Executive Director of International Society of Arboriculture (Champaign, IL), a professional membership organization with over 22,000 members in 50 countries.
Mr. Skiera has practiced as a landscape architect, serving as president and founder of the Landscape Guild in Denver, CO; as City Arborist for the City of Urbana, IL; and as the landscape superintendent for the University of California, Davis. He was founding Chair of the Sustainable Urban Forest Coalition; a member of the executive board of i-Tree and has served on the European Arboriculture Council, ANSI Z133 Arboricultural Safety Standards Committee, ANSI A300 Standards Committee for Arboricultural Operations.