Florida Chapter Prescription Pruning Qualification (PPQ)

Class Schedule
One Day - Producers Class
Three Day - Prescriber Class
One Day Special Invite Event
Request a Class for Your Organization
Qualified Instructors - Prescriber
Qualified Instructors who have an * in front of their name are open to travel as needed.

*Rob Calley
President
Backridge Tree Service, Inc.

*Edward F. Gilman, PhD
Principal, Wood Architecture Inc.
professor emeritus
University of Florida

Norm Easey
President
Urban Forestry Consulting

*Dr. Ryan Klein, PhD
Assistant Professor
University of Florida IFAS

*Lindsey Purcell, MS
Consulting Arborist
Lp Consulting Group
Qualified Instructors - Producer
Qualified Instructors who have an * in front of their name are open to travel as needed.

*Rob Calley
Backridge Tree Service, Inc.
President

*Jonathan S. Frank
PPQ Committee Representative
Consulting Arborist

*Nick Markley
Independent Contractor

*Lindsey Purcell, MS
Lp Consulting Group
Consulting Arborist

*Carson Smith
O'Neil's Tree Service

*Kris Stultz
Tri-State Tree Services

Sample Prescription
- Pruning interval: 2 years
- Pruning system: natural
- Concerns: large branches with inclusions; owners want to preserve the tree and increase life span
- Objectives: reduce risk by reducing length of the largest 3 live branches; remove dead branches
- Branches to prune: make (20-25) 2” diameter reduction cuts at the end of the 3 largest live branches; remove dead branches >1” diameter
- Limitations: remove no live branches from the leader; remove no live branches from 1st order (scaffold) branches
Current Prescription Pruning Qualification Holders
Aaron McKamey
Adam Painter
Alan Shauck
Alexis Wells
Amber C. Delehanty
Amber Carson
Andrew Roman
Angel Forrest
Anthony Ferrer
Apollo O’Neil
Armani Thomas
Augusto Carvajal
Austin Kreutzfeld
Austin Sutt
Ben Wasielewski
Benjamin Koubek
Brandon Brown
Brendan Duffey
Brett Youngster
Brian Gould
Brian Knox
Brian McIntire
Brian Voelker
Bryan Guerra
Caleb Paulson
Camille Schillizzi
Candice Duffey
Carlson Cox
Carolyn Nelson
Carson Smith
Cary Strukel
Chad Bates
Charles Carr
Chase Dalton
Chris Anuszkiewicz
Chris Comer
Chris Jackson
Chris Wright
Christopher Forrest
Christopher Roush
Christopher Stratman
Chuck Theurer
Claudia Alzate
Clayton Cantley
Clifford Vann
Colin Kelly
Condredge Mallory
Cory Wilson
Daniel Lewis
Daniel Pompi
Daryl Johnson
David Bradford
David Brayboy
David J Rivera
David Vandergriff
Debra Demarco
December Lauretano-Haines
Dennis Bell
Dennis Forgione
Devon Marchinko
Dewey Bullock
Donna Castro
Doug Doll
Doug Durling
Doug LaFortune
Dustin Cook
Ed Gilman
Edgar Brown
Edward Wilkerson
Elizabeth Baylis
Eric Scovack
Erin Hurd
Etienne Hernandez-Perez
Eugene Gehring
Fabian Perez
Fernando Pereira
Forrest McCullough
Francois Tasse
Frank Thibodeaux
Gared Henson
Garry Emery
Gary Worthington
Gonzalo Ocampo
Greg Hatwig
Gustavo Valdes
Halli Matas
Heather Shields
Henrique Mayer
Ian Orlikoff
Ian Wogan
Ira Padgett
Jacob Connolly
Jacob Gilliam
Jaime Deery
Jake Bolden
James Barringer
James Bowles
James Caudell
James Potts
James Weaver (JAWS)
Janine Lester
Jason Anderson
Jason Conner
Jason Maldonado
Jason Richards
Jason Shaw
Jennifer Hitchcock
Jessica Hong
Jessy Havrilesko
Jimmy Girsales
Joanathan Wolfson
Joe Samnik
John Burns
John Crawford
John Durden
John Fuller
John Godshall
John Gorham
John King
John Meade
John Roberts
John Snow
John Sutton
John Tedder
Johnny Turvin
Jon Powers
Jonathan Frank
Jordan Upcavage
Jorden Hinrichsen
Jorge Rivera
Joseph Vibonese
Josh McFadden
Josh Stafford
Joshua Easley
Joshua Eibeschitz
Joshua Lange
Joshua Nakash
Justin Combs
Justin Rogers
Kacy Keeffe
Katie Watkins
Kenia Medina
Kenneth Johnston
Kericke Cox
Kevin Coppolla
Kevin Hunt
Kevin Hurst
Kevin Schiavone
Kevin Schiavone Jr
Kevin Wilson
Kit Dennis
Kris Stultz
Kristopher Ratliff
Kyle Thornton
Laura Tooley
Laura Ureta
Lee Claxton
Leigh Ryser
Leonard Royster
Loren Castillo
Lori Ballard
Maidy Martinez-Ravelo
Marco Perez-Alvarez
Marcos Urra
Mariellen Calabro
Mario Ramos
Marion “Bo” Ford
Mark Brumet
Mark Dalton
Mark Lange
Mark Merritt
Mark Steinberg
Marti Machado
Mary Edwards
Mary Niehaus
Matt D Smith
Matthew McDermott
Matthew Pippin
Michael McCoy
Michael Provencher
Michael Taulman
Michele Laskowski
Mike Cross
Mike Orfanedes
Mike Vlcek
Neil Greishaw
Nicholas Farina
Nicholas Tindell
Norm Easey
Omayra Guedes
Pam Houmere
Paola Colina
Patrick Hannah
Patrick Hannah
Paul Lloyd-Jones
Paul Warinner
Peggy Machin
Perry Tollman
Peter James
Quitisha Oguntoyinbo-Rashad
Ralph Zirzow
Randy Gonzalez
Randy Small
Randy Wright
Richard Barocas
Richard Blaha
Richard Hubbell
Richard Leanos
Richard Peterika
Rick Joyce
Rob Calley
Robert Castleberry
Robert Robicheau
Robert Sackett
Ron Simpson
Ronald Lamneck
Ruben Asencio
Ryan Klein
Santos Gonzalez
Scott Fey
Scott Shultz
Scott Slovinac
Sean Lyons
Sebastian Evans
Sebastian Koerber
Sebastian Williams
Shane Martin
Shannon Brewer
Shawn Smith
Sheila Dunning
Sierra Cook
Simon Nunez
Spencer Gonzales
Stephen Glass
Steven Braden
Steven Brown
Steven Davis
Steven Grant
Terence Glynn
Thad Bielecki
Theresa Chormanski
Thomas Danks
Thomas Donovan
Thomas Hall
Thomas Hall
Tim Walters
Timothy Ebersole
Timothy Ebersole
Todd Reich
Todd Warren
Tom Smiley
Travis Newell
Trea Jones
Trevor Jessup
Wade Collum
Wayne Williams
Wesley Maks
Will Abbott
William Fowler
Wyatt Brauer
Yoandris Vazquez Pupo
Brian Vizcaino
Roy Maxey
Justin Kent
Matthew Burke
Justin Coppola
Jose Bedoya
Kyrie Bennett
Nathan Berner
Jared Borba
Kevin Carlson
Edward Clements
Adam Daniel
Eumie Davis
Sean Davis
Joesph Dodd
Kyle Dowling
Stephen Duffy
Gulliver Erikson
Abraham Gallegos Gonzalez
Johnathan Gallivan
Fernando Guzman
Ira Hawkins
Matt Hebert
Manuel Hernandez
Kenneth Loomis
Brian McGovern
James Morgan
Sarah Norris
Angel Nunez
Lucy O’Leary
Keith Park
Jessica Petrini
Ana Pfleeger
Stephen Pree
Peter Quintanilla
Mark Roloff
Erick Roman
Merlin Schlumberger
Curtis Short
Klayton Soucy
Delfino Vian
Tyler Woodbury
Dennis Yniguez
Tristan You
Drew Zwart
William Owen
Joshua Goode
Chris Ruvalcaba
Ross Anderson
Pedro Berry
Brandon Keck
David Beckham
Johnathan Brody
Delfino Vian
Dawn True
Jeffery Strader
Mark James
Michael Kraus
Ezekiel Willard
Chad Rigsby
Fahim Mounir
Xavier Kaighin
Lucas Kessels
Beth Brantley
Samuel Cannon
Kelby Fite
Jason Llano
Gary Thacker
Travis Varner
Shawn Welch
Brandon Boyle
Nick Markley
Rylee Jackson
Lindsey Brammer
Sam Hill
Andrew Loyd
Kristoffer Rassmussen
Rob Allen