We are focused on people. That starts with our Staff and Board of Directors.
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World Forestry Center Staff
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Executive Director
503-488-2119
jfuria@worldforestry.org
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Managing Director
shildick@worldforestry.org
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Communications Director
503-488-2128
agannett@worldforestry.org
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Experience Director
503-488-2127
tnhecox@worldforestry.org
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Event & Visitor Services Director
503-488-2117
jkent@worldforestry.org
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Facilities & Safety Manager
503-488-2138
dmcafee@worldforestry.org
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Development Director
503-488-2122
mthompson@worldforestry.org
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Professional Programs Director
503-488-2130
swu@worldforestry.org
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Property Maintenance Technician
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Experience Developer
SBailey@worldforestry.org
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Professional Programs Coordinator
vbui@worldforestry.org
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Visitor Services Manager
503-488-2109
cdavalos@worldforestry.org
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Office Coordinator
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Facilities Technician
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Event Services Manager
eventsales@worldforestry.org
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Facilities Technician
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Visitor Services Associate
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Campaign Manager
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Security & Visitor Services Specialist
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Development Associate
smarks@worldforestry.org
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Event Liaison
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Event Security Specialist
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Major Gifts Officer
bthompson@worldforestry.org
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Finance & HR Manager
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Facilities Technician
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Visitor Services Associate
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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
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Chair
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Vice -Chair
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Treasurer
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Secretary
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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 Partners | 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 |