New Faces in Urban & Community Forestry
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Molly O’Liddy
Urban & Community Forestry Partnership Coordinator
Virginia Department of Forestry
Originally from Maryland, Molly graduated from Virginia Tech with a degree in Natural Resources Conservation and a minor in Urban Forestry. After college, Molly became the Wyoming U&CF Partnership Coordinator for a few years until she decided to return east to be near family. She has been with the Virginia Department of Forestry since 2017 where she previously worked as an area forester. She is a wildland firefighter and a certified arborist. In her spare time, Molly enjoys gardening and hiking the Blue Ridge mountains with her husband.
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Jennifer Rall
Urban & Community Forestry Specialist
North Carolina Forest Service
Jennifer is a native North Carolinian. She received a BS in Natural Resources – Ecosystems Assessment from North Carolina State University. From 1999 to 2014 she worked for the NC Forest Service (NCFS), serving as the program assistant for Technical Development, Water Resources, Forest Stewardship, and Urban & Community Forestry programs. She left NCFS to advance her career in urban forestry, serving as the urban forestry coordinator for the Town of Wake Forest, NC. Most recently, Jennifer served as a project manager for landscape design of Goldsboro, Inc of Pikeville, NC. She rejoined the NCFS in September 2019 as an urban forestry specialist. Jennifer is an ISA Certified Arborist Municipal Specialist and TRAQ qualified. She lives in Raleigh, NC with her husband and son.
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Krissy Thomason
Urban Forestry Coordinator
Arkansas Department of Agriculture – Forestry Division
Thomason’s forestry roots began in her native Texas, where she received her forestry degree in 1999. She began her career with Weyerhaeuser, but then later also became a licensed paramedic and earned a graduate degree in education. Before joining the Forestry Division as a County Forester, she taught in schools for 11 years. This allowed her to see first-hand the increasing number of children growing up with limited exposure to the outdoors and to environmental stewardship. Krissy lives in southwest Arkansas, serves as a volunteer on the Arkansas Environmental Education Association’s Board of Directors, and on the state’s steering committee for Project Learning Tree. She is incredibly proud that her three daughters love camping and spending time outdoors.
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Date Prepared
Feb 10, 2020
