We are focused on people. That starts with our Staff and Board of Directors.
Meet Our Staff
Meet Our Board
Join Our Team
World Forestry Center Staff
Joe Furia
Executive Director
Sarah Horton
Chief Operations Officer/
Chief Finance Officer
Tim Hecox
Experience Director
Jennifer Kent
Event & Visitor Services Director
Tyler Quinn
Communications Director
Merrit Thompson
Development Director
Chuck Wiley
Facilities & Safety Director
Sara Wu
Professional Programs Director
James Bailey
Property Maintenance Technician
David Boe
Security Staff
Vivian Bui
Professional Programs Coordinator
Angie Garcia
Event Services Manager
Dennis McAfee
Lead Facilities Technician
Jamie Wiley
Accounting Manager
Benji Vuong
Facilities Technician
Chris Wright
Facilities Technician
Executive
Joe Furia
Executive Director
503-488-2119
jfuria@worldforestry.org
Kristen Fierros
Executive & Program Assistant
kfierros@worldforestry.org
Communications
Tyler Quinn
Communications Director
503-488-2128
tquinn@worldforestry.org
Development
Merrit Thompson
Development Director
503-488-2122
mthompson@worldforestry.org
Event Services
Jennifer Kent
Event & Visitor Services Director
503-488-2117
jkent@worldforestry.org
Angie Garcia
Event Services Manager
eventsales@worldforestry.org
Abby Rahier
Event Liaison
Facilities & Security
Chuck Wiley
Facilities & Safety Director
503-488-2138
cwiley@worldforestry.org
James Bailey
Property Maintenance Technician
David Boe
Security Staff
Adam Eichacker
Facilities Technician
Dennis McAfee
Lead Facilities Technician
Benji Vuong
Facilities Technician
Chris Wright
Facilities Technician
Finance & Operations
Sarah Horton
Chief Operations Officer/Chief Finance Officer
503-488-2111
shorton@worldforestry.org
Jamie Wiley
Accounting Manager
jwiley@worldforestry.org
Museum & Experiences
Tim Hecox
Experience Director
503-488-2127
tnhecox@worldforestry.org
Chris Davalos
Visitor Services Lead
503-488-2109
cdavalos@worldforestry.org
Josh Hoffman
Visitor Services Associate
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
Craig
Blair
Chair
Chairman of the Board
Resource Management Service
Sam
Cook
Vice-Chair
Executive Director of Forest Assets, VP Natural Resources Foundation
NC State University, College of Natural Resources
Stephen
Levesque
Treasurer
Managing Director of Operations
Campbell Global
Victor
Haley
Secretary
Partner
Eversheds Sutherland
Nils
Christoffersen
Executive Director
Wallowa Resources
Adam
Day
Founder
Mikata Garage LLC
Dr. Thomas
DeLuca
Cheryl Ramberg-Ford & Allyn C. Ford Dean
Oregon State University, College of Forestry
Dr. Thomas
RaShad Easley
CEO, Founder
Mind Heart for Diversity Consulting, LLC
Greg
Fullem
Partner & Shareholder
Schwabe, Williamson
& Wyatt
Karim
Khalifa
Director, Innovation Specialist for Buildings
Google
Jeff
Nuss
Founder, Past President & CEO
GreenWood Resources
Court
Stanley
Owner
Heartwood Consulting
Tiffanie
Starr
Managing Director, Acquisitions
Timberland Investment Resources
Kaärsten
Turner
VP Conservation & Stewardship
Pacific Forest Trust
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 & 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 at 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