departments and
service lines attended the Davey Personal
Excellence Seminar at the Davey Institute.
Davey's safety department and Ray
Giemza of Raymond Giemza & Associates
developed the 1.5-day training session.
