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 Our Founder
Rhonda Berry
Founding President & CEO
2021 Woman of the Year, California State Senate
Rberry@ourcityforest.org
408-256-0628
Meet THE TEAM
Bridget Thorpe
Director of Operations - 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
Urban Forestry Assistant Manager
Pat@ourcityforest.org
408-256-1530
Angela Chu
Urban Forestry Program Manager
Angela@ourcityforest.org 408-256-0451
Lee Stephenson
Community Nursery & Training Center & Lawn Busters Manager
Lee@ourcityforest.org 408-256-0646
Ian MacLeod Community Nursery & Education Center Manager
Ian@ourcityforest.org 408-256-3074
Misha Ortega
Community Nursery Assistant Manager
Misha@ourcityforest.org
408-785-2302
Kate Yee
AmeriCorps Grant & Communications Officer
Kate@ourcityforest.org 408-256-0411
Lupita Aldama
Program Assistant - Bookkeeping Support
Lupita@ourcityforest.org
408-256-3892
Madison Sayler-Tait
Volunteer Coordinator
Madison@ourcityforest.org
408-597-2959
Field team
PLANTING
Isaiah Hoover
Urban Forestry Technician
Devin Slattery
Team Lead AmeriCorps Service Member
Ryan Trinidad
California Climate Action Corp Fellow
Anakin Favre
AmeriCorps Service Member
Jessica Brazer
Urban Forestry Technician
Shelly Seymour
California Climate Action Corp Fellow
Emily Vo
AmeriCorps Service Member
Abbie Loh
AmeriCorps Service Member
Taylor McCoy
AmeriCorps Service Member
Sam Guzman
Urban Forestry Technician
Josh Wing
California Climate Action Corp Fellow
Michael Vidaure
AmeriCorps Service Member
Erin Wessel
AmeriCorps Service Member
NURSERY
Agnes Villaroman
Urban Forestry Technician
Aster Min
Team Lead AmeriCorps Service Member
Brigette Breaux
AmeriCorps Service Member
Rylan Boyd
AmeriCorps Service Member
Abby Dacumos
California Climate Action Corp Fellow
Olivia Maturana-McCauley
AmeriCorps Service Member
Kendra Da Silva
AmeriCorps Service Member
Mousume Azad
Urban Forestry Technician
Andrew Dao
AmeriCorps Service Member
Sarah Young
AmeriCorps Service Member
Bambi
Service Dog
TREE CARE
Cindy Balbuena
AmeriCorps Service Member
Georgia Prentice
AmeriCorps Service Member
Yijun Fang
AmeriCorps Service Member
Board of Directors
Richard Stewart, Chair
Trudy Ellerbeck, Treasurer
Irma Balderas
Raeena Lari
Sheikh Nayeem
Peter Pham