Greening the Silicon Valley since 1994
Our City Forest has been Silicon Valley's nonprofit urban forestry and environmental stewardship leader since 1994. We believe in the power of trees to turn our neighborhoods and cities from gray to green, and we believe in the power of people to help achieve this transformation.
Meet the team
Rhonda Berry
Co-Executive Director
Rberry@ourcityforest.org
408.998.7337 x 106
Bridget Thorpe
Co-Executive Director
Bridget@ourcityforest.org 408.998.7337 x 132
Marisa Zulaski
Urban Forestry Program Manager
Marisa@ourcityforest.org
408.998.7337 x 113
Bex Nava-McClellan
Planting Coordinator
Bex@ourcityforest.org
408.9987337x124
Michael Pistininzi
Consulting Arborist
Michael.Pistininzi@ourcityforest.org
408.998.7337 x 121
Erika Bruce
Communication Associate
Erika@ourcityforest.org
Lee Stephenson
Community Nursery Manager
Lee@ourcityforest.org 408.998.7337 x 128
Misha Ortega
Nursery Program Coordinator
Misha@ourcityforest.org
408.9987337x123
Emma Bhushan
Business Manager
Emma@ourcityforest.org 408.998.7337x114
Lupita Aldama
Program Assistant - Bookkeeping Support
Lupita@ourcityforest.org
408.998.7337 x 100
Kate Yee
AmeriCorps Grant Officer - Native Plant Specialist
Kate@ourcityforest.org 408.998.7337x133
Patric Esteban
Tree Care Program Coordinator
Misha@ourcityforest.org
408.9987337x121
Lowell Berry
Volunteer & Outreach Programs Manager
Lowell@ourcityforest.org
408.780.8206
Lari Yamaguchi
Business Assistant
Lari@ourcityforest.org
408.998.7337 x 114
Americorps team
PLANTING
Alejandro Lopez
CCAC Fellow
Angel Ramos
Eddie Bravo
Kelsey Pham
Aly Conlan
CCAC Fellow
Ariaeli Hernandez
Ian Ayers
Leo Capuano
CCAC Fellow
Angela Chu
Bryant Tran
Isaiah Hoover
Planting Outreach Specialist
NURSERY
Agnes Villaroman
Nursery Team Lead
Katie
Sylvia Maldonado
Aster Min
CCAC Fellow
Lali
Tamalyn Nguyen
CCAC Fellow
Ian MacLeod
Nursery Outreach Specialist
Mousume Azad
Recruitment Specialist
LAWNBUSTERS
Jessica Brazer
Kathy Leung
Stephanie Nguyen
Nickol Vanherp
TREE CARE
Tim Noel
Tree Care Team Load
Sam Guzman
Colleen Shannon
Tree Care Outreach Specialist
Board of Directors
Raeena Lari, Chair
Irma Balderas
Mark Beaudoin
Sheikh Nayeem
Peter Pham
Richard Stewart
President & CEO
Rhonda Berry
Bridget Thorpe