Biography for Shayne Cornwell

A native of California, Shayne Cornwell is currently a Certified Arborist with The Care of Trees.  He started his career in Arboriculture in 1991 in the Santa Cruz County area as a ground worker for a company by the name of Davey Tree.  While gaining field experience, Shayne continued his quest for a career as a firefighter by attending night school.  He never gave up on his true passion, which was for Arboriculture.  Continuing education to obtain recognition, as a Certified Arborist is exactly what Shayne foresaw happening.  He has been successful in aiding the residences of Los Altos manage and care for their trees.

At 13, Shayne was introduced to the sport of wrestling.  Although Shayne stayed involved with wrestling throughout his high school years, it was the lessons learned from his coaches about sportsmanship, ethics and other core values which planted the seed of passing the lessons on to other young men in their early teens.  Shayne now volunteers nearly 10 hours a week with high school young men coaching wrestling.  He hopes to be able to pass on the life long lessons, which were taught to him as a young man.   Not only does Shayne volunteer and Coach wrestling giving back to local communities and high schools, but Shayne also competes in the sport of Wrestling.   As they say, the apple does not fall far from the tree; Shayne's son, Evan, is making his debut as a wrestler this year as well.  Evan is 5 years old.

When Shayne is not advising local residences on proper tree management or not on the mat coaching young men and helping to shape their lives, you will find Shayne on his boat sitting out on the lake.  Shayne and his family enjoy quality time together on the water.  They enjoy the outdoors and spending time together wakeboarding and waterskiing.  Shayne is a dedicated husband and father.  He spends valuable time in the classroom with Evan and Emma as well as on the playground doing yard duty. 

Shayne has been happily married for 9 years.  He and his wife, Alison shares two beautiful children; Evan, 5 and Emma, 2.