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Shirley Trier, M.S., is a regional business developer and project manager based in the Southeast United States. She is responsible for assisting governments, businesses, communities, and not for profit organizations with urban forestry and ecological restoration projects and implementation plans. Prior to joining Davey, Ms. Trier worked for the State of Florida Division of Forestry where she administered a multi-million dollar urban forestry grant program that focused on mitigating hurricane damage. While in this role, she assisted governments, communities, golf courses, and not for profit organizations with the implementation of urban forestry projects including tree plantings and removals, pruning, management plans, and street tree inventories. She also designed educational materials for distribution to tree care professionals as well as homeowners. Ms. Trier has several years of experience managing parkland and natural areas and has worked in south Florida developing ecological restoration plans and management plans for open and green spaces and conservation land. She is a Certified Arborist (FL-5512A) through the International Society of Arboriculture. She holds both bachelors and masters degrees in geology from the University of Iowa, and has hours towards a doctoral degree at the University of Alabama, also in geological science. | 