No ReLeaf

ko makou 'Amelika

ʻO Cindy Blain

Executive Luna Hoʻokele

Mai kona komo ʻana iā ReLeaf i ka makahiki 2014, ua hoʻokumu mua ʻo Cindy i nā papahana hāʻawi ululāʻau kūlanakauhale e kākoʻo maikaʻi loa i nā kaiāulu ma lalo o nā kumuwaiwai kahi e makemake nui ʻia ai nā kumulāʻau. ʻO ka pahuhopu, ʻo ia ke kūkulu ʻana i ka mākaukau a me ka hōʻoia ʻana e komo nui nā kaiāulu Kaleponi āpau i ke kanu ʻana a me ka pale ʻana i nā papahana ululāʻau kūlanakauhale. Ua alakaʻi kēia manaʻo hoʻomohala i ke kākoʻo ʻana i nā hui kaiaulu hou, hāʻawi i nā webinars hou aʻe, a me ke kākoʻo hoʻokahi-a-hoʻokahi o nā mea noi hāʻawi a me nā mea i loaʻa.

ʻO kekahi manaʻo e kākoʻo i nā papahana noiʻi i mea e hoʻonui ai i ka ʻike i ka waiwai o nā kumulāʻau kūlanakauhale. ʻO nā hana noiʻi hou e pili ana i ka nānā ʻana i nā ʻano ma waena o nā kumulāʻau o ke kūlanakauhale a me nā pae uahi ahi me nā mea noiʻi ʻo US Forest Service, e hoʻohana ana i ka ʻikepili Purple Air a me ke kākoʻo ʻana i kahi papahana University of Maryland e pili ana i kahi ala hoʻokele waiwai ululāʻau kūlanakauhale e koho i kahi Return on Investment no ka canopy kūlanakauhale.

Ke lawelawe nei ʻo Cindy ma ka Alliance of Regional Collaboratives for Climate Adaptation (ARRCA) a me CAL FIRE's Community and Urban Forest Advisory Committee (CUFAC). Hoʻopili pū ʻo ia me ka Sustainable Urban Forest Council, kahi hui ʻāina holoʻokoʻa e holomua ana i nā kulekele a me nā hana ululāʻau kūloko. ʻO kāna ʻike mua e pili ana i 6 mau makahiki ma Sacramento Tree Foundation, 10 mau makahiki ma Tandem Computers a me nā kūlana hana manawaleʻa kaiāulu e pili ana i nā keiki, nā kula, a me nā kiʻi. Loaʻa iā ia kahi BA mai ke Kulanui ʻo Rice a me kahi MBA mai ke Kulanui o Georgia State.

cblain[at]californiareleaf.org • (916) 497-0034

Victoria Vasquez

Hāʻawi a me ka Luna Hoʻokele Aupuni

Noho i ke kūlanakauhale ʻo Trees, makemake nui ʻo Victoria i ka hoʻokumu ʻana i nā hopena olakino olakino ma o ka hoʻonui ʻana a me ka mālama ʻana i nā ʻōnaehana ʻōmaʻomaʻo a me kahi canopy lāʻau olakino. Ma ke ʻano he hui kaiaulu me Sacramento Tree Foundation, ua hana ʻo ia e hoʻopili i nā alakaʻi kaiāulu i nā palapala helu helu pollution kiʻekiʻe me nā kumuwaiwai a me nā alakaʻi civic. ʻO ka manaʻo nui o Victoria i ka hana like ʻana ma waena o nā ʻano hoa like ʻole a me nā mea hāʻawi i kōkua i ka hoʻokō ʻana i nā haʻawina hoʻēmi kinoea hoʻomehana honua a me ka hoʻokumu ʻana i ke kanu lāʻau ma nā kula, nā wahi hoʻomana, nā hale noho, nā wahi kaʻa, a me nā paka.

Ke lawelawe nei ʻo Victoria ma ke ʻano he Hope Chair o ke kūlanakauhale ʻo Sacramento Parks a me Community Enrichment Commission, ma ke ʻano he Girl Scout Troop Leader, a ma ka Papa Hoʻokele no Project Lifelong, he mea waiwai ʻole e kākoʻo ana i ka hoʻomohala ʻana o nā ʻōpio i nā haʻuki ma waho kuʻuna - e like me ka skateboarding, hiking, skim boarding, a me ka heʻenalu.

vvasquez[at]californiareleaf.org • (916) 497-0035

Megan Dukett

Luna Hoʻonaʻauao & Hoʻolaha Polokalamu

Hele mai ʻo Megan i Kaleponi ReLeaf me 15 mau makahiki o ka ʻike hoʻokele papahana hoʻonaʻauao. Ua hānau ʻia a hānai ʻia ma Kaleponi Hema, ua hoʻomaka ʻo Megan i kāna ʻoihana me ka National Park Service ma ke ʻano he Interpretive Park Ranger a ua hana ʻo ia i ka hoʻomohala ʻana a me ka hoʻonui ʻana i nā papahana hoʻonaʻauao no ke aupuni kalana a me nā hale kūʻai waiwai ʻole, nā wahi mōʻaukala, a me nā paka ma Kaleponi. Makemake nui ʻo ia i ka mālama ʻana i ke kaiapuni a me ke kūkulu ʻana i nā kaiāulu olakino, nāna i huki iā ia i Kaleponi ReLeaf.

ʻOiai he mea hou i ke kaiāulu ʻo Urban Forest, ʻo ka ʻike a me ka ʻike o Megan i ka hoʻonaʻauao lehulehu a me ke komo ʻana i ke kaiāulu e kūpono loa iā ia no ke kūlana. Noho ʻo Megan i kēia manawa ma West Sacramento, a i kona manawa kūʻokoʻa, hiki iā ʻoe ke loaʻa i kāna huakaʻi, kaʻa paikika, a me kāna hoʻomoana.

mdukett[at]californiareleaf.org • (916) 497-0037

Alex Binck

Tree Inventory Tech Support Program Manager

He ISA Certified Arborist ʻo Alex e ʻoliʻoli nei i ka hoʻohana ʻana i ka noiʻi hou loa i ka arboriculture a me ka ʻepekema data e hoʻomaikaʻi i ka hoʻokele ʻana i nā ululāʻau kūlanakauhale a hoʻomaikaʻi i ke kūpaʻa o ke kaiāulu i mua o kahi ʻano loli. Ma mua o kona komo ʻana i nā limahana o ReLeaf ma 2023, ua lawelawe ʻo ia ma ke ʻano he Community Arborist ma ka Sacramento Tree Foundation. I kona noho ʻana ma SacTree, ua kōkua ʻo ia i nā lālā o ka lehulehu i ke kanu ʻana a me ka mālama ʻana—a me ka mālama ʻana i kā lākou papahana ʻepekema kaiaulu. Ma Kaleponi ReLeaf, e kōkua ʻo Alex i ka hoʻomaka ʻana a me ka nānā ʻana i ka hoʻokō ʻana i kā mākou papahana ʻike kumu lāʻau ululāʻau kaona holoʻokoʻa holoʻokoʻa no kā mākou Pūnaehana ʻoi aku ma mua o 75+ mau mea waiwai ʻole a me nā hui kaiaulu. 

I kona manawa kūʻokoʻa, hauʻoli ʻo ia i ka nui o waho a me kāna māla, kahi āna e ulu ai i nā ʻano mea kanu like ʻole a me nā kumulāʻau. Makemake nui ʻo ia i ke kōkua ʻana i nā poʻe ʻē aʻe e ʻike i nā lāʻau i ke kino a ma nā kahua like iNaturalist.

abinck[at]californiareleaf.org

Kelaine Ravdin

Luna Hooponopono Laau Kaona

ʻO Kelaine Ravdin he kanaka kaiaola kūlanakauhale me Urban Ecos ʻO kāna hana e kālele ana i ka ʻike a me ka hoʻonui ʻana i ke kuleana o ke ʻano i ka loaʻa ʻana o ka hoʻomau. Loaʻa iā ia kahi kumu i ka ululāʻau a me ka hoʻolālā ʻāina a ua ʻimi ʻo ia i ka noiʻi ma kēia mau kula ma ke ʻano he Fulbright Scholar ma Berlin a me ka US Forest Service. Ma kāna hana i kēia manawa, hāʻawi ʻo ia i nā kūkākūkā kaiaola a me ka ʻenehana e hana i ko mākou mau kūlanakauhale i ʻōmaʻomaʻo, ʻoi aku ka paʻa, a ʻoi aku ka maikaʻi o ke kaiapuni. Ua hana pū ʻo Kelaine me California ReLeaf ma nā ʻano hana like ʻole mai ka makahiki 2008 a ke hauʻoli nei ʻo ia e hana pū me nā mea hāʻawi kālā e hoʻokō i kā lākou mau papahana.

Papa o na Luna

Greg Muscarella
Kūkākūkā hoʻomaka a me ka mea hoʻopukapuka
Palo Alto, CA

kākoʻo ana ma