Personnel and partners
General Manager
Sally Lee
With over 20 years’ experience in agribusiness and farming, Sally brings with her strong management skills. Sally has held a number of varied positions ranging from Land Management Officer, HBRC through to sustainable integrated catchment work and is currently working as an independent consultant.
info@poplarandwillow.org.nz
027 492 4751
Scientist
Trevor Jones PhD
Trevor is based at Plant & Food Research and is researching poplar and willow water use, and wood properties. Trevor has expertise in assessments of old and new tree trials.
Trevor.Jones@plantandfood.co.nz
021 143 5262
Business Manager
Allan Frazer
Allan is our Business Manager. He is a director of the NZ Wool-classers Association, anduntil recently he was a business manager for The Ahuwhenua Trophy – BNZ Māori Excellence in Farming Awards. He is an olive farmer.
allan.frazer@gmail.com
027 450 3861
Chairman P+W Technical Advisory Group
Melissa Macdougall
Environment Restoration Advisor, Greater Wellington Regional Council
melissa.macdougall@gw.govt.nz
027-217 5166
Nursery Managers Connector
Sara Mathieson
Horizons
sara.mathieson@horizons.govt.nz
Research Partners
Associate Scientists
John Charles (Plant & Food Research) insect pests, Vice-Chairperson IPC Working Party on Poplar Insect & other Animal Pests
Dr Brent Clothier (Plant & Food Research) Soils and stakeholders
Dr Grant Douglas (AgResearch) effectiveness of conservation trees, on-farm applications of poplars and willows
Dr Alec Mackay (AgResearch) soil quality and soil carbon
Dr Mike Marden (Landcare Research) erosion and erosion management
Dr Chris Phillips (Landcare Research) root development
Consultant
Alan Wilkinson
Education Partners
Massey University - Professor Peter Kemp, Head of Institute, INR