Mission & People
People need trees and trees need people.
TreePeople is Los Angeles’ 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 (Southeast LA)
Annakaren Ramirez
Water Equity Program Assistant
Luis Rodriguez
Volunteer Manager
Miguel Vargas
Community Organizer (Southeast LA)
Maria Adame
Youth Outreach Coordinator
Emi Kusayanagi
Youth Leadership Coordinator
Carissa Donahoo
Education & Community Program Associate
Rosa Donis
Senior Manager Educational Tours
Cesar Hernandez
Environmental Educator
Deborah Stephens Browder
Community Organizer (South Los Angeles)
Cindy Villegas
Community Organizer (Northeast San Fernando Valley)
Peter Massey
Project Manager- Water Equity Programs
Brian Chun
Tree Ambassador
Lionel Mares
Tree Ambassador
Ruby Cornejo
Tree Ambassador
Xiomara Duran
Tree Ambassador
Nanci Torres-Poblano
Waste Management Youth Leadership Coordinator
Rebecca Saltsman
Senior Manager - Generation Earth
Savannah Ackerman
School Outreach Coordinator
Katie Aymar
Eco Educator Assistant
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
Angeles Restoration 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
Lizbeth Gonzales Ruiz
Forestry Associate Manager
Jack Smith
Ecological Restoration and Nursery Manager
Emily Bowyer
Nursery Coordinator
Michelle Bagnato
Community and School Greening Specialist
Hannah Crispi
Angeles Restoration Coordination
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
Angeles Restoration Coordinator
Jonathan Manikan
Community Forestry Coordinator
Marcos Trinidad
Senior Regional Manager (Riverside)
Idelfonso Villarreal
Urban Forester
Kyle Kolhlbrenner
Community Forestry Associate
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
Yujuan Chen
Senior Manager of Urban Forestry Policy
Lia Soorenian
Policy & Research Associate
Administration
Autumn Torregano
Director of Human Resources
Yvette Rojas
Executive Services Administrator
Roberta Turitz
Chief Financial Officer
Michael Wootton
Hardware & Information Systems Manager
Matt Hall
Systems Technician
Meidy Mananghaya
Accounting Manager
Matthew Kindell
Grants Accountant
David Pineda
Government Grants Writer
Loyda Ramos
Administrative Services Partner
Amanda Begley
Special Projects Manager
Cari Wright
Staff Accountant
Park Operations
Brian Rekart
Senior Manager Park Operations
Julio Tzoc
Facilities Maintenance Manager
Nathan Bock
Grounds Coordinator
Nick Handman
Park Assistant
Dan Berman
Park Operations Assistant
Development
Stephanie Towne
Development Assistant
Jordan Hutkin
Advancement Coordinator
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
Board Member
Mark Gavens
Board Member, COO of Cedars-Sinai Medical Center - Retired
Nancy Helsley
Board Member, Retired Public School Teacher
Dr. Lee Kats
Board Member, Professor of Biology, Vice Provost for Research and Strategic Initiatives
Andy Lipkis
Board Member, Founder, TreePeople
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
Jo Powe
Board Member, Environmental Lawyer
Mindy Rothstein Mann
Board Member
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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