1. Diana M. Gennett
8001 Meadow Crest Lane
Hixson, TN 37343
(423) 847-0747
EMPLOYMENT________________________________________________________________________________
Owner/Forester
Gennett Forestry Consulting-Hixson, TN
Work with private landowners in land management & TMO’s. Provide assistance for funding application and implementation of
state & federal program. Work on 7,400 to 12,000 + acres annually with landowners in Tennessee and Georgia. Tax and generational
planning for Timberland and Farms. Part Time-AFM Co.-2008. Timber appraisals. Mapping. Contract and oversee vendor’s
implementation of land management practices; reforestation, site preparation, timber sales & administration, boundaries, woods road
construction design, Greenbelt Plans, Forest Stewardship Plans, wildlife habitat management, hunting lease administration,
recreation, hiking trail creation, native plants for songbirds. Technical Service Provider for NRCS in Georgia and Tennessee for
programs: CRP/EQUIP/106 and AgroForestry. SFI-compliance for Landowners. Completed pre-survey boundary of Bowater land for
transfer to Cumberland Trail State Park. Tree Farm Inspector-GA/TN, Urban Forestry, and Herbicide application. SAF SETN
Chairman/Vice Chair 2001-2002, KT SAF Treasure & Secretary-2001-02.Committee for State Forester Credentialing, State Tree
Farm Committee-2009-present. Currently State Tree Farm Committee Chairman, TF Vice Chairman-2013-2014. 2012 Tennessee Tree
Farm Inspector of the Year. PLT-Volunteer, Quality Deer Management Land Certification. Aldo Leopold Land Ethics. ISA/ASA-Tree
Damage Appraisals
Private Contractor/Parenting
Contractor-Hixson, TN
Seasonal work: Private and government agencies for reforestation in tri-state area and timber appraisals. Landscape work for local
homeowners. Volunteer for Girl Scouts on Service Team for 3 years. GS Leader of three separate troops and age levels for 9 years.
Volunteer work for elementary school PTA fund raising for playground equipment ($70,000.00) and library. Committee for
Accelerated Reader Program, Classroom volunteer-Science. Tennessee River Rescue Site Coordinator/Volunteer
Forester II
Tennessee Wildlife Resources Agency-Crossville, TN
Work performed on the Catoosa Wildlife Management Area, 88,000 Acres, includes: Writing comprehensive management plans for
the W.M.A-800-1000A compartments-2-3per year, First Compartment Plan for Prentiss Cooper SF. Use of Forestry/Silviculture for
the benefit of Wildlife Management; hire contractors thru bid process for various Agricultural and Forestry practices; work with
contractors to insure performance; lead educational tours for the public and professional organizations; cruise timber and survey roads;
layout Coweta roads for construction; and create maps of all projects. Support all work with ARC/INFO, GIS and aerial photographs
for land/timber and geographic interpretation. Occasional work on Cheatum WMA. & fish tagging, deer checking stations. Volunteer
local 4-H program, wood identification.
Procurement Forester
Mead Paperboard-Stevenson, AL & Dalton, GA
Procurement for Dalton, GA Chip Plant and Stevenson, AL hardwood sawmill. Other responsibilities consisted of log analysis
study for company’s sawmill to improve lumber recovery; Timber procurement for five contract logging crews,>seven million dollars
and buy market wood from other crews for papermill/sawmill & rail chip plant. Advised loggers on insurance compliance, OSHA,
new equipment financing. Find timber and negotiate the purchase of timber. SAF- Legislative Committee member for North Georgia.
Forester
Tennessee Division of Forestry-Knoxville, TN
YACC Forester on Chuck Swan State Forest/WMA Supervision of 2 Park Rangers and 20 enrollees in Young Adult Conservation
Corps Y.A.C.C. Conservation Corps Y.A.C.C. Provide educational and skills training for 16 to 21 year old members. Build trails, road
maintenance, sign construction and data collection. Assisted Area Forester with Compartment planning for State Forest;
Administration of finances; timber sales, Assistance to Staff Tree Improvement Forester in pollination progeny and seed tree studies.
Forest fire suppression and oversee a fire control prison crew.
Research Technician
West Virginia University-Morgantown, WV
Worked with two departments Forestry and Plant Pathology. Greenhouse and Arboretum Management, Graduate student research
assistance, Horticulture and Dairy Farm. American Chestnut Inoculation Program between the University and the USFS. Concurrently
had own lawn care business. Licensed Certified Arborist-Pennsylvania after 7 Week Program at Fairmount Park, Philadelphia PA.
EDUCATION
B.S.F. -FOREST RESOURCES MANAGEMENT
West Virginia University-Morgantown, WV
MEMBERSHIPS-CERTIFICATIONS
Society of American Forester, Georgia Registered Forester #2684,Tennessee Forestry Association, Georgia Forestry Association,
Tennessee Urban Forest Council, TN Chartered Commercial Pesticide License(inactive), Certified Forester-SAF # 929, Association of
Consulting Foresters, Tree Farm Inspector #17932, NRCS Technical Service Provider-TN-GA.