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Established in 1990,
The Tropical Forest
Foundation's Mission Statement is:


TFF's primary mission is to promote sustainable tropical forest management by gathering and disseminating information about its benefits and by demonstrating and teaching proper management practices.

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Board of Directors
Tropical Forest Foundation Executive Committee (2009)

Founding Chairman (1990-1998)
Dr. Thomas Lovejoy
Smithsonian Institution, Washington DC


Chairman: Carl Gade
The Penrod Company

President: O. Keister Evans
Tropical Forest Foundation

Vice President: John Carpenter
Caterpillar Inc.

Treasurer: Robert Hunink
tt Timber International AG, Switzerland

Legal Advisor: Gerald E. Gilbert

Representative-At-Large:
   Erik Lammerts van Bueren
   ISAFOR, The Netherlands

   John Robinson
   Wildlife Conservation Society (WCS)

   Steve Tourek
   Marvin Windows and Doors

Staff, TFF: Wendy Baer & Jeff Waldon

Financial Advisor: Richard Crutchley
Board of Directors


Tropical Forest Foundation Board of Directors (2009)

Dan Adomitis
Firestone Natural Rubber Company, LLC, Indianapolis, IN

John Andl
Tradeleaf LLC, New York, New York

Mark Barford
National Hardwood Lumber Association, Memphis, TN

Jürgen Blaser
Intercooperation, Bern, Switzerland

Herve Bourguignon
Inter-African Industries Association, Paris, France

Bruce Cabarle (Ex-Officio)
WWF-US (World Wildlife Fund US), Washington, DC

David Cassells
The Nature Conservancy, Asia Pacific Region

Sylvio de Andrade Coutinho
Floresteca, Brazil

Douglas C. Daly
The New York Botanical Garden, New York

Dennis Dykstra (Ex-Officio)
USDA Forest Service, Portland, OR

Thomas Enters
Singtanaa Associates Forestry Consultant, Thailand

Olof von Gagern
Danzer AG Switzerland, Germany

Tom Hammett
Virginia Tech, Blacksburg, VA

Gary Hartshorn (Ex-Officio)
World Forestry Center, Portland, OR

Stephen Kelleher
The World Conservation Union (IUCN), Gland, Switzerland

Jim Keylon
Keylon-Kurtz LLC, Paradise Valley, AZ
   Ariel Lugo
US Forest Service, IITF, Puerto Rico

Steve Meriam
Stihl, Inc. North America, Virginia Beach, VA

George Murphy
The Murphy Companies, Richmond, VA

Chad Oliver
Yale School of Forestry & Environmental Studies

Robert Petterson (Ex-Officio)
Caterpillar Inc. (retired)

Francis E. (Jack) Putz
University of Florida

Frank J. Ready
Armstrong N. American Floor Products, Lancaster, PA

Peter Schlobach (Ex-Officio)
Crown Hardwood Company, Inc., West Grove, PA

Donald L. Schramm (Ex-Officio)
Georgia-Pacific Corporation (Retired)

James Sedell
U.S. Forest Service, Berkeley, CA

Frances Seymour
CIFOR- Center for Int’l Forestry Research, Indonesia

James Singh
Guyana Forestry Commission, Guyana, S.A.

Laura K. Snook
Biodiversity International, Rome, Italy

Philip Vaughan
Travis Perkins PLC, Northampton, UK

Datuk Wong Kie Nai
WTK Group, Sarawak, Malaysia

Isac Chami Zugman
Brascomp Compensados do Brasil SA, Sao Paulo, Brazil