We are focused on people. That starts with our Staff and Board of Directors.
Meet our Staff
Meet our Board
Senior Management Team
World Forestry Center Staff
Executive
Joe Furia
Executive Director
Erin Deleissegues
Assistant to the Executive Director
Communications
Tyler Quinn
Communications Director
Development
Merrit Thompson
Interim Development Director
Event Services
Jennifer Kent
Event & Visitor Services Director
Angie Garcia
Event Services Manager
Facilities
Chuck Wiley
Facilities Director
James Bailey
Property Maintenance Technician
Dennis McAfee
Facilities Technician
Finance & Operations
Sarah Horton
Interim Chief Operations Officer/Chief Finance Officer
Jamie Wiley
Office Manager
Professional Programs
Sara Wu
Professional Programs Director
Vivian Bui
Professional Programs Coordinator
Board of Directors
Jeff Nuss
Chair
President & CEO
GreenWood Resources
Craig Blair
Vice-Chair
President & CEO
Resource Management Service
Stephen Levesque
Treasurer
Managing Director of Operations
Campbell Global
Victor Haley
Secretary
Partner
Eversheds Sutherland
Nils Christoffersen
Executive Director
Wallowa Resources
Sam Cook
Executive Director of Forest Assets, VP Natural Resources Foundation
NC State University, College of Natural Resources
Dr. Thomas DeLuca
Cheryl Ramberg-Ford & Allyn C. Ford Dean
Oregon State University, College of Forestry
Dr. Thomas Easley
Assistant Dean of Community & Inclusion
Yale School of
the Environment
Greg Fullem
Partner & Shareholder
Schwabe, Williamson
& Wyatt
Karim Khalifa
Director, Buildings Innovation
Sidewalk Labs
Court Stanley
Owner
Heartwood Consulting
Tiffanie Starr
Senior Acquisitions
Manager
Timberland Investment Resources
Kaärsten Turner
VP of Ecological Services
The Forestland Group
Advisory Council
Kathy Abusow
President & CEO
Sustainable Forestry Initiative
Michael Barnes
Professional Forester & OSWA president emeritus
Dr. Michael Clutter
VP, Director of U.S. Investments & Operations
Forest Investment Associates
Doug Decker
Director, Executive Seminar in Natural Resources Leadership Program
Portland State University
Allyn C. Ford
Chair & Owner
Roseburg Forest Products
Dr. Roje Gootee
Forester
Rush Creek Ranch
David Hampton
Owner & Board Member
Hampton Family Forests
Jes Munk Hansen
CEO, OSRAM USA & Head of Global Sales
OSRAM
Dr. Gary Hartshorn
President & CEO (retired)
World Forestry Center
Whit Hill
Russ Hoeflich
Executive Director
1000 Friends of Oregon
Dr. Barbara Karmel
President
The Reed Company
Joe McKeown
Manager
Al Peirce Company
Dennis Neilson
Principal
DANA Group
David Nunes
President & CEO
Rayonier
Claudio Ortolan
Planning Manager
Klabin
Dr. Ed Ray
President Emeritus
Oregon State University
Eric Schooler
President & CEO
Collins
John Shelk
Managing Director
Ochoco Lumber Company
Rick Smith
Principal, President & CEO
Forest Systems Inc.
Ed Sweeten
Timberland Transaction Adviser
Hank Swigert
Chairman (retired)
ESCO Corporation
David Syre
Chairman & CEO
Trillium Corp.
John Warjone
President (retired)
Port Blakely
Dr. Court Washburn
Senior Managing Director, Chairman of Natural Resource Investment Committee
Hancock Timber Resource Group
Thomas Wheeler
Founder
Full Circle Recycling Company
John Wilkinson
Vice President (retired)
Jeld-Wen Corp.
Rick Wollenberg
President (retired)
Longview Fibre Company
James Workman
Partner
Moss Adams
Honorary Directors
John Blackwell
Portland, OR
Bill Bradley
New York, NY
Jim Brown
Salem, OR
Dean DeChaine
Portland, OR
Dan Dutton
Portland, OR
Red Emmerson
Redding, CA
Alan Goudy
Portland, OR
Guillermo Güell
Santiago, Chile
Gilles Hotelin
Casablanca, Morocco
Tan Sri Datuk Tiong Hiew King
Sarawak, Malaysia
Young-Ju Park
Seoul, Korea
Jean-Claude Sève
Outriaz, France
Dieter Siempelkamp
Krefeld, Germany
Amir Sunarko
Jakarta, Indonesia