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Urban and Community Forestry Council members

Voting members

Asia Dowtin
Michigan State University - Department of Forestry
517-355-2380 

Megan Eppley
City of Big Rapids

Fai Foen
The Greening of Detroit
313-237-87334

Tiffany GiacobazziCouncil Chair
City of Ann Arbor

Stanley Gray
City of Dearborn
313-943-2107

Heather Griffin
City of Flint
810-766-7135 ext.2605

Paul Hickman 
Urban Ashes/MI Urban Wood Network 

Tyler Klifman
Southeast MI Council of Governments
313-961-4266 

Brian Murphy
Buchanan Tree Friends

Stathis Pauls
MSU Extension

Gerry Santoro
Macomb County Planning Department
586-469-6443

Douglas Schultz
Rowe Professional Services Company
810-341-7500

Alec Smith
Oakland Conservation District
248-922-7822 

U.S. Forest Service representatives (nonvoting members)

Jill Johnson
Regional urban forester - St. Paul, Minnesota
651-649-5253 

Lisa Perez
Detroit urban connections program coordinator - Detroit
313-494-4735 

DNR representatives (nonvoting members)

Kerry Gray
UCF IRA grant specialist
734-691-1806

Daphna Gadoth
Urban Forester and Partnership Coordinator – Lansing
517-898-2994

Kevin Sayers
UCF program coordinator - Lansing

517-284-5898 

Andrea Stay
Volunteer engagement specialist - Lansing
517-582-5465

Lawrence Sobson
Urban Forester and Partnership Coordinator - Detroit
313-316-4137