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
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 Assistant Manager
Misha@ourcityforest.org
408-785-2302
Isaiah Hoover
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
Abigail Rothe
AmeriCorps Service Member
Emily Vo
AmeriCorps Service Member
Anakin Farve
AmeriCorps Service Member
Abbie Loh
AmeriCorps Service Member
Sam Guzman
Urban Forestry Tech
Ryan Trinidad
California Climate Action Corp Fellow
Michael Vidaure
AmeriCorps Service Member
Emmie Fletcher
AmeriCorps Service Member
Erin Wessel
AmeriCorps Service Member
Devin Slattery
AmeriCorps Service Member
Josh Wing
California Climate Action Corp Fellow
Shelly Seymour
California Climate Action Corp Fellow
Sandy Molnar
AmeriCorps Service Member
Taylor McCoy
AmeriCorps Service Member
NURSERY
Agnes Villaroman
Urban Forestry Tech
Aster Min
Team Lead AmeriCorps Service Member
Brigette Breaux
AmeriCorps Service Member
Rylan Boyd
AmeriCorps Service Member
Bambi
Service Dog
Madison Sayler-Tait
Urban Forestry Tech
Abby Dacumos
California Climate Action Corp Fellow
Olivia Maturana-McCauley
AmeriCorps Service Member
Sanya Ciervo
AmeriCorps Service Member
Mousume Azad
Urban Forestry Tech
Andrew Dao
AmeriCorps Service Member
Sarah Young
AmeriCorps Service Member
Kendra Da Silva
California Climate Action Corp Fellow
TREE CARE
Kody Montez
Urban Forestry Tech
Cindy Balbuena
AmeriCorps Service Member
Georgia Prentice
AmeriCorps Service Member
Yijun Fang
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