SKILLS & CERTIFICATIONS

• Botanical nomenclature and plant taxonomy
• Integrated pest management
• Certified Arborist (International Society of Arboriculture)
• Certified Wildland Firefighter
• National Wildfire Coordinating Group (NWCG)
  FFT2 Red Card holder 2006-2008
• Certified Florida Master Naturalist
• Eco-educator
• Invasive plant eradication and management
• Plant propagation
• Bonsai instructor and curator
• Interior and exterior landscaping
• Naturalist photographer
• Trained EMT

MEMBERSHIPS

• Present: International Society of Arboriculture
• Present: Kentucky Exotic Pest Plant Council (KY-EPPC)
• 2008-Present: Greater Louisville Bonsai Society
• 2004-2008: Orlando Bonsai Society
• 2006-2008: Central Florida Native Plant Society
• 2006-Present: AERGC (Assn. of Education/Research Greenhouse Coordinators)
• 2007-2008: FNGLA (Florida Nursery, Growers and Landscape Assn.)

RESUME

ACCOMPLISHMENTS

• "Applying the Natural Growth Forms of Bald Cypress and Pond Cypress to the Styling of Bonsai"
  Lecture & workshop given to the Bonsai Society of Greater Louisville Spring 2009
• Invasive Weed Management Plan for Louisville Nature Center
  
• UCF Arboretum Bonsai Collection
• UCF Arboretum Bio-Geographic Gardens
• UCF Biology Greenhouses
• Articles

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