We are focused on people. That starts with our Staff and Board of Directors.
Meet Our Staff
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World Forestry Center Staff
Executive Director
Experience Director
Event & Visitor Services Director
Development Director
Professional Programs Director
Property Maintenance Technician
Professional Programs Coordinator
Visitor Services Lead
Event Services Manager
Facilities Technician
Facilities Technician
Visitor Services Associate
Development Associate
Facilities Manager
Event Liaison
Event Security Specialist
Finance & HR Manager
Facilities Technician
Visitor Services Associate
Executive
Joe Furia
Executive Director
503-488-2119
jfuria@worldforestry.org
Development
Merrit Thompson
Development Director
503-488-2122
mthompson@worldforestry.org
Sarah Marks
Development Associate
smarks@worldforestry.org
Event Services
Jennifer Kent
Event & Visitor Services Director
503-488-2117
jkent@worldforestry.org
Angie Garcia
Event Services Manager
eventsales@worldforestry.org
Abbey Rahier
Event Liaison
Facilities & Security
Dennis McAfee
Facilities & Safety Manager
503-488-2138
dmcafee@worldforestry.org
James Bailey
Property Maintenance Technician
Adam Eichacker
Facilities Technician
Bryson Gulliksen
Facilities Technician
Karan Sharma
Event Security Specialist
Benji Vuong
Facilities Technician
Museum & Experiences
Tim Hecox
Experience Director
503-488-2127
tnhecox@worldforestry.org
Chris Dávalos
Visitor Services Lead
503-488-2109
cdavalos@worldforestry.org
Josh Hoffman
Visitor Services Associate
Andrea Zabaglio
Visitor Services Associate
Finance
Brandy Turnbull
Finance & Human Resources Manager
Professional Programs
Sara Wu
Professional Programs Director
503-488-2130
swu@worldforestry.org
Vivian Bui
Professional Programs Coordinator
vbui@worldforestry.org
Diversity, Equity, Access, & Inclusion
World Forestry Center commits to practices and programs that elevate diverse voices, promote inclusiveness, and improve equity, both within our organization and in our community. This is central to our mission and essential to our daily work.
Board of Directors
Chair
Vice Chair
Treasurer
Secretary
Board of Directors
Jeff Nuss, Chair
Managing Partner
Handprint Impact Partners
Tiffanie Starr, Vice-Chair
Managing Director, Acquisitions
Timberland Investment Resources
Zan Galton, Treasurer
President
The Western Group
Victor Haley, Secretary
Partner
Eversheds Sutherland
Sam Cook
Executive Director of Forest Assets, VP Natural Resources Foundation
NC State University, College of Natural Resources
Adam Day
Founder
Mikata Garage LLC
Matt Donegan
President
Donegan Advisors LLC
Dr. Thomas RaShad Easley
CEO, Founder
Mind Heart for Diversity Consulting, LLC
Karim Khalifa
Innovation Consultant
Designbox
Charlotte Kaiser
Head of Impact Finance
BTG Pactual Timberland Investment Group
Stephen Levesque
Managing Director of Operations
Campbell Global
Greg Nelson
Managing Director, Advisor
Jonathan Prather
Partner
Perella Weinberg Partner
Cade Warner
Chief Operating Officer
The Westervelt Company
Advisory Council
Kathy Abusow
President & CEO
Sustainable Forestry Initiative
Michael Barnes
Professional Forester & OSWA president emeritus
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 & President
TERMA Group
Dr. Gary Hartshorn
President & CEO (retired)
World Forestry Center
Whit Hill
Russ Hoeflich
Executive Director (retired)
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 (retired)
Collins
John Shelk
Managing Director
Ochoco Lumber Company
Rick Smith
Principal, President & CEO
Forest Systems Inc.
Ed Sweeten
Owner
Sweeten Forestland Advisors, LLC
Hank Swigert
Chairman (retired)
ESCO Corporation
David Syre
Chairman & CEO
Trillium Corp.
John Warjone
President (retired)
Port Blakely
Dr. Court Washburn
Senior Managing Director (retired)
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