Board of Directors

It is with great sadness that the Trees Virginia Board of Directors report the passing of Board Member Gordon Tyler Wright. Tyler was the Arborist for the Town of Leesburg and died on Saturday June 4. The entire Board expresses sympathy to the family Tyler. Tyler leaves behind a wife and young child.
Tyler served on the Trees Virginia Board in the Municipal Employee Seat and played an important role on the Board. He was always engaged, active and interested. He was an advocate for the expansion of the Trees Virginia Certified Arborist Scholarship Program.
The Town of Leesburg hopes to hold a tree planting/celebration of life event this fall and will coordinate with the family to find a meaningful spot in Town with one of his favorite trees.
Trees Virginia thanks Anne Little of Tree Fredericksburg and Eric Schlosser of James River Nurseries for their years of service on the Board of Trees Virginia! We also thank Meg Turner and Toni Woods for agreeing to serve in Ex-Officio seats.
The current Trees Virginia Board members are as follows:
Executive Board
- Ashley Appling, President - Virginia Cooperative Extension Culpeper (VCE) Seat
- VACANT, Vice-President -
- Amy Murray, Treasurer - Private Arborist Seat - Davey Resource
- Kevin Sigmon, Secretary - At Large Seat
Permanent Seats
- Lara Johnson, Virginia Department of Forestry
- Molly O'Liddy, Virginia Department of Forestry
- Dr. Eric Wiseman, Virginia Tech - Dept. of Forest Resources and Environmental Conservation
Ex-Officio
- Adam Downing, Virginia Cooperative Extension-Madison County
- Kevin Beal, Past Real Estate Agent Seat
- Meg Turner, Past Garden Club Seat
- Jay Banks, Past Municipal Arborist Seat
- Toni Woods, Past MAC-ISA Seat
Current Board of Directors
- Ashley Appling - President, Virginia Cooperative Extension Seat (VCE)
- Anna Aquino, At Large Seat (or Garden Club Seat)
- Paul Josey, Landscape Architecture Seat, Wolf Josey Landscape Architects
- Ann Jurcyzk - Non-Profit Seat, Chesapeake Bay Foundation
- Joel Koci - Urban Forestry Related Higher Education Seat, Virginia State University
- Joe Lehnen - Urban Wood Group Seat, Virginia Dept. of Forestry
- Adam Lipera - At Large Seat, Fairfax County
- Cindy Musick - Utility Forester Seat, Rappahannock Electric Cooperative
- Amy Murray - Private Arborist Seat, Davey Resource Group
- Martha Orton - Tree Steward Seat, Charlottesville Area Tree Stewards
- Leighton Powell - At Large Seat, Scenic Virginia
- VACANT - VNLA Seat
- Steven Traylor - MAC-ISA Seat, City of Norfolk
- VACANT - Horticulturalist Seat
- VACANT - Municipal Employee Seat
- VACANT - Planner Seat
- VACANT - Garden Club Seat
- VACANT - Builder Seat
- VACANT - Virginia Forestry Association (VFA) Seat
- VACANT - Real Estate Agent
- VACANT - At Large Seat
- VACANT - At Large Seat
- VACANT - Landscape Architect Seat