The London Tree Officers Association (LTOA) has announced the election of a new Executive Committee to head up the association for the next two years. The Executive Committee was elected by the members of the LTOA and will continue to promote urban forestry and represent tree officers in London and beyond. For full details of the LTOA and short biographies of the Executive Committee please visit http://www.ltoa.org.uk/about-the-ltoa/the-executive-committee.
The new Chair of the Executive Committee is Andy Tipping (Barnet) and the Vice Chair is Colleen O’Sullivan (Camden). The other members of the Committee are Dale Mortimer (Ealing), Craig Ruddick (Richmond), Dave Lofthouse (Merton), Barbara Milne (Westminster), Jon Ryan, (Islington), Oliver Stutter (Southwark), Richard Edwards (Croydon) with new members Ian Leonard (Lambeth), Jessica Stocks (Kensington and Chelsea) and Grayham Tindal (Transport for London).
Andy Tipping, the new LTOA chair said ‘‘I am delighted to be voted in as Chair of LTOA for a second time and I, along with the rest of the LTOA Executive Committee, want to extend our greatest thanks to Barbara Milne for her time as Chair.
My main ambition for the next two years is to foster greater relations with all stakeholders in the UK, we are keen to collaborate with other arboricultural organisations and there has already been some great work with the new Association of Tree Officers, connecting with Tree Officers all over the British Isles and abroad".
