Our Team

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

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Senior Management Team

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World Forestry Center Staff

Executive

Joe Furia
Executive Director

Erin Deleissegues
Assistant to the Executive Director

Communications

Tyler Quinn
Communications Director

Development

Rick Zurow
Philanthropy Director

Merrit Thompson
Development & Community Relations Manager

Event Services

Jennifer Kent
Event & Visitor Services Director

Angie Garcia
Event Services Manager

Adara Friley
Event Services Liaison

Facilities

Chuck Wiley
Facilities Director

James Bailey
Property Maintenance Technician

Bill Boggs
Facilities Lead

Spencer Keller
Facilities Technician

Neiko Lopez
Facilities Technician

Dennis McAfee
Facilities Technician

Jesse Tauscher
Facilities Technician

Finance & Operations

Darlene Boles
Finance & Human Resources Director

Jamie Wiley
Office Manager

Professional Programs

Sara Wu
Deputy Director

Rick Zenn
Senior Fellow

Shadia Duery
International Fellowship Program Manager

Vivian Bui
Professional Programs Coordinator

Visitor Services

Morgan Pasinski
Visitor Services Manager

Kimberly Maruska
Visitor Services Lead

Amy Dirk
Visitor Services Associate

Josh Tomi
Visitor Services Associate

Kris Vanderburg
Visitor Services Associate

Patti Wright
Visitor Services Associate

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Board of Directors

Advisory Council

Kathy Abusow 
President & CEO
Sustainable Forestry Initiative

Michael Barnes 
Professional Forester & OSWA president emeritus

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

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

Gary Hartshorn
President & CEO (retired)
World Forestry Center

Whit Hill 

Russ Hoeflich
Executive Director
1000 Friends of Oregon

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

Ed Ray
President
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

Court Washburn
Director & CIO
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