• A-300 Committee
• Accreditation Council
• Associate Members Advisory
• Audit Committee
• CTLA - Council of Tree & Landscape Appraisers
• CTSP Council
• Ethics Committee
• Finance Committee*
• Nominations Committee*
• Regulatory Affairs Advisor
• Safety Task Forces
• The Voice for Trees Political Action Committee
• Z133 Committee

* Board or Board-appointed committee

A300 Committee

Chair: Tim Johnson
Artistic Arborist

Secretary: Robert Rouse
Representative: Jim McGuire

John Ball Peter Becker Robert Defeo Andrew Hillman Tim Johnson Dick Jones Geoff Kempter Ron Leighton

Ed Macie Jim McGuire Thomas Mugridge Craig Regelbrugge Bob Rouse Thomas Shaner Matthew Simons

Thomas Smiley Jeffrey Smith Joseph Tommasi Don Zimar

 

Accreditation Council

The Accreditation Council oversees TCIA's Accreditation program, which credentials tree care companies in the areas of ethics, safe practices, and sound business ideals.

Staff Liaison: Robert Rouse
rouse@treecareindustry.org

John Ball
Joe Engberg
Mike Galvin
Fred Johnson
Andy Ross
Dennis Ullom

Associate Members Advisory Committee

All TCIA Associate Members are welcome to participate actively in this Committee, which works in partnership with TCIA to build stronger markets between consumers, credentialed tree care companies, and Associate members.  Members meet at the TCI EXPO and Winter Management Conference.

Chair: Bill Weber
Arborwear, LLC

Vice Chair: Bob Campbell
Woodsman Chippers

Sachin Mohan, Staff Liaison
Mohan@TreeCareIndustry.org

Audit Committee

Cynthia Mills, Staff Liaison
Mills@TreeCareIndustry.org

 

Certified Treecare Safety Professional Council

John Ball
Lyle Feilmeier
Keith Sheriff
Mark Shipp
Sam Steel

Peter Gerstenberger, Staff Liaison
Peter@TreeCareIndustry.org

Council of Tree & Landscape Appraisers

The Council of Tree & Landscape Appraisers (CTLA) is an organization of tree care and landscape associations, including TCIA, the American Nursery and Landscape Association (ANLA), American Society of Consulting Arborists (ASCA), American Society of Landscape Architects (ASLA), PLANET, and International Society of Arboriculture (ISA). These organizations work together to compile and produce the CTLA Guide to tree and plant appraisals.

TCIA's representative to the Council is David Hucker.

David Hucker, TCIA Representative
Address: 1109 Lancaster Ave.,
Berwyn, PA 19312
Phone: (610) 251-2200
Email: oldgreyoak@aol.com

Finance Committee

The Finance Committee is charged to meet quarterly via teleconference to provide oversight to the financial welfare of TCIA. In addition, the Finance Committee will participate in the annual budget teleconference to review the strategic vision of TCIA and the proposed budget's plan to accomplish it. The annual review of the investment policy will occur during the first quarter investment call.

Chair: Scott Packard
Wright Tree Service
P.O. Box 1718
Des Moines, IA
(515) 277-6291
Fax: (515) 277-0401
spackard@wrighttree.com

Tom Golon
Wonderland Tree Care, Inc.
tgolon@wonderlandtreecare.com

Jeannie Houser
McFarland Landscape Service
mcfarland@onrampcom.com

Cynthia Mills, CAE
Staff Liaison
E-mail: Mills@TreeCareIndustry.org

Nominations Committee

Jeannie Houser
Chris Nichols

Cynthia Mills, Staff Liaison
E-mail: Mills@TreeCareIndustry.org

Regulatory Affairs Advisor

David G. Marren
The F. A. Bartlett Tree Expert Company
E-mail   dmarren@bartlettlab.com

Safety Task Force

TCIA expanded its work on safety initiatives with the creation of the Certified Treecare Safety Professional (CTSP) in December of 2005. The former Safety Committee has been replaced by task forces that can respond quickly to changing safety needs of the industry. These smaller groups of industry experts can assemble quickly via teleconferencing, perform digital reviews of instructional materials, and serve the industry from their offices without having to travel to committee meetings.

Peter Gerstenberger, Staff Liaison

For 2006, TCIA is recruiting volunteers with expertise in the following areas:

EHAP: This task force will conduct a review of the Electrical Hazards Awareness Program.

Crane Best Practices Review: This group will provide a final review of the draft for a new best practices guide for crane use.

Tailgate Safety Program Review: The popular Tailgate Safety Program will undergo a review of content, flow, and ease of use for future revisions.

Model Company Safety Program: This program was reviewed in 2005, so this task force is charged with providing final revisions.

Hispanic Worker: This task force will focus on the needs of Hispanic workers and their employers in the area of safety training materials.

Benchmarks for Safety: A group of safety experts that will convene every three years to review TCIA's safety programs, surveys, progress, and collection methods for data.

Research and Development: A task force will be assigned to look at all of the safety projects. programs, and initiatives to help identify areas of need

To volunteer for one or more task force groups, please email Peter Gerstenberger.

The Voice for Trees Political Action Committee

The Voice for Trees works through the legislative process to advance issues vitally important to the tree care industry. The political action committee organizes TCIA members and raises funds necessary to positively affect national tree care issues such as immigration, pesticide regulations, hours of service rules, and changes in the American workplace.

Mark Garvin, Staff Liaison
Cynthia Mills, Staff Liaison

 

Z133 Committee

Paul Markworth, TCIA Representative
pmarkworth@wachteltree.com

Peter Gerstenberger, Alternate TCIA Representative
peter@treecareindustry.org