About Rockwell Associates
John Rockwell Hosbach, Jr.
John Rockwell Hosbach, Jr. is a highly effective Registered Consulting Arborist, Certified Arborist and Landscape Consultant with over twenty-two years of experience in the diagnosis and evaluation of woody plants. John possesses a strong ability to assess longevity, potential risk, monetary value, and the ability to tolerate environmental change or construction injury of trees and shrubs. John also provides investigation, documentation, formal report writing, and expert opinion for HOA’s, Residents, Arbitration, Jury, and Non-Jury Trials. John specializes in urban tree inventories and management plans for a wide range of clientele.
Registered Consulting Arborist, #483
ISA Certified Arborist, PD-0372
Certified Urban and Community Forester
ACF Consulting Forester
PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE
- ISA Tree Risk Assessment Qualification (TRAQ) Assessor
- 560 Tree Care Programs designed
- 625 Tree Appraisals conducted
- Expert Opinion on tree related failures in Pennsylvania and New Jersey
- Supervision of tree care crews for high-end corporate and residential clients
- Twenty-two years of consulting on landscape issues
- Insect and disease diagnosis and control
- Tree assessment, recommendations, and maintenance
- Tree and plant appraisal qualified – TPAQ
- Specimen tree valuation
- Hazard tree assessment and management
- One-on-One Homeowner consultation
PROFESSIONAL AFFILIATIONS
- Registered Consulting Arborist, RCA #483 – Registered with the American Society of Consulting Arborists
- Certified Arborist PD-0372 – Certified with the International Society of Arboriculture
- ACF Consulting Forester – The Association of Consulting Foresters of America, Inc
- Lifetime Member of the International Society of Arboriculture
- Member of the Pennsylvania & Delaware Chapter of the International Society of Arboriculture
- Member of the New Jersey Chapter of the International Society of Arboriculture
- Member of the Society of American Foresters
- Member of The TASA Group
- Member of SEAK
EDUCATION
- Urban Forestry / Business Management – 1995
- Paul Smith College of Forest Sciences, Paul Smith, NY
- Consulting Academy – 2006
- Dale Carnegie Management School
- Current Continuing Education Credits – 600
SELECTED ACCOMPLISHMENTS
- Reviewed and offered recommendations regarding tree planting, existing and proposed
- Inspected and offered recommendations for the trees belonging to a country club concerning their health and potential risk of failure
- Assisted homeowners in recovering the lost value of trees
- Assisted and completed numerous workshops, conferences, and seminars regarding tree maintenance, risk assessment, and valuation