

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.
Our People

Cindy Montañez
Chief Executive Officer
Education and Community

Ariel Lew Ai Le Whitson
Director of Education and Community Organizing

Mario Dagonel
Senior Manager of Community Organizing

Bryan Medina
Community Organizer (Riverside)

Luis Rodriguez
Volunteer Manager

Miguel Vargas
Community Organizer (Southeast LA)

Maria Adame
Youth Outreach Coordinator

Rosa Donis
Senior Manager Educational Tours

Cesar Hernandez
Environmental Educator

Cindy Villegas
Community Organizer (Northeast San Fernando Valley)

Peter Massey
Project Manager- Water Equity Programs

Ruby Cornejo
Tree Ambassador

Xiomara Duran
Community Forestry Associate

Nanci Torres-Poblano
Waste Management Youth Leadership Coordinator

Rebecca Saltsman
Senior Manager - Generation Earth

Savannah Ackerman
School Outreach Coordinator

Katie Aymar
Eco Educator Assistant

Roland Pacheco
Tribal Engagement Coordinator

Stevie Morley
Eco Educator

Shoshana Ambartsumyan
Eco Educator

Talia Dotson
Urban Greening Community Organizer

Andrew Castillo
Youth Leadership Coordinator

Emily Tyrer
Green Infrastructure Project Manager

Heather Turpin
Community Organizer (Santa Clarita)
Forestry and Urban Greening

Daniel Berger
Director of Forestry and Urban Greening

Thierry Rivard
Director of Mountain Forestry

Alyssa Walker
Mountain Forestry Manager

Matthew Loftis
Senior Mountain Forestry Coordinator

Christyne Imhoff
Director of Program Development

Juan Solomon
Program Manager

Sergio Olvera
Urban Forester Foreman

Pam Gibson
Regional Manager Northeast Valley

Eileen Garcia
Senior Manager of Community Forestry

Jack Smith
Ecological Restoration and Nursery Manager

Emily Bowyer
Nursery Coordinator

Michelle Bagnato
Community and School Greening Specialist

Hannah Crispi
Senior Mountain Forestry Coordinator

Gemma Lurie
Community Outreach Coordinator

Loren Feder
Mountain Forestry Coordinator

Alex Turner
Mountain Forestry Coordinator

Kylie Lesko
Mountain Forestry Coordinator

Santos Amaya
Community Forestry Associate

Gabriela Gonzalez
Tree Care Assistant

Sage Cobos
Mountain Forestry Coordinator

Jonathan Manikan
Community Forestry Coordinator

Marcos Trinidad
Senior Regional Manager (Riverside)

Idelfonso Villarreal
Urban Forester

Kyle Kolhlbrenner
Community Forestry Associate

William Juarez
Tree Care Assistant

Oscar Perez
Community Forestry Coordinator

Garrett Ashby
Tree Care Assistant

Monica Pineda
Community Forestry Associate

Ivan Castillo
Mountain Forestry Program Manager

Alex Arevalos
Urban Greening Associate

Kenny Derieg
Community Forestry Associate

Bertilla Baudiniere
Landscape Designer

Max De Maria
Mountain Forestry Coordinator
Marketing and Communications

Jean-Paul Renaud
Director of Marketing and Communications

Alex Miller
Marketing & Social Media Manager

Edgar Iriarte
Web & Technology Manager

Bliss Parsons
Graphic Designer

Adam Thomas
Digital Content Specialist
Policy

Manny Gonez
Director of Policy Initiatives

Lia Soorenian
Policy & Research Associate

Dustin Herrmann
Principal Scientist
Administration

Autumn Torregano
Director of Human Resources

Yvette Rojas
Executive Services Administrator

Roberta Turitz
Chief Financial Officer

Matt Hall
Systems Technician

Meidy Mananghaya
Accounting Manager

Loyda Ramos
Administrative Services Partner

Amanda Begley
Special Projects Manager

Cari Wright
Staff Accountant

Carla Jimenez
Administrative Services Coordinator

Eric Quat
IT Manager

Christie Teig
Grant Accountant

Willow McCloud
Staff Account
Park Operations

Brian Rekart
Senior Manager Park Operations

Julio Tzoc
Facilities Maintenance Manager

Nathan Bock
Grounds Coordinator

Nick Handman
Stewardship Technician

Dan Berman
Park Restoration Coordinator
Development

Robyn Rehak
Chief Development Officer

Jordan Hutkin
Major Gifts Manager

Chuck Mills
Senior Grants Administrator

David Pineda
Government Grants Writer

Abby Fuirst
Development Associate

Saxon Miller-Jones
Major Gifts Officer
Board of Directors
Philip Boesch, Esq.
Board of Directors, Chair, Boesch Law Group
J. Lee Braly
Vice Chair, Principle | i2i Consulting
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
Laurie Benenson
Board Member, Writer, Editor, Filmmaker
Beth Burnam
Board Member, Co- President and Founding Member of the North Topanga Canyon Fire Safe Council
Susan W. Drake
Board Member, Co-Owner Casa Automotive Group
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
Karin Fielding
Board Member, Public Health Advocate
Jonathan Friedland
Octagonal Hall LLC
Nancy Helsley
Board Member, Retired Public School Teacher
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.
Sara Rutherford Nichols
Board Member
David A. Paschal
Board Member, Assistant General Manager, City of Los Angeles Department of General Services
Noah Perch-Ahern
Board Member, Partner at Greenberg Glusker Environmental Department
Josephine Powe
Board Member, Environmental Lawyer
William Quicksilver
Manatt, Sr. Partner, Chief Executive Officer, Managing Partner Emeritus
Mindy Rothstein Mann
Board Member
Sam Whiting
Board Member, Director, Boeing Global Engagement
Ira Ziering
Board Member, Entrepreneur, Ziering France Co.
David Zucker
Board Member, Writer, Director, Producer
Founder

Andy Lipkis
Board Member, Founder, TreePeople
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