World Forestry Center Staff

**Joe Furia**
*Executive Director*
503-488-2119
jfuria@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.

Learn More

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	Matt Donegan President Donegan Advisors LLC
Craig Johnston Executive Chairman, former CEO Forest City Trading Group	Karim Khalifa Innovation Consultant Designbox	Charlotte Kaiser Head of Impact Finance BTG Pactual Timberland Investment Group
Stephen Levesque Managing Director of Operations Campbell Globalp	Jonathan Prather Partner Perella Weinberg Partners	Curtis Robinhold Executive Director Port of Portland
Cade Warner President & Chief Executive 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 Rush Creek Ranch	David Hampton Owner & Board Member Hampton Lumber
Jes Munk Hansen CEO & President TERMA Group	Dr. Gary Hartshorn President & CEO (retired) World Forestry Center	Whit Hill Managing Director (retired) John Hancock
Russ Hoeflich Executive Director (retired) 1000 Friends of Oregon	Dr. Barbara Karmel President The Reed Company	Joe McKeown Managing Director Al Peirce Company
Dennis Neilson Principal DANA Group	David Nunes President & CEO Rayonier	Claudio Ortolan Forestry Strategy Director 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 of Forestry (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.	Richard Wollenberg President (retired) Longview Fibre Company
James Workman CEO Zip-O-Lumber Co.

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
Jean-Claude Sève Outriaz, France	Dieter Siempelkamp Krefeld, Germany	Amir Sunarko Jakarta, Indonesia