Tropical Forest Foundation: Board of Directors

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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 and CEO of Armstrong Floor Products Worldwide, 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

Erik Lammerts van Bueren, Founder of ISAFOR (Netherlands) and past director of Tropenbos Intl.
John Robinson, Chief Conservation Officer and Executive Vice President, Wildlife Conservation Society, USA
Shawn Draper, Partner, IMRE Communications, USA
Laura Snook, Programme Director, Bioversity International, Italy

Staff and Advisors

Bob Johnston, Executive Director
William Anderson, TFF Counsel, WilliamsMullen
Wendy Baer, TFF Administrator
Richard Crutchley, Financial Advisor, Dixon Hughes Goodman LLP

Board of Directors

Dan Adomitis, Firestone Natural Rubber Company, LLC, USA
John Andl, Tradeleaf LLC , USA
Jurgen Blaser, Bern University, Switzerland
Rene G. A. Boot, Tropenbos, Utrecht University, The Netherlands
Sylvio de Andrade Coutinho, Floresteca, Brazil
Fred Cubbage, North Carolina State University, USA
Douglas C. Daly, The New York Botanical Garden, USA
Charles Frewen, Wood4Life Part. Ltda., Brazil
Carl Gade, The Penrod Company, USA
Bronson Griscom, The Nature Conservancy, USA
Tom Hammett, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University, USA
Robert Hunink, Olam International, Singapore
Stephen Kelleher, The World Conservation Union (IUCN), Switzerland
Ariel Lugo, US Forest Service, International Institute of Tropical Forestry (IITF), USA
Chad Oliver, Yale School of Forestry & Environmental Studies, USA
Francis E. (Jack) Putz, University of Florida, USA
Ralph Ridder, InterAfrica Industries Association (IFIA), France
Peter Schlobach, Crown Hardwood Company, Inc., USA
Frances Seymour, Center for International Forestry Research (CIFOR), Indonesia
James Singh, Guyana Forestry Commission, Guyana
Isac Chami Zugman, Brascomp Compensados do Brasil SA

Ex-Officio Directors

Jim Bowyer, Dovetail Partners, USA
Bruce Cabarle, World Wildlife Fund US (WWF-US), USA
Donald Coonan, ret. Caterpillar, Inc., USA
Dennis Dykstra, Blue Ox Forestry, USA
Keister Evans, Forest Carbon Offsets LLC; ret. TFF Executive Director, USA
Gerald Gilbert, ret. TFF General Counsel and Hogan & Hartson, USA
Gary Hartshorn, World Forestry Center, USA
Robert Petterson, ret. Caterpillar Inc., USA
Donald L. Schramm, ret. Georgia-Pacific Corporation