Board of Directors
Executive Board Members
Sean Reading
Eversource
President Elect
Sean is the Manager of Vegetation Management at Eversouce. He lives in Connecticut.
Rich Cartier
Rainbow Ecoscience
President
Rich has been in the industry for over 20 years, and is a Board Certified Master Arborist as well as a Massachusetts Certified Arborist and Connecticut Licensed Arborist.
Richard Parasiliti, Jr.
Vice President
Rich is the Tree Warden for the City of Northampton and the Superintendent of the City’s Department of Public Works Forestry, Parks, and Cemetery Division. He is a Board Certified Master Arborist/Urban Forest Professional and holds qualifications in Tree Risk Assessment and Tree and Plant Appraisal.
Kristina Bezanson
UMass Stockbridge School
Past President
Kristina Bezanson focuses on sustainable landscape management and design and municipal arboriculture. Kristina is an ISA BCMA, Municipal Specialist, TRAQ, and a Massachusetts Certified Arborist. Kristina is the program advisor and lecturer for the A.S. in Arboriculture and Community Forest Management degree at the Stockbridge School of Agriculture at UMass Amherst and the online certificate in Arboriculture and Urban Forestry with the Department of Environmental Conservation, UMass, Amherst. Kristina works part-time with Garden & Forest Consulting, focusing on sustainable horticulture and tree risk management.
Greg Lukos
Woodbury, CT
Treasurer
Kevin Brewer
Arborjet
Secretary
Heather Leff
Staff, Executive Director
Heather Leff is owner of Association Management Group, LLC (AMG). AMG is an association management company. The New England Chapter ISA has been a client since April 2011.