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Sharon Black-Anderson Certified/Licensed Arborist/Utility Forester

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Rensselaer, IN 47978 email: *********.********@*****.***

Career Focus

Experienced, seasoned Certified Arborist, Utility Planner/Forester adaptive to the many IURC Policy changes of Utilities and Vegetation Management Standards that involve Municipalities. Director/Team leader in Municipal Urban Forestry over 10 years, 2 years in Engineering Department, 3 years in Wastewater Treatment, 1 year in Planning and Building, 2 years as Secretary of minutes for BZA meetings, 1 year in Water Department, 7 years in Arborceutical treatment applications for ailing trees and 4 years in Utility Forestry Planning for distribution and transmission.

Interested in securing permanent position within the Arboricultural Industry or Municipality where the definition of ~Team Player~ means you are accountable to the levels above you, equal & protective with the levels alongside of you and responsible for the levels below you. Daily job briefings, “all accidents are preventable”.

Career Highlights

●Utility/Forestry Planner - Strategic Planning Utility Circuits for Vegetation Management Crews, decreasing power outages, personal & property damage, Safety Crew Audits

●Tree/Plant Health Care Specialist – Assessor in Tree Preservation & Recovery for Pre & Post Construction Sites for tree life value analysis for new residential, industrial and commercial developments

●Communication & work audits

●Herbicide, Pesticides & Growth Regulator Applications Certified/Licensed

●Utility Storm Recovery & Restoration for structural tree risk and replacement assessment in & out of state

●Tree Inventory Collections 18,000 + City trees

●AutoCAD Operations in customized mapping

●Computer proficient in standard Microsoft Office programs, AutoCAD, Arborline, TreeKeeper & web based Smartsheet

●Communications with Federal, State, Municipal entities for right of way access & Right of Passage permits, including situations where these passages are not needed

Accomplishments

●Implemented processes that established western region of Northwest Indiana's Tree Replacement program for NIPSCO

●Established 1st Tree City USA Program followed by 4 additional Tree City USA Growth Awards for the City of Crown Point Indiana

●Established 1st Annual Arbor Day Celebration followed by 4 additional celebrations for City of Crown Point. Established 1st Arbor Day Celebration for City of Plymouth and Town of Wheatfield Indiana

●Discovered 1st confirmation of Emerald Ash Borer Beetle in Crown Point, Lake County, Demotte, Jasper County & Plymouth Indiana, Marshall County with IDNR

●Honored with Lawrence Enerson Award from International Society of Arboriculture and National Arbor Day Foundation (Annual Award) for community services

●Established the 1st digitized AutoCAD based City of Crown Point Land Map with all utility layer overlays and coordinated with Lake County Aerial Flyover and Topography Grid System

Professional Experience

Davey Resource Group – Utility Forester Contracted (Indiana Michigan Power)

May 2014 to Present (Next destination is in Saddle River New York)

Utility Planner & consultant for circuit tree and vegetation management. Distribution Planner and Auditor Inspection duties following tree crew circuit work. Transmission Planner and Auditor Inspection duties following tree crew circuit work, in Indiana, Michigan and Ohio. Safety crew audits during transmission planning. Reporting Supervisor with Davey Resource Group, Bud Carperter. Reporting Forester Joshua Douglass with Indiana Michigan Power. Reporting supervisor with Davey Resource Group, Orlando Utility Commission Doug Powers

ArborMetrics Solutions, Inc December 2010 - January 2014

Utility planning & consulting for circuit tree and vegetation management. Tree replacement program. Made all arrangements and/or intervention on issue related events with utility customers on behalf of GF's with Tree Service Crews to expedite circuit completion in a timely manner. Safety crew audits during distribution planning. Audit of circuits following tree crew work. Property research through state and county GIS data required to obtain permissions for circuit work. Identification & reporting of hazardous tree & line conditions. Routine maintenance on company vehicle.

Successfully completed 8 storm recovery tours of duty for Tree/Utility Line Risk & Damage Control Assessments.

*Hurricane Sandy – Southeastern Coast Fall 2012

*Super Storm Sandy – Northeastern Coast Fall/Winter 2012 & Winter 2013

*Hurricane Isaac - Southern coast late summer 2012

*Eastern Coast Tropical Storm - Ohio summer 2012

*Ice Storm - Northwest and Central Indiana winter 2011/2012

*Ohio Winter Storm - 2013

*NW Indiana Tornado – 2010

*NW Indiana Winter Storm – 2014

Out On A Limb Tree Preservation & Recovery January 2006 - December 2011

Treatment applications for insect infestation, disease infection, growth regulation & root enhancement. Preservation and recovery for tree care and longevity for pre, during and post construction sites. Performed trenching with Air-Spade to avoid heavy equipment usage in the critical root zoning of trees (under new construction sites) while trenching for utility line installations. Tree survival rate increase applied pre, during and post construction for Ellendale Development, Crown Point, Indiana from 33% to 85%. Construction companies were held accountable by the developer, to the new property owners for Fair Market Tree Life Value regarding any tree injuries or death for the age of the tree at time of injury/death.

City of Crown Point Municipality March 1993 - January 2008

Administrator for City of Crown Point's 1st Urban Forestry Department, leader of 8 team crew. Launched Tree City USA Program, Developed City Tree Inventory for 18,000 trees overlapping into AutoCAD Computer Program. Designed and created tree nursery to annually accommodate 500 saplings for Arbor Day and 1000, 5-10 year old trees for replacement program. Executed annual budget balancing and planning. Represented the City of Crown Point on all public campaigns regarding the improvements of the Urban Forestry Division. Proficient in grant writing and submissions. Administered all replacement cost reporting and analysis of determined value to the party(ies) responsible for any injury/death of a deemed “City Tree” (18,000 + city trees)

Lake County Indiana Tree ReLeaf Board 1997 – 2001

Co-Director, 1 of 7 seats, advisory committee to the Lake County Commissioners for the assessment and analysis protocol regarding Hazardous/Danger Trees throughout the Lake County Parks and Recreational locations.

Education

University of South Carolina and Purdue

Professional Affiliations

●International Society of Arboriculture

●National Arbor Day Foundation

●Lake County Tree ReLeaf Committee, Co-Director

●Landscape Appraisal & Consulting Council

●Tree Care Industry

References & Letters of Recommendation Available Upon Request

Sharon Black-Anderson

ISA Certified/Licensed #IN-3200A

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