Our Team

We are focused on people. That starts with our Staff and Board of Directors.

Meet Our Board


World Forestry Center Staff

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

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