P R E S I D E N T ’ S
Massachusetts Arborists Association, Inc.
M E S S A G E
Board of Directors
Dear MAA Members,
President
Natascha Batchelor, MCA
Davey Tree Expert Company
East Falmouth, MA
Vice President
Trumbull Barrett, MCA
Barrett Tree Service East
Medford, MA
Secretary/Treasurer
Ray Rose, MCA
Town of Wrentham DPW
Wrentham, MA
Past President
Jay Ippolito, MCA , MCLP
Olde Colonial Tree & Landscape
Westwood, MA
MCA Representative
Brandon Maltby, MCA
Maltby & Co., Inc.
Stoughton, MA
Directors
Neal Reilly, MCA
The Reilly Tree Company
Plainville, MA
Kevin Cleveland, MCA
Tree Tech
Foxboro, MA
Friday April 26, 2019 was incredibly exciting. I’m sure you all are aware of what
I’m talking about: ARBOR DAY! The postal delivery service has nothing on us as
arborists. Rain? That’s not stopping us! We’ll remove trees that need to go (Norway
maples), plant trees to replace what we take, and prune to preserve, climbing them
even with the rain, and we’ll do it safely. I hope everyone had a great day with their
projects: large in scope like Appleton Farms, or small like tree planting at elemen-
tary schools. No matter what the project, you participated and the impact was
huge!
Sometimes we don’t really have a conceptualization of how we affect the people
and environment around us with the projects we do. A decade ago, MAA cele-
brated another Arbor Day with the Trustees at Castle Hill. That volunteer effort
ignited an understanding of the need for landscape planning by the Trustees which
spurred a campaign to raise $25 million toward land stewardship that lives on
today. Put that feather in your cap!
Your efforts and spirit of giving makes me so proud to be a member of this organi-
zation. We are an amazing group of professionals who truly care about what we do
with a passion and a camaraderie that is unmatched in other fields. Be proud of
who we are and what we do. When the work is done, stand back and look at what
you’ve achieved. Tell yourself, “I did that” and pat yourself
on the back.
As I said in my comments at Appleton Farms, “Thank you.
Thank you. Thank you!”
Russell Holman, MCA , CTSP
Hartney Greymont
Concord, MA
Keep having fun out there and have a great summer.
Executive Director
M. Virginia Wood, CMP
Management Team
Peggy Benjamin
Kristen Dreyer
Carrie Martin
Charissa Sharkey
MASSACHUSETTS ARBORISTS
ASSOCIATION, INC.
8-D Pleasant Street South
Natick, MA 01760
(508) 653-3320
FAX: (508) 653-4112
[email protected]
MassArbor.org
Natascha Batchelor, MCA
President, MAA
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