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
Lowell Berry
Volunteer & Outreach Programs Manager
Lowell@ourcityforest.org
408.780.8206
Patric Esteban
Tree Care & Planting Assistant Manager
Misha@ourcityforest.org
408.9987337x121
Michael Pistininzi
Consulting Arborist
Michael.Pistininzi@ourcityforest.org
408.998.7337 x 121
Lee Stephenson
Community Nursery Manager
Lee@ourcityforest.org 408.998.7337 x 128
Kate Yee
AmeriCorps Grant Officer- Plant Specialist
Kate@ourcityforest.org 408.998.7337x133
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
Lari Yamaguchi
Business Assistant
Lari@ourcityforest.org
408.998.7337 x 114
Field team
PLANTING
Alejandro Lopez
CCAC Fellow
Eddie Bravo
Kelsey Pham
Aly Conlan
CCAC Fellow
Ariaeli Hernandez
Ian Ayers
Angela Chu
Bryant Tran
Isaiah Hoover
Planting Outreach Specialist
NURSERY
Agnes Villaroman
Nursery Team Lead
Katie
Sylvia Maldonado
Aster Min
CCAC Fellow
Lali
Ian MacLeod
Nursery Outreach Specialist
Mousume Azad
Recruitment Specialist
LAWNBUSTERS
Jessica Brazer
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
Co-Executive Directors:
Rhonda Berry
Bridget Thorpe