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: Bob Rouse
Bob Good: Good's Tree Care, Harrisburg, PA
Dennis Ullom: St. Croix Tree Service, Roberts, WI
Peter Becker: Bartlett, MD
Andy Felix: Tree Tech, Foxboro, MA
Eric Wiseman: Virginia Tech - Academic Advisor
Michael D'Enrico: NJ DEP, NJ Forest Service
Eugene Kritter: SCORE volunteer, retired Director of Quality - Raytheon Corp.
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.
Chair: Joel Spies
Vice Chair: Vince Dujets
Staff Liaison: Sachin Mohan
Audit Committee
Chair: Kevin Caldwell
Staff Liaisons: Sue Scaachi, Mark Garvin
Randy Owen, Scott Jamieson
Certified Treecare Safety Professional Council
Seat 1: OSHA - Russ Tarbell; Paul Cyr as alternate
Seat 3: NSC
Seat 4: Covered by Russ Tarbell's app't
Seat 5: Gil Niedenthal
Seat 6: Dane Buell
Seat 7: Josh McClenahan
CTSP Advisor: John Ball
Staff Liaisons: Peter Gerstenberger,
Bob Rouse
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
Ethics Committee
The Ethics Committee reviews egregious cases and gross violations of member conduct such as price gouging, price fixing, bait and switch, crimes, and member-to-member ethical disputes. For more information about this committee, please email Mark Garvin.
Ed Hopkins
Will Maley
Jack Guffey
Wess McCullough
Staff Liaison: Mark Garvin
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: Kevin Caldwell
Staff Liaisons: Sue Scaachi, Mark Garvin
Randy Owen, Scott Jamieson
Nominations Committee
The Nominations Committee is charged to annually provide the Board of Directors with at least two qualified candidates for each of the vacant positions of Senior Director and Director.
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.
Staff Liaison: Mark Garvin
Daniel van Starrenburg, SavATree, CT
Art Batson, Sr., Lucas Tree Expert Co., Maine
Richie Almstead, Almstead Tree & Shrub Care Co., New Rochelle, NY
Roger Mellick, Doggett Corporation, Lebanon, NJ
Robert A. Bartlett, Jr., The F.A. Bartlett Tree Expert Co., Stamford, CT
Patrick George, Heartwood Tree Service, Charlotte, NC
Richie Alt, Lewis Tree Service, Rochester, NY
David Fleischner, Trees, Inc., Houston, TX
Peter Sortwell, Arborwell, Hayward, CA
Karl Warnke, The Davey Tree Expert Co., Kent, OH
Lou Nekola, Nelson Tree, Strongsville, OH
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