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
Board President, Co-Executive Director 2021 Woman of the Year
Rberry@ourcityforest.org
408-256-0628
Bridget Thorpe
Co-Executive Director ISA Certified Arborist #WE-15422A
Bridget@ourcityforest.org 408-256-0596
Marisa Zulaski
Urban Forestry Program Manager ISA Certified Arborist WE-15814A
Marisa@ourcityforest.org
408-256-1873
Lowell Berry
Volunteer & Outreach Programs Manager
Lowell@ourcityforest.org
408-780-8206
Patric Esteban
Tree Care & Planting Assistant Manager
Pat@ourcityforest.org
408-256-1530
Angela Chu Planting Program Manager
Angela@ourcityforest.org 408-256-0451
Lee Stephenson
Community Nursery & Training Center Manager
Lee@ourcityforest.org 408-256-0646
Kate Yee
AmeriCorps Grant & Communications Officer
Kate@ourcityforest.org 408-256-0411
Misha Ortega
Community Nursery Program Coordinator
Misha@ourcityforest.org
408-785-2302
Lari Yamaguchi
Business Assistant
Lari@ourcityforest.org
408-256-3892
Emma Bhushan
Business Manager
Emma@ourcityforest.org 408-256-0328
Lupita Aldama
Program Assistant - Bookkeeping Support
Lupita@ourcityforest.org
408-256-3892
Ian MacLeod. Community Nursery Assistant Manager & Education Specialist Ian@ourcityforest.org 408-785-2302
Field team
PLANTING
Jessica Brazer
Urban Forestry Tech
Ian Ayers
AmeriCorps Service Member
Sam Guzman
Urban Forestry Tech
Isaiah Hoover
AmeriCorps Service Member
NURSERY
Agnes Villaroman
Urban Forestry Tech
Aster Min
CCAC Fellow
Madison Sayler-Tait
Urban Forestry Tech
Sylvia Maldonado
AmeriCorps Service Member
Mousume Azad
Urban Forestry Tech
TREE CARE
Kody Montez
Urban Forestry Tech
Devin Slattery
AmeriCorps Service Member
Karen Nguyen
AmeriCorps Service Member
Colleen Shannon
AmeriCorps Service Member
Board of Directors
Raeena Lari, Chair
Irma Balderas
Mark Beaudoin
Sheikh Nayeem
Peter Pham
Richard Stewart
Co-Executive Directors:
Rhonda Berry
Bridget Thorpe