Schedule
Breakfast is included each morning as part of your stay at Pimento. WMC attendees can access breakfast starting at 6:30am Tuesday – Friday.
Sunday, February 1, 2026
Monday, February 2, 2026
$550/ticket (Separate ticketed event)
TCIA Foundation’s most popular event is back this year at TCIA’s Winter Management Conference – with a twist. This year, the Robert Felix Memorial Golf Tournament is transforming into the Robert Felix Memorial Fishing Tournament!
Anglers will be transported to Flamingo Marina (approx. 45 mins.) directly from our host hotel, and head offshore to experience some of the best fishing on the North Pacific Coast. Costa Rica is known for its offshore Bill Fishing and Game fishing. We have reserved nine (9) center console boats, that each can accommodate up to five (5) anglers, and the morning will culminate with an Awards Ceremony reception, at the Oceana Restaurant right in the Marina, to celebrate the best catches.
This event is a continuation of the popular TCIAF Robert Felix Memorial Golf Tournament. By participating as an angler or sponsor, you’re directly supporting the TCIA Foundation’s mission to benefit the future of the tree care industry.
Join us for a morning of fishing, networking, enjoying beverages, and making new friends—all while supporting a great cause.
Thank you to our sponsors:
Breakfast sponsored by ISA
Awards Ceremony sponsored by Vermeer Corporation
Boat Sponsors:
- Altec
- Bayshore Ford
- The Davey Tree Expert Company
Cancellations are fully refundable until December 23, 2025. Cancellations received after December 23, 2025, will not receive a refund unless it sells out and TCIA can resell the spot.
Sponsored by Sennebogen
Kick off the event with our Welcome Celebration, an evening of networking and dinner. Starts at 5:30pm to 9:00pm. Meet up with old friends and make new ones in a relaxed setting.
Tuesday, February 3, 2026
Speaker: David White, CAE, President & CEO, TCIA
Join us for TCIA’s Annual Membership Meeting to get a comprehensive state of the association review from David White. We’ll install the 2026 Board of Directors and hear remarks from outgoing Chair Noel Boyer and incoming Chair Austin Bonnema. The meeting will conclude with a presentation honoring our 2025 Award winners.
Open to all WMC registered attendees.
Domain: Business Strategy
Speaker: Henna Pryor, Speaker, Pryority Group
Session: Dominating Disruption and Pushing Limits
In this provocative and energizing keynote, Henna Pryor, Workplace Performance Expert and 2x TEDx speaker, flips the script on what modern excellence really looks like. Through a mix of powerful storytelling, behavioral science, and mindset-shifting tools, she shows audiences how to train the mental and social muscles that fuel success in today’s disruptive world. We explore factors like mindset monkey wrenches, strategic discomfort, and the #1 tool everyone needs in a turbulent world: neutral thinking.
With strategies that stick and stories you’ll still be thinking about weeks later, this keynote will help your team build the habits that matter most when everything’s in flux.
After this keynote, you’ll be able to:
- Recognize why excellence has become a hidden trap – and how to break free
- Train your brain to stay clear-headed in chaos using tools like Neutral Thinking
- Tap into small, repeatable “micro-risks” that grow innovation and courage
- Build a mindset of resilience, creativity, and personal agency – on demand
In times of disruption, the winners aren’t the ones who hold on tighter. They’re the ones who learn to let go faster, and leap forward with a new kind of excellence.
About Henna Pryor
Henna Pryor is a Workplace Performance Expert and 2x TEDx and Global Keynote Speaker, Author, and Executive Coach. Her playful and high-impact talks blend two decades of working with startups to Fortune 500s, with a fresh, science-based approach to taking risks, collaboration and communication, leadership, and boosting social and mental fitness at work.
She’s a SUCCESS Magazine Woman of Influence, LinkedIn Learning instructor, Glassdoor WorkLife Pro, and SXSW Workplace track speaker, and her book, Good Awkward, was named a Kirkus Reviews’ Best Book of the Year.
300/ticket until 11/20/25
$325/ticket until 12/23/25
$350/ticket 12/24/25-onsite
Silently glide along Costa Rica’s Guanacaste’s Gold Coast while passing exotic bays, white sand beaches, and tropical jungles. Gaze off the bow of one of two catamarans with a cold tropical drink, prepared and served by our crew, as you scan the seas for dolphins, sea turtles, flying fish, or even a breaching whale.
The catamaran experience includes an open bar featuring national beer, cocktails, sodas, coffee, and water. A delicious lunch will be served around 3:30–4:00 PM, with BBQ chicken, yellow rice, refried beans, chips, pico de gallo, cookies, and fresh fruit.
Wednesday, February 4, 2026
Domain: Workforce Development
Moderated by: Bill Weber, Team Captain, Arborwear
Panelists:
Evan Amundson, Chief Operating Officer, Carr’s Tree Service
Melissa LeVangie Ingersoll, Owner, Women’s Tree Climbing Workshop
Mark Sedgley, CEO, SingleOps by Granum
Pat Turley, President, Arbor Masters
Session: From Labor Shortage to Talent Strategy: Building and Managing a Scalable Tree Care Workforce
This session features senior leaders from large tree care firms and industry partners discussing how to build, train, and manage a resilient workforce. Topics include career pathing, org chart design, seasonal staffing strategies, and the ROI of training investment. The session offers real-world insights and actionable takeaways for companies looking to scale effectively.
Say hello to the sponsor and get your drink ticket while they last!
Drink tickets may be redeemed with poolside servers, or at the pool bar during the designated hour.
Say hello to the sponsor and get your drink ticket while they last!
Drink tickets may be redeemed with poolside servers, or at the pool bar during the designated hour
Thursday, February 5, 2026
Domain: Sales and Marketing
Speaker: Clara Capano, Speaker & Author
Session: Selling Smarter in a Shifting Market: Leading Growth with Clarity, Confidence, and Consistency
In today’s competitive and cost-sensitive market, tree care leaders need more than tactics—they need clarity, confidence, and a strategy that drives consistent results. This workshop with leadership and sales expert Clara Capano will show executives and growth-minded managers how to strengthen their sales messaging, build systems that work without micromanagement, and position their companies to win high-value contracts—even amid rising costs and shifting customer expectations. Participants will leave with a repeatable sales framework, tools to communicate value (not discounts), and the mindset to lead their teams with resilience and purpose.
About Clara Capano
Clara Capano is a keynote speaker, trainer, leadership strategist, host of the podcast CLARATY in Action, and a two-time best-selling author who helps high-achieving professionals and organizations gain clarity, confidence, and momentum in how they lead and work. With over 15 years of experience speaking across industries, Clara is known for her no-nonsense, relatable approach that turns big ideas into practical, actionable strategies leaders can use immediately.
As the creator of the CLARATY Framework, Clara challenges the belief that success comes from doing more. Instead, she shows leaders how clarity—around expectations, priorities, and standards—is the true driver of performance, engagement, and healthy culture. Her work focuses on productivity, leadership, mindset, delegation, and building cultures that become assets rather than liabilities.
Say hello to the sponsor and get your drink ticket while they last!
Drink tickets may be redeemed with poolside servers, or at the pool bar during the designated hour
Say hello to the sponsor and get your drink ticket while they last!
Drink tickets may be redeemed with poolside servers, or at the pool bar during the designated hour.
Interested in supporting TCIA’s Voice for Trees Political Action Committee? Also interested in attending an exclusive, sit-down dinner and lively auction on a Costa Rican cliffside? Join us: We’re going back to our roots and revitalizing the VFT-PAC Dinner and Auction for WMC 2026.
This intimate event features a cocktail hour, with plenty of cliffside photos opportunities; a dinner open to the starlit sky, and the perfect setting for the live auction that you know and love.
Please note that this event features exceptionally limited seating, so please contact Amy to learn more and make your reservations early. Business or cocktail attire requested. Plan to arrive early for check-in and enjoy a beverage while you wait!
And don’t forget, this event helps us raise funds (through ticket sales and lively bidding) to keep commercial arboriculture on Washington’s priority list. Donations to VFT-PAC are not deductible as charitable contributions for federal income tax purposes. Contributions from foreign nationals, corporations, unions and minors are prohibited.
Friday, February 6, 2026
Domain: Advocacy
Speaker: George Strout, Manager, Grassroots & Political Advocacy, TCIA
Suggested Topic: Advocacy in Action: Leveraging Your Voice to Advance the Tree Care Industry
From safety regulations to workforce development, TCIA’s advocacy efforts shape the future of our industry. Join TCIA’s Manager of Grassroots and Political Advocacy, George Strout, to gain an inside look at the policies and initiatives TCIA is driving, why they matter to your business, and how to use our collective voices to make a difference.
Domain: Safety
Speaker: Chris Walsh, Managing Director, Treetech Specialist Treecare Ltd, Former ISA Board Chair
Session: When Tragedy Hits Home: Leading a Tree Care Company Through Loss
The loss of a team member is one of the most difficult experiences a company can face and leaders are often expected to navigate their own grief while supporting their employees, families, and the business itself. In this candid session, Chris Walsh shares his company’s journey after the sudden loss of a valued team member, exploring the emotional, operational, and leadership challenges that followed. Attendees will gain practical insights into communicating with crews, supporting mental and emotional health, making hard decisions during crisis, and rebuilding trust and stability in the aftermath. This session offers an honest look at leadership when there is no playbook and why compassion, transparency, and presence matter more than ever.
Join us for a Farewell BBQ Lunch as we wrap up the conference and say goodbye, sharing final moments with friends and colleagues before heading home.
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