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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 (Effective January 1, 2008)

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


Chairman: Carl Gade
The Penrod Company

President: O. Keister Evans

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)

   Peter Schlobach (Past-President)
   Crown Hardwood Company, Inc.

Staff, TFF: Wendy Baer
Board of Directors


Tropical Forest Foundation Board of Directors (Effective January 1, 2008)

Dan Adomitis
Bridgestone/Firestone Tires

John Andl
Tradeleaf LLC

Mark Barford
National Hardwood Lumber Association

Jürgen Blaser
Intercooperation, Bern, Switzerland

Herve Bourguignon
Inter-African Industries Association, Paris, France

Jim Bowyer
Dovetail Partners, Inc.

Bruce Cabarle
WWF-US (World Wildlife Fund US)

David Cassells
Indo-Pacific Resource Centre, Brisbane, Australia

Sylvio de Andrade Coutinho
Floresteca, Brazil

Yves des Marais
Hollywood Woodwork, Inc.

Dennis Dykstra (Ex-Officio)
USDA Forest Service

Thomas Enters
Singtanaa Associates Forestry Consultant,, Thailand

Olof von Gagern
Danzer AG Switzerland, Germany

Tom Hammett
Virginia Tech

Gary Hartshorn (Ex-Officio)
World Forestry Center

Stephen Kelleher
The World Conservation Union (IUCN), Gland, Switzerland
   Jim Keylon
Keylon-Kurtz LLC

Ariel Lugo
US Forest Service, IITF, Puerto Rico

Gib McIlvain
J. Gibson McIlvain Company

Steve Meriam
Stihl, Inc. North America

George Murphy
The Murphy Companies

Chad Oliver
Yale School of Forestry & Environmental Studies

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

Frank J. Ready
Armstrong N. American Floor Products

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

James Sedell
U.S. Forest Service, Pacific Southwest Research Station

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

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

Steven Tourek
Marvin Windows and Doors

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