20 Key Partners and Program Sponsors
Trees Forever is very fortunate to have received long term and substantial support from these 20 outstanding sponsors. We thank and recognize these organizations and families providing leadership and financial support through the years.
Iowa Department of Transportation and the Living Roadway Trust Fund (LRTF)
Stuart Anderson, Director, Planning Division
Mark Masteller, Chief Landscape Architect
Steve Holland, LRTF Roadside Coordinator
Maria Urice, LRTF Program Assistant
Iowa Farm Bureau Federation
Craig Lang, President
Rick Robinson, Director Environmental Affairs
Iowa Natural Heritage Foundation
Mark Ackelson, President
Duane Sand, Public Policy Director
Iowa State University Landscape Architecture Extension
Julia Badenhope, Associate Professor, Landscape Architecture
Natural Resource Ecology & Management Department
Dr. Richard Schultz, Professor, Forest Ecology & Hydrology
Dr. Tom Isenhart, Professor, Stream Ecosystem Ecology
Dr. Jan Thompson, Professor, Urban Forestry
Muscatine Power and Water
Gary Wieskamp, Director of Utility Relations
John Root, Energy Services Advisor
National Alliance for Community Trees
Alice Ewen Walker, Executive Director
Prairiewoods Franciscan Spirituality Center
Sister Helen Elsbernd
Sister Nancy Hoffman
Syngenta Crop Protection
David Flakne, Manager of State Government Relations
Dr. Janis McFarland, Director of Regulatory Affairs
Dr. Jennifer Shaw, Director of Stewardship
US Forest Service
Dr. Greg McPherson, Urban Forestry Research, U.C. Davis
Dr. David Nowak, Urban Forestry Research, Syracuse University
Dr. Lynne Westphal, Social and Cultural Research, Chicago Research Station
Van Meter Industrial
Barry Boyer, CEO and former Trees Forever board member
Waverly Light & Power
Diane Johnson, General Manager
Glenn Cannon, former General Manager and Trees Forever board member
While we could not recognize all of our many partners, this list exemplifies many of the individuals and partners that have gone “the extra mile” to provide leadership and help to Trees Forever through the years.
Alliant Energy
Tom Aller, Senior Vice President
Bonnie Donnelly, Manager, Community Relations
Vern Gebhart, Vice President
Robert Holmes, Senior Regulation Planning Consultant
Black Hills Energy
Marv Oppedal, Director of Community Relations
Matt Daunis, Manager, Energy Efficiency Programs
City of Cedar Rapids
Honorable Kay Halloran, Mayor
Council Member Brian Fagan
Council Member Tom Podzimek
Council Member Monica Vernon
City of Des Moines
Honorable Frank Cownie, Mayor
Skip Moore, City Arborist
City of Marion
Honorable Paul Rehn, Mayor
Lon Pluckhahn, City Manager
Coe College
Dr. Paula Sanchini, Professor
Federal Highway Administration
Gerry Kennedy, Asst. Division Administrator
Four Oaks
Monica Ryan-Rausch, Program Manager
Honorable Ray LaHood, Former U.S. Congressman, State of Illinois
(Currently U.S. Secretary of Transportation, Washington D.C.)
Honorable Tom Latham, U.S. House of Representatives, State of Iowa
Illinois Farm Bureau and FarmWeek
Nancy Erickson, Director of Natural & Environmental Resources
Phillip Nelson, IFB President
Dennis Vercler, Director of News & Communications