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Transitions continued Jim Lewis has been promoted to regional operations manager, western region, for Davey Resource Group (DRG). Lewis began his Davey career in 1999 as a consulting utility forester on the PG&E pre-inspection project. He eventually became production manager of the same project in 2012. In 2011, Lewis earned his registered professional forester license for California. He is a graduate of the University of Minnesota. Valerie Locker has been promoted to site manager for natural resources consulting. Jay Maier has been promoted to district manager at the South St. Paul office. In 2000, Maier founded Maier Tree & Lawn, a Davey company acquired in 2014. Maier is an ISA certi- fied arborist. He earned his bachelor's degree in forestry from the University of Missouri. Chris Marshall has been promoted to assistant district manager at the King of Prussia office. Andy Mays has been promoted to sales arborist at the Columbus office. Jackson McClain has been promoted to sales arborist at the Cincinnati North office. Bob Meoak has been appointed to district manager of the Cincinnati office. Meoak left his Davey position at the Cincinnati R/C office in 2000 to establish an office in a new market: Nashville, Tennessee. From there he grew the start-up office into Nashville's largest tree service company. Davey People When Meoak graduated from the Davey Institute of Tree Sciences (DITS), he received the Golden Oak award. He is now one of only 11 ISA board certified master arborists in Ohio. Mike Mittiga has been promoted to operations manager. Mittiga joined Davey in 2006 as a manage- ment trainee in Florida. Then, from ground- man/trimmer on the Tampa Electric account, he was promoted to climber on the Orlando utilities account. After attending Davey Institute of Tree Sciences (DITS), Mittiga was appointed to account manager. In 2013, he was promoted to area manager. Mittiga graduated from Kent State University with a bachelor's degree in business administration. Jeff Newborn has been promoted to district manager of the Kansas City office. Newborn began his Davey career at the St. Louis R/C office as a plant health care technician. He later transitioned to a sales arborist position at the Menlo Park R/C office. After spending five years serving in the U.S. Navy, Newborn earned his bachelor's degree in forestry from Humboldt State University. Jason Parker has been promoted to district manager of the North Philadelphia office. Parker joined Davey at the East Cleveland office in 1998. He relocated to the Philadelphia area in 2004 and soon joined the North Philadelphia office as a landscape 22 | March/April 2015 trainee. He held a few other positions at the office until he was promoted to assistant district manager in 2013. Parker is a graduate of the 2006 Davey Institute of Tree Sciences (DITS) class, and he is an ISA certified arborist. Jason Reitter has been promoted to assistant district manager at the Rochester office. Matthew Roddy has been appointed to general foreman on the FirstEnergy account. Deborah Sheeler has been promoted to production manager of geographic information systems (GIS) for the Davey Resource Group. Jason Shirar has been promoted to sales arborist at the Menlo Park office. Justin Stratton has been promoted to production manager of IT services for Davey Resource Group. Nick Stutzman has been promoted to assistant district manager at the West Cleveland office. Brad Tolley has been promoted to operations manager of Wolf Tree. Tolley was most recently regional manager of the Smoky Mountain region. He began his career with Wolf Tree in 1998 as a groundman and earned five promotions throughout his 17 years of service. Tolley has played an integral part in the growth of Wolf Tree. Tolley holds a pesticide license for the Wolf Tree charter. Joel Twist has been promoted to assistant district manager at the Atlanta office. Thomas Warfield has been promoted to sales and service coordinator at the Washington, D.C. office. Luke Werner has been promoted to sales arborist at the North Pittsburgh office. Jeff Newborn Mike Mittiga Jason Parker Brad Tolley Bob Meoak Jim Lewis Jay Maier

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