Meet the board

Dave Potter

I have lived and raised my family in Quincy for the past 50 years and studied forestry at UMass Amherst in the 70s. 

I was elected to the QTA Board in 2022 after learning about the group through a community effort to stop Forbes Hill Park from being converted into a parking lot for Furnace Brook Golf Club. As part of this effort, I adopted the park and removed hundreds of invasive vines that were weakening the trees they climbed. Every day, I pick up trash while observing red-tailed hawks soar around the water tower and over the forest.

As the proud grandparent of five grandchildren, I am focused on addressing the most critical issue our world now faces, climate change. Trees are nature’s greatest natural factories, storing carbon, releasing oxygen, shading and cooling our community, providing homes for wildlife, preventing erosion, and beautifying our city. I am passionate about protecting and preserving every healthy, mature tree in the city because we cannot afford to wait the 150 years it would take for a baby sapling to provide the carbon storage and shade our mature trees are currently providing.

Martha Sheridan

I've lived in Quincy for the last four years, and I've loved trees my whole life - climbing them, reading in and under them, watching leaf colors, and following their growth. I hope to find creative ways for more Quincy residents to help the tree warden and the Department of Natural Resources take care of our trees. As a retired teacher, I'm always looking for fun educational opportunities for children and adults to learn about trees.

Hannah Carlson

As a landscape architect who focused on urban ecological design in school, I am very excited about the opportunity to grow Quincy's urban forest. I have lived in Quincy for 12 years and have enjoyed teaching my kids about our local natural environment here! I hope to enhance communication about our trees, implement programs that plant and maintain more trees, and build relationships with the tree warden and others to support our mission.

Erin Santacroce

I’ve lived in the Boston area on and off since since 2003 and moved to Quincy four years ago. I’m a lover of nature and animals and want to protect the environment we live in. I became a member of the Quincy Tree Alliance because I’ve noticed a lot of trees being cut down and want to do my part to help protect our urban canopy. I serve as chair of QTA’s communications and media committee, contributing posts to our Instagram and Facebook accounts.