Tropical Forest Foundation: Board of Directors

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The Tropical Forest Foundation's Reduced Impact Logging (RIL) program is a set of practices that support a more responsible, sustainably managed forest by harvesting in a way that minimizes damage to streams, wildlife, and non-harvest trees while providing an economic benefit to support the local people.
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About TFF

Board of Directors

Sharing A Common Vision

The success of the Tropical Forest Foundation (TFF) is largely due to the collaborative effort of a diverse, yet balanced, group of industry and non-industry organizations reflected in the composition of the Executive Committee and the TFF Board of Directors. TFF is proud to be guided and represented by some of the most insightful and passionate minds involved in tropical forest management today.

TROPICAL FOREST FOUNDATION BOARD OF DIRECTORS, Executive Leadership, AND STAFF

Executive Committee

Chairman, John Carpenter, President, Caterpillar Forest Products, USA
President, Steve Tourek, Senior VP/General Counsel, The Marvin Companies, USA
Vice President, Frank Ready, Executive Vice President, Armstrong World Industries; CEO Armstrong North American Floor Products, USA
Treasurer, Steve Meriam, Manager, N.A. Sales and Product Development, STIHL, Inc., USA
Bob Johnston, Executive Director, Tropical Forest Foundation, USA

Representatives From The Board to the Executive Committee

Carl Gade TFF Past President & President/COO, The Penrod Company, USA
Erik Lammerts van Bueren, Founder of ISAFOR (Netherlands) and past director of Tropenbos Intl.
John Robinson, EVP, Wildlife Conservation Society, USA

Staff and Advisors

Bob Johnston, Executive Director
William Anderson, TFF Counsel
Wendy Baer, TFF Administrator
Richard Crutchley, Financial Advisor

Board of Directors

Dan Adomitis, Firestone Natural Rubber Company, LLC, USA
John Andl, Tradeleaf LLC , USA
Jurgen Blaser, Intercooperation, Switzerland
Herve Bourguignon, Inter-African Industries Assn., France
Bruce Cabarle (Ex-Officio), World Wildlife Fund US
John Carpenter (TFF Chairman), Caterpillar Forest Products Inc., USA
Sylvio de Andrade Coutinho, Floresteca, Brazil
Fred Cubbage, NC State University, USA
Douglas C. Daly, New York Botanical Garden, USA
Shawn Draper, IMRE Communications, USA
Dennis Dykstra (Ex-Officio), USDA Forest Service, USA
Charles Frewen, Wood4Life Part. Ltda., Brazil
Carl Gade (Immediate Past TFF Chairman), The Penrod Company, USA
Tom Hammett, Virginia Tech, USA
Gary Hartshorn (Ex-Officio), World Forestry Center, USA
Stephen Kelleher, The World Conservation Union (IUCN), Switzerland
Erik Lammerts van Bueren (TFF Executive Committee), ISAFOR, The Netherlands
Ariel Lugo, USDA Forest Service, Intl. Inst. of Tropical Forestry, Puerto Rico, USA
Steve Meriam (TFF Treasurer), STIHL, Inc., USA
George Murphy, The Murphy Companies, USA
Chad Oliver, Yale School of Forestry & Environmental Studies, USA
Robert Petterson (Ex-Officio), Caterpillar Inc. (Retired)
Francis E. (Jack) Putz, University of Florida, USA
Simon Rietbergen, The World Bank, USA
Frank Ready (TFF Vice President), Armstrong N. American Floor Products, USA
John Robinson (TFF Executive Committee), Wildlife Conservation Society, USA
Peter Schlobach, Crown Hardwood Company, Inc., USA
Donald L. Schramm (Ex-Officio), Georgia-Pacific Corporation (Retired)
Frances Seymour, Center for International Forestry Research (CIFOR), Indonesia
James Singh, Guyana Forestry Commission
Laura K. Snook, Bioversity International, Italy
Steve Tourek (TFF President), The Marvin Companies, USA
Philip Vaughan, Travis Perkins PLC, UK
Isac Chami Zugman, Brascomp Compensados do Brasil SA