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PROFESSIONAL ARBORIST
ASSOCIATION OF MISSISSIPPI
PAAM Executive Committee 2023
PAAM Officers
President
Donna Beliech
Donna is an area horticulturist and urban forester with Mississippi State University Extension Service. She is an ISA Certified Arborist.
Vice-President
David Fulgham
David has worked in urban forestry management since 1992, oversees urban forestry projects in eight southern states, and recently served as an advisor to the EPA regarding tree preservation on super-fund sites. He earned a B.S. in Golf and Sports Turf Management and a M.S. in Urban Forestry. He is certified as an ISA arborist and tree risk assessor and has pesticide certifications in three states.
Secretary
Kevin Locke
Kevin has worked for the City of Meridian since 2002 as a Senior Planner and also serves as the city’s Urban Forester. Kevin earned his Bachelor of Landscape Architecture from Mississippi State University in 1997. He holds a MS Landscape Horticulturist License, is an ISA Certified Arborist Municipal Specialist, and holds the ISA Tree Risk Assessment Qualification.
Treasurer
Joshua Granger
Joshua Granger is an assistant professor in the Department of Forestry at Mississippi State University. He earned his B.S. and M.S. in Biology from the University of Nebraska, and M.S. in Statistics and Ph.D. in Forestry from the University of Tennessee. He is a Registered Forester in Mississippi, an ISA Certified Arborist, and SAF Candidate Certified Forester.
Board Members
Stephen Grado
Past President
Joe Loftus
Commercial Arborist
George LeFlore
Municipal Arborist
Stephen Dicke
ISA - Southern Chapter Rep
Ashley Schulz
Professional Education Coordinator
Nick Greer
Electric Power Association of Mississippi
Trace Johnson
Investor Owned Electric Utilities in Mississippi
Amelia Foote
Exhibitors & Sponsors Coordinator
Andy Parker
Member-at-Large
Alex Ballard
Advisory
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