Davey Resource Group promotes Karen Wise to VP of environmental consulting

KENT, Ohio – Davey Resource Group recently promoted Karen Wise to vice president of environmental consulting. Davey Resource Group is a wholly owned subsidiary of The Davey Tree Expert Company.

“Karen has over 20 years of dedicated service to Davey and the Davey Resource Group. She’s not only respected by her teams, but the consulting community as well,” said Ken Joehlin, the vice president and general manager of environmental consulting and business development. “She has been a key person in developing and growing our environmental services and played an important role in our acquisitions and the development of regional offices.”  

In her new role, Wise will continue to oversee environmental consulting throughout the Midwest and assume responsibility for DRG environmental consulting in the northeast and western U.S.

Wise joined DRG in 1997 as a wetland scientist and was quickly promoted to wetland section leader. In 2003, she was promoted to department manager, ecological services. Then in 2005, Wise was promoted to manager, ecological services and eastern urban forestry. In 2012, she was promoted to operations manager of DRG’s natural resource consulting team, and in 2016 she received another promotion to division manager of the same team.

Wise was the recipient of the 2007 Davey Outstanding Manager Award. This year, she was elected to serve on the Davey President’s Council, which brainstorms and researches new ideas related to the company’s operations and presents them to management for review and consideration for implementation. Wise has served on numerous industry boards, nonprofits and governmental oversight groups. She holds a master’s degree in natural resources from The Ohio State University and a bachelor’s degree in biology from Wheeling Jesuit College.