Mission & People

People need trees and trees need people.

TreePeople is Southern California’s largest environmental movement whose mission is to inspire, engage and support people to take personal responsibility for the urban environment, making it safe, healthy, fun and sustainable and to share our process as a model for the world.

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Leadership

Maria Adame

Associate Director of Education & Outdoor Equity

Forestry

Mountain Forestry

Ian Smith

Mountain Forestry Associate Program Manager

Community Forestry

Juan Vaca

Community Forestry Associate (South East Los Angeles)

Community Engagement

Talia Dotson

Talia Dotson

Community Organizing Senior Manager (South Los Angeles / South East Los Angeles)

Nursery

Education & Outdoor Equity

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Kylie Lesko

Education & Outdoor Equity Senior Coordinator, Forestry (MS)

Maria Adame

Associate Director of Education & Outdoor Equity

Green Infrastructure

Policy

Research

Marketing & Communications

Strategy and Impact

Development

Administration & Park Operations

Information Technology

TreePeople Land Trust

Mark Fiege

Mark Fiege

TreePeople Land Trust Restoration Project Manager

Board of Directors

Noah Perch-Ahern

Vice Chair, Partner at Greenberg Glusker Environmental Department

John D. Bunzel, CFP®

First Vice President | Financial Advisor | Global Sports and Entertainment Director, Certified Financial Planner™ Insurance Planning Director THE 310 GROUP Morgan Stanley Wealth Management

Ruth Y. Goldway

Treasurer, The Honorable Ruth Goldway, retired chairman | US Postal Regulatory Commission

Edgar G. Dymally

Secretary, Senior Environmental Specialist | Metropolitan Water District of Southern California

Beth Burnam

Board Member, Co- President and Founding Member of the North Topanga Canyon Fire Safe Council

Dr. Jonathan Fielding

Board Member, Professor at the UCLA Fielding School of Public Health and the David Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA, and Author

Dr. Lee Kats

Board Member, Professor of Biology, Vice Provost for Research and Strategic Initiatives

Jered Lindsay

Board Member, Senior Attorney, Environmental Section, Southern California Edison Law Dept.

Robert Llorens

Board Member, EVP & Chief Credit Officer Cal Private Bank

William Quicksilver

Board Member, Manatt, Sr. Partner, Chief Executive Officer, Managing Partner Emeritus

Keith Terasaki

Board Member, Interventional Radiologist at the Kaiser Hospital, Chairman of the Terasaki Family Foundation, Chairman of the Board of Directors of the Wesley Health Clinics

Sam Whiting

Board Member, Director, Boeing Global Engagement

Ira Ziering

Board Member, Entrepreneur, Ziering France Co.

Founder