Green Mountain Division

Chair

Alexandra Kosiba
Term: 1/1/2022 – 12/31/2022
alexandra.kosiba@vermont.gov

Ali is a forest scientist interested in understanding the impacts of climate change and the management strategies that could be used to lessen these impacts.  Ali recently joined the Vermont Department of Forests, Parks and Recreation as the new Climate Forester. Prior, Ali received her MS and PhD degrees in Natural Resources from UVM, where she continued to work in a several positions, including research scientist, forestry instructor for Dendrology and Natural Resources Ecology and Assessment, and project manager for the Forest Ecosystem Monitoring Cooperative.

Vice Chair

Bill Musson
Term: 2022
bill@redstartconsulting.com

Immediate Past Chair

Tony D’Amato
Term: 1/1/2022 – 12/31/2022
anthony.damato@uvm.edu

Tony is a Professor of Silviculture and Applied Forest Ecology and Director of the Forestry Program at the University of Vermont. He received his B.S. in Forest
Ecosystem Science from the University of Maine, M.S. in Forest Science from Oregon State University, and PhD in Forest Resources from University of Massachusetts. He was a faculty member for seven years in the Department of Forest Resources at the University of Minnesota prior to joining the Rubenstein School of Environment and Natural Resources at the University of Vermont in January 2015. In 2017, he was awarded the Mollie Beattie Young Forester Leadership Award.

NESAF Representative

Jas Smith
Term: 1/1/2021 – 12/31/2022
jasssmith123@gmail.com

Jas is working as a new consultant for UVM Extension in areas of both farming and forestry.
He is learning about various business planning tools and resources that foster viability for
natural-resource based businesses in Vermont. Included is the process of business planning
and one-on-one business strategy with farmers, loggers and landowners.
Jas is also working part-time for City Forest Credits, a non-profit carbon registry for urban
forest projects. The work includes review and verification of all calculations and details for
urban forestry carbon projects throughout the U.S.
Jas has a background in Forest Policy through his 3-year term as member of the Committee
on Forest Policy with National SAF. He feels very fortunate to have served in this role and
gained much knowledge of various disciplines within forestry through working on the broad
range of Position Papers with advanced professionals throughout the country. He hopes to
now to continue a focus on New England matters; he was the Policy Chair for NESAF from
2016-2017. He has tentative plans to install a small maple operation in fall of 2022.

Secretary

Virginia (Ginger) Anderson
Term: 1/1/2022 – 12/31/2022
quedav56@gmail.com

Virginia (Ginger) Anderson graduated from the University of Vermont in 1979.  She joined SAF as a student member while at UVM.  Ginger spent 8 years with the US Forest Service in the Pacific Northwest and Utah working on presale/timber sale activities.  While in the West she also worked for Atterbury Consultants and for the Makah Tribal Council before returning to Vermont. Ginger worked for the Vermont Department of Forests, Parks and Recreation from 1990-2019.  She retired from the Barre District Office as Forestry District Manager. Ginger lives in Berlin, Vermont with her husband Stephen Bushman.  They have two grown daughters.

Treasurer

Sarah Ford
Term: 2022
sarahf@forestcarbonworks.com