Speakers/Instructors: listed alphabetically by last name

Biographical Information About Speakers/Instructors: A-C, J-Q, R-Z

Glen E. Dabney - Texas A & M University, BS Forestry 1978. Forestry Consultant since 1978. Developed the systems for medium format precision aerial photography employed by Kingwood Forestry Services, Inc. Registered Forester, American Society of Photogrammetry, Association of Consulting Foresters, Licensed Commercial Pilot, Licensed Commercial Pesticide Applicator.  Source: Kingwood Forestry Services, Inc., web page, 10/00.

Joseph Dahlen is an Assistant Professor of Wood Quality & Forest Products at the University of Georgia’s Warnell School of Forestry and Natural Resources. He is the Director of the Wood Quality Consortium, a partnership between the forest industry, the US Forest Service, and the University of Georgia. His research focuses on applying and developing technologies to measure, manage and improve the physical, mechanical, and chemical properties of wood from managed forests. He holds a PhD in Forest Resources and a MS in Forest Products from Mississippi State University and a BS in Wood and Paper Science from the University of Minnesota. Source: Personal Résumé, 7/15.

Mark Dale is the founder of Forest Pro, LLC. He is a registered and certified forester, licensed appraiser, and real estate broker. Mark has always had a love of the outdoors. Growing up and exploring the fields and forests of South Mississippi led Mark to an education in Forest Management at Mississippi State University. A curiosity to better understand the interaction of money and investments as pertaining to timberland also led Mark to receive a degree in Banking and Finance from Mississippi State University. After graduation, Mark worked five years for a private industry in Mississippi and Georgia, where he purchased timber from private landowners and timber dealers as a procurement forester. He established Forest Pro, LLC in 1999 and offers forestry consulting services to area landowners. Since that time, he has furthered his education by receiving his Mississippi Appraisers License in 2003 and a Mississippi Real Estate Brokers license in 2006. Mark also attained full member status in the elite membership of the Association of Consulting Foresters in 2004. Source: Personal Résumé, 6/21.

Deborah W. Dangerfield is president and owner of Dangerfield Consulting. She has trained more than 300 businesses throughout the nation on accounting software. She has written software documentation and has presented many workshops and seminars. Debbie excels in helping financial novices understand the complexities of accounting procedures and software. Source: The University of Georgia Continuing Education Course Description, 7/00.

Kelvin Daniels, a native of Montgomery, is a 1990 graduate of Robert E. Lee High School. His career with the Alabama Forestry Commission spans 27 years in videography; layout and design; and now unmanned aerial systems (UAS) program, more commonly referred to as drones, for the collection of aerial forest imagery, both videography and photography.
     As AFC drone coordinator since March of 2019, Kelvin has held responsibility for the agency’s growing UAS program. The Alabama Forestry Commission became one of the first agencies in the state to be authorized by the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) to fly drones in 2016. This technology is used to collect aerial images for the agency’s various management and protection division projects such as Best Management Practice (BMP) inspections, wildfire monitoring and mitigation, post hurricane and tornado damage, forest insects and diseases, etc. Additionally, Kelvin also obtains aerial video for the annual Helene Mosley Memorial TREASURE Forest Award presentations, as well as stock aerial forestry footage for other videos.
     The agency’s drone program has now expanded to offer a full line of forest imaging and mapping to Alabama’s forest land¬owners as a cost-efficient forest management tool. AFC drone pilots collect aerial imagery, then provide landowners with both a printed and digital map of their property with markups, a copy of all captured images (photos), and video footage, all of which can be utilized in their forest management plans.
     Kelvin’s other responsibilities include not only maintaining FAA flight authorization and required documentation for the agency drone program, but also maintaining his own individual FAA Part 107 drone pilot certification, and coordinating continuity of the individual certifications of other AFC drone pilots. He is also responsible for the training and coordination/scheduling of assignments, as well as compliance with all FAA regulations and AFC guidelines by drone pilots within the agency.
     As a professional videographer with the AFC, Kelvin has filmed the annual “Helene Mosley Memorial TREASURE Forest Award” winners since 1994. He also began producing the “Alabama Outstanding Tree Farmer of the Year” videos in 1999 with Doug Link.
     In 2009, Kelvin and co-worker Mike Kyser were named the “Conservation Communicators of the Year” by the Alabama Wildlife Federation at the prestigious Governor’s Conservation Achievement Awards banquet. From the high peaks near Fort Payne to the low country near Mobile, the pair did a tremendous job of capturing what it means to be an Alabama landowner. This team produced all of the agency’s informational and educational videos from start to finish, including directing, shooting, and editing. Their talents have shown through as what is seen on the screen is a true representation of the pride and reverence landowners hold for their property. Both men are perfectionists, paying the strictest attention to detail and setting the highest standards of excellence for themselves. The supreme quality of their work reflects well, not only on their professionalism, but on the integrity of the Alabama Forestry Commission as well.
     In addition to filming award winners, Kelvin has used his creativity in the design and layout of publications such as the AFC’s Alabama’s TREASURED Forests magazine; the AFC employee newsletter, TREETopics; and numerous brochures. He also assisted in maintaining the Alabama Forestry Commission website for several years. Source: Personal Résumé, 4/21.

Bill Dart is a land use advocate who got involved with the Blueribbon Coalition by working with Clark Collins on the National Recreational Trails Fund Act back in 1989 and 1990. Today, through the BRC, and with a new legal team, he is aggressively fighting for ATV rights. He is the Legislative Officer of District 36 of the American Motorcyclist Association and is also associated with the California-Nevada Snowmobile Association, High Sierra Motorcycle Club, and California Off-Road. Dart also enjoys event promotion, hunting, and fishing. Source: Blueribbon Coalition website, 5/04.

Jib A. Davidson received his Bachelor of Science in Forest Resources and Conservation with a major in Forest Management from the University of Florida in 1978. Continuing his education, he earned a Bachelor of Science in Business Administration with a major in Finance and minor in Real Estate from the University of Florida in 1983. Jib is currently a graduate student finishing his master’s certificate in Forest Finance & Investment at Auburn University’s School of Forestry & Wildlife Sciences.
    Jib began his career in 1977 as a procurement forester with Georgia-Pacific Corporation supplying timber to their mills in North Florida, then he became the G-P Gulf Hammock Land Manager overseeing 117,611 acres of timberland. In 1984 Jib and his former college professor, Don Post, founded a consulting forestry company managing private timberland. In 1989 Georgia Pacific offered Jib and Norman McRae a timber dealership and Columbia Timber Company was born.
    Jib’s focal point is in forest finance, taxation, investment analysis, and real estate transactions. He has served as an instructor for forest management courses at the University of Florida’s School of Forest Resources and Conservation and Community Education through Santa Fe Community College. He is a Certified Forester, Master Logger and is a Fellow in the Society of American Foresters, Florida Forestry Association’s Board of Directors, The American Forest Institute Tree Farm Program, and the Forest Farmers Association In addition to his many civic and fraternal activities, Jib is a proud Rotarian, served on his homeowner’s association, and teaches boating and navigation courses through the U.S. Power Squadron. He loves sailing, reading, fishing, and just being outdoors.

Denise B. Davis is as an independent Wealth Management Advisor working with clients in the areas of asset protection, risk management, financial planning, and investment management. She has held positions as Senior Vice President with U.S. Trust Company and Deutsche Asset Management, both based in New York. While currently focused on the individual market, her clients have included not for profit organizations and corporations, including Fortune 100 clients. She is a Chartered Financial Analyst and a member of the CFA Institute and the New York Society of Security Analysts. Her licenses include a Series 6, 63 and 7. She received a BA (summa cum laude) from Sacred Heart College and a MA from UNC Chapel Hill.  Source: Personal Résumé, 8/09.

Lawrence Davis received the Bachelor of Science and Master of Forestry degrees from the University of Michigan and a Ph.D. in Agricultural Economics from U. C. Berkeley in 1964. Both his thesis and dissertation were on the feasibility and economics of prescribed burning and fuels management. After completing his BS degree he worked with the U. S. Forest Service in Georgia conducting forest management and fire research and subsequently served three years in the U. S. Army as an electronics specialist. After completing his Doctorate, he spent six years as Assistant and Associate professor at Virginia Polytechnic Institute and then joined Utah State University where he was Professor and Head of the Department of Forest Resources for 12 years. At USU, he taught undergraduate and graduate courses in forest resources management and directed several research projects in public land management concerned with public involvement, land classification systems and was also active in training and implementing the FORPLAN planning system of the U. S. Forest Service. At Berkeley since 1982, Professor Davis taught integrated forest management and planning and had an extensive research program with industry and public agencies in this area. Author of over 75 publications, he is the senior author of the now worldwide standard teaching and reference textbook Forest Management (third and now fourth edition) 805 pp. in the McGrawHill Forestry Series. He held the S. J. Hall Chair in Forest Economics at Berkeley until 1996. After retiring from Berkeley in 1997, he worked on consulting projects with the forestry consulting firms of Mason, Bruce and Girard, Inc, of Portland Oregon, Vestra Resources in Redding CA., and The Forest Technology Group of Charleston SC. Integrated forest land management planning and improving quantitative analysis of planning and policy issues to deal with the real-world economic, social and ecological aspects of forest problems has been the central focus of his teaching, research and writing career. He is a recognized leader in developing concepts, tools and systems to support analysis and planning for sustainable forest ecosystem management. Source: Personal Résumé, 09/04.

Lewis S. Dean has been a staff Geologist with the Geological Survey of Alabama in Tuscaloosa since 1986 and manages the Library and Minerals Information Office for the Geologic Investigations Program. Source: Personal Résumé, 05/13.

Jerry deBin turned his passion for hunting into a career in wildlife conservation and in the sporting goods industries. He operates three businesses. First, Jerry is CEO at Callaway Farms Manufacturing, a forest products company that makes pine shavings animal bedding sold in farm feed stores nationwide. Second, he is founder and president of Wildlife Cooperative LLC, a wildlife management consulting company that specializes in quality deer management and upland game properties for private landowners. Third, Jerry is a consultant to private equity firms interested in acquiring hunting and/or fishing companies. And for “dirt therapy”, Jerry operates a 4,500-acre farm in Crenshaw County, AL. See his farm website at www.wildlifecooperative.com.  He holds a BS Forestry from Stephen F. Austin University, an MS in Zoology & Wildlife Sciences from Auburn University, and is a Certified Wildlife Biologist. Source: Personal Résumé, 11/14.

Allen Deese graduated from Huntingdon College in Business Marketing. After graduation, Allen and two buddies started an Alligator farm in south Montgomery. Also, during this time, he trapped beavers and did dynamite work for several land owners and companies. Allen continued with that for ten years and then moved on to follow his wife with her new job at Auburn University. He met Wayne and Jimmy Bassett who own Beck's Turf & The Wildlife Group and at this point was offered the job of Marketing, Sales & Nursery Manager of The Wildlife Group. The Wildlife Group Is a nursery dedicated to the natural enhancement of wildlife habitat through plantings of fruit and nut bearing trees and plants. The last ten years have been very fruitful in this new endeavor, and The Wildlife Group is exceeding our expectations. Allen is married to Tina Deese. They have two kids, 19 years old and 15 years old.  Source: Personal Résumé, 04/13.

Derwood Delaney and his four sons built Louisiana Forest Seed Company in 1983. After successfully producing pine seed in incredible quantity and quality, LFSCO expanded its capacity to process hardwood seed. Known nationally for the quality, LFSCO goal is to help reforest the world one customer at a time with over 200 species of seed to choose from.  Source: www.lfsco.com, 04/19.

Gary Delaney is Vice-President of Louisiana Forest Seed Company, a family operated business established in 1983. Gary's father, Derwood Delaney, was involved in the seed industry back in the 1950's, and is currently still involved in the business. Gary's grandfather, Luther Delaney, was the first state nurseryman in the South, which at that time involved procuring your own seed for planting. Gary has been involved in the business since its establishment in 1983. He has a B.S. degree in business from Louisiana State University and an MBA from Louisiana Tech University.
     Louisiana Forest Seed Company procures, processes and sells tree and shrub seed for the forest and horticulture industries throughout the southeastern United States. LFSCo also exports seed. The company handles approximately 200 species of seed. The seed plant covers 30,000 sq. ft. with 2 freezers and three coolers for seed storage. Source: Personal Résumé, 5/08.

Walter Dennis,  Forest Ecologist, received a BS and MS from Mississippi State University. He has a broad range of experience in forest management, BMP assessment, environmental regulations, wildlife management, and public affairs for industry, U.S. Forest Service and landowners in five southeastern states. He is also a registered forester in Alabama and Mississippi, and a certified wildlife biologist. Source: Préceda Education & Training Course Description, 5/99.

Trey DeLoach is an Extension Forester in the Department of Forestry at Mississippi State University. Trey provides Enhanced Forestry Education in six counties in southwest Mississippi. He received both a BS and a MS in forest management from Mississippi State University. He is a member of the Society of American Forester, Mississippi Forestry Association and a registered forester in Mississippi. Source: Personal Résumé, 2/04.

Ashley DeRamus is the great-granddaughter of Elmer S. Miller, founder of Miller Lumber Co. Ashley has Down Syndrome and has her own foundation, The Ashley DeRamus Foundation, and works tirelessly to advocate for children and adults with Down Syndrome. For countless people, Ashley has changed their perspective of what people with Down Syndrome are capable of accomplishing. She has met with luminaries such as Bill Clinton and Newt Gingrich. She has shown athletic excellence by winning 43 medals while competitively swimming, has her own clothing line designed for the special sizes of young ladies with Down Syndrome and has been traveling the United States on a Pledge of Allegiance Tour, showing people across the country that people with special needs have the ability to be informed registered voters. Source: Personal Résumé, 3/13.

Ted DeVos is a Registered Forester, Wildlife Biologist and, since 2003, Co-owner of Bach and DeVos Forestry and Wildlife Services in Montgomery, Alabama. He has served as an appointed Commissioner on the Alabama Forestry Commission and as President of the Alabama Wildlife Federation. Ted is also involved with the Alabama Prescribed Fire Council, Alabama Quail Council, Alabama Forest Resources Center, among other committees and appointments. Bach and DeVos assists in management of forestland and recreational properties throughout the southeast, primarily in Alabama. They specialize in incorporating wildlife management into timber management regimes. In addition, they manage and establish quality under stories in woodlands with herbicides and woodland grinders to clear thick undergrowth and saplings for hunting, forestry, wildlife management and aesthetics. Source: Personal Résumé, 3/09.

Lamar Dewberry is a private forest landowner in Lineville, Alabama where he and his wife Felicia own Dewberry Lands, LLC and Mountains Streams Realty, Inc. Lamar manages their forestland for multiple uses. Lamar obtained a Masters Degree from Auburn University and spent the first twenty-three years of his career teaching forestry to young people in the Agriscience program. His students were very successful in national competitions and many went on to further their education in forest related careers. Since leaving the teaching profession he has been able to spend more time managing their forestland. He has developed a blog, www.dewberrylands.blogspot.com to show how they use their multiple use forest. Source: Personal Résumé, 5/12.

Daniel C. Dey is Research Forester for the U.S. Forest Service, Northern Research Station, located in Columbia, MO. He is also Project Leader of a research unit there that studies the ecology and sustainable management of Central Hardwood Forest ecosystems. Dan’s personal research emphasis is the silviculture of eastern hardwood forests. Source: Personal Résumé, 3/15. See also: http://www.nrs.fs.fed.us/people/Dey.

Stephen G. Dicke is Extension Forestry Professor, Mississippi State University, based off-campus at the Central Mississippi Research and Extension Center, Raymond, Mississippi. Stephen is a Certified Arborist, International Society of Arboriculture, and a Registered Forester, Mississippi Board of Registration for Foresters. He has served in his current position for 24 years. Before that Stephen was with Weyerhaeuser and LSU. In 2011 Stephen received the Meritorious Service to Forestry Award from the Mississippi Forestry Association, and in 2010 the Forest Landowners Association named him Extension Forester of the Year. Stephen has been married 32 years to the former Susan Gourley of Starkville. They have three adult children. Source: Personal Résumé, 7/13.

David Dickens is an Associate Professor of Forest Productivity at Warnell School of Forest Resources, The University of Georgia. There he works through the Extension Service at Statesboro and has written extensively on southern pine forest management.
   David earned his B.S. in Forest Management from The University of Georgia and his M.S. and Ph.D. in Forest Site Productivity from Clemson University. He has worked in Forestry Extension at Clemson and then, UGA since 1988. Source: Warnell School of Forest Resources web site, 02/08.

Chris Dillard is the Geospatial Extension Specialist for the Alabama Cooperative Extension System. He received his undergraduate degree in finance and a master’s degree in management information systems from Auburn University. Chris began working on precision agriculture projects in 1998 with Dr. Paul Mask and was responsible for program global positioning systems, geographic information systems, and computer technology. As the specialist for geospatial technologies, Chris conducts targeted programs that promote the use of geospatial tools and applications, and integrate geospatial concepts. The Geospatial Extension Program serves the state of Alabama, primarily in the areas of agriculture, forestry, and natural resources. Objectives of the program align with the programmatic objectives of the National Geospatial Technology Extension Network, to advance knowledge for agriculture, the environment, human health, well-being, and communities, and to expand and accelerate the realization of economic and societal benefits from Earth science information and technology. Chris participates in the Map@Syst and YouthSET eXtension communities of practice. Source: Personal Résumé, 10/09.

Mike Dixon, Jr. grew up in Eufaula, AL (Barbour Co) where he developed a love for the abundant natural resources of the state. He is a proud but humble fifth generation Alabamian and land steward through his paternal line. In 1858, his great great grandfather James Monroe Dixon purchased the family's first land holding in Arguta (Dale Co). Mike graduated from the McCallie School in Chattanooga, Tennessee in 1986 and received a BA in Political Science from Southern Methodist University in Dallas, TX in 1990. He worked in the family lumber business for over 13 years, leaving in 2003 to pursue his own business interests that now include timber, land, and property management. Mike is a Certified Prescribed Burn Manager and spends a significant part of his time in the practice of forestry. He is married to Dr. CiCi Dixon, and they have two children, Will (13) and Hope (11). Mike has been a member of AFOA for many years now and currently serves on the board of directors. Source: Personal Résumé, 4/14.

Will Dixon, a Eufaula, Alabama native, is a finance graduate from the University of Alabama with a minor in real estate. After graduating magna cum laude, Will managed over $220 million in assets as a property manager at the prestigious Yellowstone Club in Montana. In 2024, he returned to Eufaula to join Dixon Land Company, working alongside his grandfather, Michael C. Dixon, Sr., who also serves on the Alabama Forest Owners Association's Board of Directors. Will is eager to continue the family legacy in land management and development, bringing his strong finance background and commitment to the company’s future. Source: Personal Résumé, 11/24.

William E. Dixon is a Property Manager for Larson & McGowin, LLC, an Alabama-based consulting forestry firm. In that role Dixon handles timber sales, timber sale inspections, timber marking, road maintenance and construction projects, invasive species management, new client proposals, client yearly budgets, client monthly and quarterly reports, and timber estimates and inventories across the southeastern United States. Some of his early experience with the firm included timber marking, GPS field work, prescribed burning, application of herbicide on invasive plant species, seedling survival inventories, and boundary line maintenance. In 2011 and 2012 Will was a Research Assistant at Auburn University where he was responsible for all aspects of herbicide research projects on agricultural and invasive plant species in controlled and natural environments. Will is a Registered Forester in Alabama, a Certified Prescribed Burn Manager in Alabama and the Board President of the Alabama Invasive Plant Council. He received a Bachelor of Science Degree in Forestry from Auburn University in 2010, and a Masters of Natural Resources from Auburn University in 2012. Source: Personal Résumé, 3/19.

J. Kevin Dodd is the Chief Law Enforcement Officer of the Alabama Wildlife & Freshwater Fisheries Division of the Alabama Department of Conservation and Natural Resources. Kevin is a native of Marshall County and a 1984 graduate of Auburn University with a Bachelor of Science in wildlife biology. He has been employed with the Alabama Wildlife and Freshwater Fisheries Division since 1984. Kevin is married with two children. He lives in Prattville, Alabama. Kevin is an active outdoorsman. Source: Personal Résumé, 7/13.

Jim Doescher is president of Jim Doescher and Associates and vice president of Abbeville Forest Products, Inc. He received his Bachelor's degree in forestry from Mississippi State University and recently completed an advanced negotiating program at the Wharton School of Business at the University of Pennsylvania. Doescher spent 18 years working in the forest industry prior to beginning his own firm. He is a guest lecturer for the School of Forestry at Auburn University and teaches numerous short courses and workshops on the negotiating process. Doescher is active in Toastmasters International and the National Speakers Association and is listed in Who's Who in Professional Speaking. Source: Mississippi State University Continuing Education Course Description, 4/99.

Tom Donald is retired from the data-processing profession. He owns timberland in DeKalb County east of Mentone. His family also owns timberland in St. Clair County on Big Canoe Creek. He was sued by a neighbor who claimed a prescriptive easement over a roadway which had long been used as the only access to the neighbor’s land. Source: Personal Résumé, 5/15.

Matt Donegan is a co-founder and principal with US Forest Capital, an investment management group solely dedicated to forestland investments. At USFC, Mr. Donegan developed and now leads the group’s commercial investment services, providing transaction and investment management services to private and institutional investors. In this capacity, he launched a joint venture with Resource Management Service, and continues to serve as USFC lead. Mr. Donegan also leads the development of USFC’s operating strategy, serving as the group’s managing partner. He has appeared in numerous public speaking engagements and authored several articles in industry trade publications.
        Prior to co-founding US Forest Capital, Mr. Donegan served as Portfolio Officer at the Hancock Timber Resource Group in Boston. While there, he managed three timberland portfolios totaling $1.4 billion on behalf of institutional investors, including the nation’s largest institutional timberland investor. At HTRG, Mr. Donegan reviewed billions of dollars in timberland transactions across North America and New Zealand. In addition to portfolio management, his roles at HTRG included investor relations, corporate strategic planning and technical research and development. Previously, he served at Georgia-Pacific Corporation in Atlanta, where his responsibilities included investment analysis, and technical services including environmental policy. Mr. Donegan earned a Bachelor’s in Forestry from the University of Florida and a M.B.A. with concentrations in Forest Industries Management and Finance from the University of Tennessee. Source: Personal Résumé, 1/00.

Rich Donnell is the Editor at Hatton-Brown Publishers, Montgomery, Alabama, which publishes the new Wood Bioenergy magazine, as well as several other magazines in the forest products field, including Panel World, Timber Processing, Timber Harvesting, Southern Loggin' Times and Southern Lumberman. Donnell has been with Hatton-Brown for 25 years. Previously he worked in the newspaper business as a reporter. He received his undergraduate degree in journalism at Auburn University, and a Master's in Journalism at Penn State University. Donnell also operates The Donnell Group, a regional book publishing firm, which specializes in sports autobiographies as well as specialty books. Source: Personal Résumé, 6/09.

Patti Donnellan is a native of Cleveland, Ohio. She attended Penn State University, where she majored in Wildlife and Fisheries Science. While at Penn State, she worked on projects focusing on grassland bird monitoring and wildlife mortality due to vehicle collisions. Ms. Donnellan has been the naturalist at Lake Guntersville State Park for 7 years and enjoys the bald eagles, wildflowers, and the edible and medicinal properties of plants located in the park. She has also volunteered at a local environmental center, which ignited her interest in raptors. Source: Personal Résumé, 4/14.

Susan Dooley of Collinsville, Alabama grew up on the family farm in the Portersville Community of DeKalb County. Susan, along with her brother, Mark, and mother, Pat, are private landowners with natural forest stands and planted pine plantations ranging in age from 9 to 14 years old. All three inherited land from great grandparents, grandparents and parents. Susan, Mark and Pat are managing their timberland located in DeKalb County, Alabama for hunting of deer and small game, as a bird sanctuary, and for timber harvesting. Susan is a graduate of Auburn University's School of Agriculture in Food Science and has a Master of Science degree from the University of Georgia in Nutritional Sciences. She is employed by Bud’s Best Cookies in Birmingham, Alabama as Quality Assurance/Food Safety Manager. Susan currently serves as vice-president of  the AFOA. Source: Personal Résumé, 4/14.

Derek Dougherty is CEO of Dougherty & Dougherty Forestry Services, Inc. After graduating with a Bachelor of Science in Forest Resources from the University of Georgia in 1993, Derek worked as District Manager for James M. Vardaman & Co., Inc. in Lumberton, North Carolina until starting Dougherty & Dougherty Forestry Services, Inc. in September 1995. Derek is a registered forester in the states of North Carolina, South Carolina, Georgia, Alabama, and Mississippi and Real Estate broker in North Carolina, South Carolina, and Georgia. Derek also serves as manager of Progressive Realty Services, LLC, specializing in the sale of rural land, and co-manager of Progressive Forest Properties Group, LLC, managing pooled monies invested in timberland properties. Derek is a member of Society of American Foresters and President-elect of the Forest Landowners Association. He serves on the Executive Committee of the Forest Landowners Association. Derek is an accomplished writer and speaker on forest management in the southeastern United States. Source: Personal Résumé, 6/09.

W. Alfred (Billy) Dozier, Jr. received the B.S. degree in agriculture education in 1963 and M.S. degree in horticulture in 1965 from Auburn. Billy worked as a research assistant in horticulture fruit crops from March 1965 to September 1968. He left Auburn in September 1968 to work on a PH. D. in Pomology (fruit crops) at VPI. He completed the PH. D. program in January 1971 and returned to Auburn February 1971 in fruit crops research and teaching programs. Billy has conducted research on many different fruit crops in Alabama. Tree crops research includes apples, pears, peaches, plums, satsuma, and chestnuts. Small fruit research includes blueberry, kiwi, and strawberry. Patents for 8 new chestnut cultivars and 5 new kiwi cultivars from the program have recently been issued. Source: Personal Résumé, 7/11.

Anthony C. Drake grew up in East Alabama on a family farm. Tony is a graduate of Auburn University School of Veterinary Medicine and has practiced Veterinary Medicine in Montgomery for over 30 years. Presently he is actively involved in intensively managing his 3,300 acres of timberland and serves as a Forest Service Provider for AgraGate which is an aggregator for the Chicago Climate Exchange. Source: Personal Résumé, 10/08.

Eleanor J. Drake is a native Alabamian and a graduate of Auburn University. Now a retired school teacher and wildlife enthusiast, she has had ten years experience leasing land for hunting. She is married to veterinarian Tony Drake in Montgomery, Alabama, and is the mother of two children. Source: Personal Résumé, 7/07.

Kerlin Drake is Vice President-Marketing of Anthony Forest Products in El Dorado, Arkansas. His main responsibilities include all marketing functions, marketing initiatives for residential/commercial construction, new-product development, customer development, trade associations executive, and technical sales support activities for the sales team with the laminating plants in Washington, Georgia and El Dorado, Arkansas and Anthony-Domtar Inc. I-Joist plant in Sault Ste. Marie, Ontario, Canada. Mr. Drake graduated from Louisiana State University in Baton Rouge receiving a Bachelor of Science Degree in Forest Management in 1976. Mr. Drake previous employment was with Timber Products Inspection in Conyers, Georgia serving as a senior regional supervisor out of Baton Rouge, LA for 10 years. Mr. Drake joined Anthony Forest Products in 1987 as quality control director for all manufacturing operations. He currently serves as Chairman of the Board of Directors for Anthony-Domtar Inc., President and CEO of Power Building Systems, LLC, Chairman of the Southern Pine Council, Chairman of the Executive Task Group of the Grants and Partnership Committee with the Southern Pine Council, Chairman of the Glulam Management Committee, member of the I-Joist Management Committee, and Marketing Advisory Committee of the APA-The Engineered Wood Association. He sits on numerous other committees within APA, SFPA, American Wood Council of AF&PA, and Wood Products Council. He served as past Chairman of the Board of Advisors of Timber Products Inspection and board member of the Wood Truss Council of America. Mr. Drake and his wife, Elise, live in El Dorado, Arkansas. Source: Personal Résumé, 6/10.

Scott Drenkard is an Economist with the Tax Foundation. Scott's research areas include excise taxes, income taxes, and sales taxes. He is the editor of the most recent edition of the popular handbook, Facts & Figures: How Does Your State Compare? His analyses of tax and spending policy have been featured in the Wall Street Journal, the Washington Post, the Orange County Register, CNN.com, Reuters, the Associated Press, NPR, CBS and the peer-reviewed Journal of State Taxation. Prior to joining the Tax Foundation, Scott was selected as a Charles G. Koch Summer Fellow by the Institute for Humane Studies and served as a Ronald Reagan Fellow in the Goldwater Institute’s Center for Economic Prosperity. His work can be seen in their quarterly publication, For the Record. In 2012, he completed a year of non-profit management training through the Koch Associate Program. He holds a B.S. in economics from the University of Mary Washington, where he founded the Libertarian Readers Society and served as the Vice President of Omicron Delta Epsilon, the international economics honor society. He is a candidate for an M.A. in economics at George Mason University. Source: http://taxfoundation.org/staff/scott-drenkard, 9/12.

Mitch Dubensky is Director of Forest Environment for the American Forest & Paper Association in Washington D.C. He represents private forest landowners on a variety of regulatory and legislative issues including water quality, wetlands, air, forest inventory, global climate change and resource assessment. Source: Personal Résumé, 1/01.

Ann Dugan is the founder, executive director and assistant dean of the Institute for Entrepreneurial Excellence, part of the Joseph M. Katz Graduate School of Business at the University of Pittsburgh. Created to foster the growth and development of family businesses and entrepreneurial firms, seed innovation and promote technology transfer, the Institute engages the enterprising community with teaching, research and outreach to a range of organizations through its many initiatives and programs. Ms. Dugan is an accomplished author, lecturer and family business consultant with more than 20 years of experience researching, developing and writing in the areas of family business, strategic planning, development of the franchise system and the dynamics of the entrepreneurial firm. Ann Dugan is an associate of the Family Business Consulting Group, an organization that provides leadership in the field of education and consulting to the closely held or family firm. Source: Personal Résumé, 5/09.

Gilbert F. Dukes, III born Mobile, Alabama, September 4, 1963; admitted to bar, 1988, Alabama. Education: Washington & Lee University (B.S., Accounting and Business Administration, cum laude, 1985); University of Alabama School of Law (J.D., 1988); New York University (LL.M., Taxation, 1989). Phi Kappa Phi; Order of the Coif. Hugo L. Black Scholar. Bench and Bar. Graduate Editor, Tax Law Review, 1988-1989. Member: Mobile County and American (Member, Taxation Section) Bar Associations; Alabama State Bar (Chairman, Tax Section, 1996-1997). Fellow, American College of Trust and Estate Counsel. Former Adjunct Lecturer of Taxation, Spring Hill College, 1995—. Faculty Member, Southern Trust School. President, Alabama 1031 Property Exchange, Inc.; Member, Federation of Exchange Accommodations. Author: "Tax Deferred Exchanges of Property-Mistakes and Misconceptions," Taxes, The Tax Magazine, December 2001; "Tax Deferred Exchanges, Selected Issues," The Alabama Lawyer, September 2001; "Direct Deeding May Avoid Intermediary's Environmental Exposure in Like-Kind Exchange, "The Journal of Taxation, October 1993; "Beware of Tax Liens and the IRS Right of Redemption After Foreclosure," BNA Tax Management Financial Planning Journal, October 1993, BNA Tax Management Weekly Report, September 6, 1993, BNA IRS Practice & Policy Bulletin, August 13, 1993, The Alabama Lawyer, January 1993; "Tax Deferred Exchanges: Mistakes, Misconceptions and Traps," Gulf Coast Condo Owner, Fall 1999. Member, Board of Directors of American Institute on Federal Taxation; Mobile Estate Planning Council; Advisory Board of Directors, Wachovia Bank. Practice Areas: Estate Planning; Trust Planning; Estate Administration; Taxation; Corporate Law; Real Estate; Tax Deferred Exchanges. Source: Lawyers.com, 3/08.

Michael A. Dunn is an economist with the Department of Agricultural Economics and Agribusiness, specializing in forestry related economics and policy analysis. He researches resource related economics and policy issues pertinent to Louisiana. He also conducts extension programming within the LSU AgCenter Extension Natural Resources Program, which is responsible for education and outreach to Louisiana’s non-industrial, private forestland owners and managers.
     Dunn received a PhD in Forest Economics and Policy Analysis from Auburn University, a Bachelor’s of Science Degree in Forestry from Louisiana Tech University, and a Bachelor’s of Business Administration Degree in Economics from Northeast Louisiana University.
     Dunn has written approximately 90 natural resource related publications in his 11 year academic career. He is an active forest and farm landowner in Louisiana. Source: Personal Résumé, 6/09.

Willie R. Dunn is Senior Vice President with First United Security Bank which has branches in Clarke, Choctaw, Bibb, Shelby and Tuscaloosa Counties. Mr. Dunn has 27 years banking experience in the rural timber producing counties of Wilcox, Clarke, and Bibb Counties. He grew up working with his father as a logging contractor in the early 1960s. First United Security Bank operates in an economy that is largely dependent on timber production and wood fiber. Source: Personal Résumé, 8/01.

Darrell L. Dunteman is a 1975 graduate of the University of Illinois. Dunteman is a practing agricultural accountant and financial consultant with offices in Bushnell, Illinois. Dunteman edits Ag Executive as well as the Farm and Ranch Tax Letter (www.agexecutive.com). Dunteman may be contacted at (309) 772-2168. Source: Personal Résumé, 8/06.

Pat Dye was Auburn head football coach from 1981 to 1992. Coach Dye led the Auburn Tigers to four SEC championships, nine bowl games and five top 10 finishes. He was SEC Coach of the Year once. He is currently host of "Alabama Outdoors" which airs live on Monday nights from 6 to 7 p.m. As a landowner, Coach Dye uses some of his "outdoor" knowledge to develop and improve his own properties. He is converting his 585 acres in Notasulga, Alabama from a cattle farm into one managed for timber and wildlife. Source: Personal Résumé, 11/01.

John Earle graduated from the University of Georgia School of Forest Resources with BS and MS degrees in 1985 and 1991. John has worked for the US Fish and Wildlife Service's National Wildlife Refuge system since 1991 and has served at six stations (nine refuges) in Alabama, Arizona, California, Georgia, and Louisiana. Source: Personal Résumé, 4/11.

Bruce N. Eason is President of Piedmont Foresters, Inc., a forestry consulting firm based in LaFayette, Alabama. Bruce has been with the firm since receiving a BS degree in Forest Management from Auburn University in 1976. He is a member of the Association of Consulting Foresters and numerous other forestry organizations. Bruce received a Bachelor of Theology Degree from Christian Life School in November 1992. Source: Personal Résumé, 10/00.

Don C. East  was born in his Cleveland grandparents' home in Clevelands Cross Roads, Alabama. He was immersed in American Indian tales, legends and ways of life during his youth from his grandmother, great grandfather and great great Uncle of the Nail family. His great great great great grandmother and great great grandmothers of the Nail family were Creek Indians. After graduation from Bibb Graves High school in Millerville, Alabama, Don joined the United States Navy and spent 8 years as an enlisted Cryptologic Technician. He then received a commission as a Naval Flight Officer during the Vietnam War. During his flying tours he operated off aircraft carriers and land based sites performing airborne electronic reconnaissance missions. He was the commanding officer of two Navy electronic reconnaissance squadrons during his career. He spent the majority of his Navy tours overseas in Europe and the Middle East. Don holds bachelor and masters degrees from Monterey College in Monterey, California in International Relations and a second masters degree from Salve Regina College in Newport, Rhode Island in Russian Studies. During his Navy career, he was based in Spain, Germany, Turkey, Russia, Norway, Iceland, Italy, Greece, and other countries in the region. He was on numerous assignments to Russia, both before the breakup of the USSR and afterwards. During the latter portion of his Navy career, he was a professor at both the Navy and the Air Force War colleges, where he taught Russian and Middle East studies and naval operations. After retiring as a Captain with 35 years of active duty Navy service in 1992, he built a home on Lake Wedowee where he still lives. He owns and operates The Creeks Tree Farms in Clay and Randolph Counties. He has won several state, regional and national awards for exceptional forestry and wildlife management on his tree farms. He writes often for local newspapers and magazines, and his book “A Historical Analysis of the Creek Indian Hillabee Towns and Personal Reflections on the Landscape and People of Clay County, Alabama” was released in December 2008. Source: Personal Résumé, 3/09.

Myron Ebell is director of energy and global warming policy at the Competitive Enterprise Institute. He also serves as director of Freedom Action, a web-based grassroots activist organization dedicated to putting freedom on the offensive, and chairs the Cooler Heads Coalition, which comprises over two dozen non-profit groups in this country and abroad that question global warming alarmism and oppose energy-rationing policies.
     The Business Insider in 2009 commented that, “Myron Ebell may be enemy #1 to the current climate change community.” Eric Pooley devotes a chapter of his 2010 book, The Climate War, to Mr. Ebell and calls him “a superstar of the Denialosphere” (that is his term for those who oppose global warming alarmism). The Financial Times this year called him “one of America’s most prominent climate-change skeptics” and the San Francisco Chronicle recently noted that he “for years has been one of the fiercest critics of global warming science.” Among numerous other recognitions, Vanity Fair magazine published a long, highly critical profile of Mr. Ebell in their May 2007 “second annual Green Issue” and seven members of the British House of Commons from all three major parties introduced a motion in 2004 to censure him “in the strongest possible terms.”
     Prior to coming to CEI, Mr. Ebell was policy director at Frontiers of Freedom, a public-policy advocacy organization founded by former U. S. Senator Malcolm Wallop. While at Frontiers of Freedom, he worked on property rights, the Endangered Species Act, federal-lands policies, and global warming. He previously served as senior legislative assistant to Rep. John Shadegg, where he helped develop landmark legislation that would reform the Endangered Species Act, and before that as Washington representative of the American Land Rights Association and as assistant to the chairman of the National Taxpayers Union.
     A native of Baker County, Oregon, where he grew up on a cattle ranch, Mr. Ebell holds a B.A. (cum laude and Phi Beta Kappa) from Colorado College and a M.Sc. from the London School of Economics, where he was a pupil of renowned political philosopher Michael Oakeshott. He was also a graduate student at the University of California at San Diego, where he was a Board of Regents’ Fellow, and a research student at Peterhouse, Cambridge University. Source: Personal Résumé, 8/10.

Thomas J. Ebner received a BS degree in Forest Engineering from Oregon State in 1956 and an MBA degree from the University of Oregon in 1968. After 3 years in the Marine Corps, from 1956 to 1959, Ebner began work for Roseburg Lumber Co. as a timber cruiser (1960-1962). He then went to work for the Bureau of Land Management as an Engineer (1962-1967), followed by 17 years with Weyerhaeuser Company where he worked first as a modeler and then as a forest business manager in Columbus, Mississippi. He has been a private consultant since 1986. Tom is a co-author of a book entitled Timberland Investments, published in 1992. He also co-authored with Bob Daniels a paper entitled The Benefits of Marking the First Pine Thinning, 2006. Source: Personal Résumé, 7/08.

Jane Eckert, Eckert AgriMarketing. It is no wonder that Jane Eckert, a farmer’s daughter and former corporate marketing executive, has become a recognized expert on agritourism, a growing travel trend in America. She created one of the most successful tourism farms in North America and now helps members of the travel industry tap into the agritourism market. Jane, now in her second year of consulting with the travel division of the State of Kansas, works with travel professionals, farmers and ranchers in order to develop agritourism in the state.
    Jane was raised on her family’s apple orchard outside of St. Louis, Missouri, and eventually pursued an executive career in corporate marketing for more than 15 years, working for such giants as Atlantic Richfield Oil Company.
    Combining her marketing expertise and her passion for agriculture, she returned to her roots as Vice President of Marketing for Eckert’s Country Store and Farms. Through her innovative ideas and through working closely with CVBs and tourism authorities, she helped develop the farm into one of metropolitan St. Louis’ most popular entertainment and tourist destinations, attracting 500,000 guests annually.
    Jane has been featured in U.S.A. Today and interviewed for hundreds of newspapers, magazines and radio shows throughout the country. In her speeches and workshops, she has helped thousands of tourism professionals to see the financial benefits of promoting the niche product of agritourism.
    In 2001, Jane created Eckert AgriMarketing, a full-service marketing and consulting firm that offers a variety of services to the tourism industry and agricultural operations to help them harvest the rewards of agritourism. Jane was given the leadership award by the North American Farmers’ Direct Marketing Association in 2005. Source: http://www.eckertagrimarketing.com/meetjane/JaneBio_06_05.doc, 8/08.

Dr. Lori G. Eckhardt is an Assistant Research Professor of Forest Pathology and Entomology at Auburn University in the School of Forestry and Wildlife Sciences and the Director of the Forest Health Cooperative at Auburn University. Her research interests include the biology and ecology of ophiostomatoid fungal species and their bark beetle vectors as components of southern pine decline and mortality. Primary areas of interest include mycology, host-fungal interactions, fungal-insect interactions, fungal and insect ecology, forest health, and disease risk mapping. She earned her BS from the University of Maryland in Cell Molecular Biology and Genetics and PhD from Louisiana State University in Plant Health and Entomology. Source: Personal Résumé, 6/09.

Katherine Milner Eddins is the Executive Director of the Alabama Land Trust, based in Jacksonville, Alabama. She graduated from the University of Alabama School of Law, Juris Doctorate, with honors in 1986. Katherine also holds a Master of Forestry degree from Auburn University, graduating summa cum laude in 1997. She has been published in the Journal of Forestry and has practiced both law and natural resource management as well as working in the land trust for six years. She is a board member on the Rivers Alive board. Katherine also is an owner and manager of agricultural and forest land. Source: Personal Résumé, 8/03.

Anthony J. Edwards is a Vice President and Geologist in The Natural Resource Department of Regions Bank for the past 22 years. Tony is a Licensed Geologist in Alabama and Tennessee and a Certified Professional Geologist by the American Institute of Professional Geologists. In his job as a property manager, he uses GIS (Geographic Information Systems) and GPS (Global Positioning Satellites) to help manage several million acres of mineral rights located primarily in the Southeastern United States.
    While Tony uses professional GIS and GPS equipment at work, he also uses many iPhone “apps” to help collect and add GIS and GPS information when work equipment might not be available. Source: Personal Résumé, 11/11.

Dave Edwards, Jr. graduated from the University of Florida with a Bachelors degree in Wildlife Ecology and earned a Masters degree in Wildlife Management from Mississippi State University. Dave is a Certified Wildlife Biologist and is currently the Manager of Westervelt Wildlife Services in Tuscaloosa, Alabama, where he provides a range of wildlife management advice to landowners throughout the southeast. Dave worked as a wildlife biologist for the Florida Fish and Wildlife Commission for 5 years. He also is the founder and past president of the NE Florida branch of the Quality Deer Management Association. Dave specializes in creating quality recreational properties and producing quality deer herds. Source: Personal Résumé, 8/05.

Joseph W. Eiland received a B.S. Degree from Mississippi State University in 1976 with a major in forest management. He is a licensed Real Estate Salesman and a registered forester in Alabama and Mississippi. He has been a consultant forester since 1976, and is the owner of Eiland Forestry and Real Estate, LLC. Eiland Forestry and Real Estate is engaged in professional forestry management, timber appraisals, real estate brokerage, consulting forestry, and land management throughout the eastern United States. From 1976 to 1987 Joe was with the firm of James M. Vardaman and Co. and was the Alabama District Manager and Vice President. In 1987 Joe and Bob Hatcher formed a new consultant forestry company named Hatcher and Eiland, Inc. Bob Hatcher and Joe each formed their own firms in 1999, and Joe has operated Eiland Forestry and Real Estate since then. Source: Personal Résumé, 3/15.

Andrew B. Eills is the Shareholder-Director of Gallagher, Callahan & Gartrell in Concord, New Hampshire. He represents a wide range of business clients before state regulatory agencies and his practice includes advising clients on issues concerning New Hampshire's Administrative Procedure Act and state rulemaking. Andrew is chair of the New Hampshire Bar Association Health Law Section and a member of the Federal Communications Bar Association, where he advises telecommunications carriers on local competitive regulatory issues under the Telecommunications Act of 1996. He also represents clients before municipal boards on issues relating to municipal law, including planning and zoning, and advises aggregate manufacturers on statewide regulatory issues. Andrew graduated with honors from Stanford University in 1984 and from Tulane University School of Law in 1987. Source: "Andrew B. Eills," Gallagher, Callahan & Gartrell, Professional Association http://www.gcglaw.com/profiles/eills.html, 06/04.

Rosemary Elebash is the Alabama State Director of the National Federation of Independent Business (NFIB). Rosemary is a native of Opp, Alabama, and a graduate of Troy University. She was appointed as state director of NFIB/Alabama in January 2003 and represents NFIB’s 12,000 Alabama members as the public policy advocate. She represents the members’ interests before all branches of state and local government. Prior to the NFIB appointment, she was the state director of law and government affairs for AT&T overseeing legislative and regulatory affairs in both Alabama and Mississippi. She was also served as a staff assistant to U.S. Senator Donald Stewart and she was a legislative staff assistant to former Governor Fob James during his first term. Rosemary is an active participant in several organizations, including the Alabama private sector chair for the American Legislative Exchange Council, past chairman and current board member of the Baptist Hospital South Advisory Board, board member of the Alabama Hospital Association Special Care Facilities Financing Authority, and Treasurer of the Alabama Civil Justice Reform Committee. In 2010, she was appointed to the Troy University National Alumni Board of Directors. In 2004, Governor Bob Riley appointed her to serve as a member of the Unemployment Compensation Reform Committee and in 2010, he also appointed her to serve on the Coastal Recovery Commission to create a roadmap to resilience related to the oil spill on the coast. Governor Robert Bentley appointed her to the Long-Term Recovery Partners Committee for the April 2011 Severe Weather Event. In 2011, she was also appointed to serve on the Alabama Workforce Training Council by the Chancellor of the Alabama Department of Postsecondary Education. She was appointed by Senate President Del Marsh to serve on the Alabama Health Insurance Exchange Study Commission. As a member of this 14-member commission, she represented the small business community. In 2013, Governor Bentley appointed her to the Governor's College and Career Ready Task Force. Governor Bentley tapped her to serve as the Chair of the newly created Alabama Small Business Commission and the Small Business Advisory Committee. She is a member of Leadership Alabama Class XXVI. Previously, she was appointed by Governor Fob James to serve on the State Task Force on Welfare Reform and Governor Jim Folsom, Jr. appointed her to the Board of Department of Human Resources where she served as the vice chairman. She was nominated by U.S. Senator Jeff Sessions and appointed by President George W. Bush to the National Advisory Council on Violence Against Women. Source: Personal Résumé, 2/21.

Geoff P. Ellison is a timber dealer and reforestation contractor. After receiving his BSF in Forest Management from West Virginia University in 1980, he became the 1980-82 Alabama area manager and reforestation contractor for Davis Forestry Corporation in Monticello, Arkansas. Since 1982, Ellison has been President of Drennen Forestry Services, Inc. in Cullman. Source: Personal Résumé, 11/03.

Chris Erwin is a graduate of Eufaula High School in Eufaula, Alabama. He enlisted in the Air Force after high school and was stationed at Elmendorf, AFB Alaska. He later attended Troy State University in Dothan, Alabama where he received the Bachelor’s of Science in Biology. He then earned his Master of Forestry from Auburn University in Auburn, Alabama. Chris currently is the Education Coordinator at the Alabama Forestry Association in Montgomery, Alabama. He is the state coordinator of the PreK-12 environmental education program, Project Learning Tree. He is also the coordinator of the Alabama Forests Forever Campaign, funded by the sale of the Forests Forever specialty license plate. He resides in Wetumpka, Alabama. He is married and has one daughter. Source: Personal Résumé, 11/03.

John E. Estes, Jr. is a 1990 graduate of Auburn University's School of Forestry with a Bachelor of Science in Forest Management.  The fourth generation in the forest industry, Estes has been a procurement forester with both land management and procurement responsibilities since 1990. He is a registered forester with J. E. Estes Wood Company, Inc, who has been buying timber in south Alabama and north Florida since 1966. Source: Personal Résumé, 04/04.

Terry Ezzell is the North Regional Forester of the Alabama Forestry Commission, supervising all AFC activities in the 12 county region. Terry began working for the Forestry Commission in 1986 as a part time laborer. After receiving a BS degree in Forest Management in 1991, he returned to the AFC as the Franklin County Forester. In 2008 he was promoted to Work Unit Manager for Franklin, Marion, Colbert, and Winston counties. In 2010 he was promoted to his current position. Source: Personal Résumé, 9/13.

Lenny D. Farlee is an extension forester with the Hardwood Tree Improvement and Regeneration Center, Purdue University Department of Forestry and Natural Resources. Lenny graduated with a B.S. in Forest and Wildlife Management in 1985, and a M.S. in Silviculture in 1991, both from Purdue University. He worked with the Indiana Division of Forestry at Vallonia State Tree Nursery from 1988 to 1991 as a Nursery Forester in charge of field operations, producing over 40 species of tree and shrub seedlings. From 1991 to 2006, Lenny was a district forester for the Indiana Division of Forestry. He served landowners in a 10 county area, providing advice and assistance with tree plantings, plantation and forest management, and forest improvement, harvesting, and regeneration. Lenny has presented forestry and conservation education programs to a wide diversity of audiences on topics ranging from Indiana forest history to planning a successful tree planting or timber harvesting operation.
     In January of 2007, Lenny joined the Department of Forestry and Natural Resources as the extension forester for the Hardwood Tree Improvement and Regeneration Center. Lenny will provide programs and publications in a variety of media directed toward improving the regeneration and sustainable management of high quality hardwood trees and forests in the Central Hardwood Region. Source: https://ag.purdue.edu/fnr/Pages/Profile.aspx?strAlias=lfarlee&intDirDeptID=15, 3/14.

Mike Farr has worked with Wood-Mizer South for five years. He brought with him 25 years of machine shop and tool and die experience. Mike enjoys helping people and loves the outdoors. Working with WoodMizer allows him to combine these into a job. Source: Personal Résumé, 4/05.

Jennifer Fawcett is an Extension Associate in the Department of Forestry and Environmental Resources, Extension Forestry at North Carolina State University (NCSU). She serves as Coordinator for the Southeast Regional Partnership for Planning an Sustainability (SERPPAS) Prescribed Fire Work Group and assists in implementing prescribed fire-related education and outreach programs across the Southern region. She received her M.S. in Forest Resources from Clemson University, and she is working toward her Ed.D. in Agricultural and Extension Educadtion at NCSU. She currently serves as an Advisory Board member for the Southern Fire Exchange and Vice President of the North Carolina Prescribed Fire Council. Source: Personal Résumé, 3/21

Gary M. Faulkner  has served as Forest Economic Development Specialist (retired state employee) with the Alabama Forestry Commission since 2018. Prior to this appointment, he was Principal of The Faulkner Group LLC in 2015 through 2017. Mr. Faulkner retired with the State of Alabama, Alabama Department of Commerce in 2014 as Director of Business Development reporting to the Secretary of Commerce. Prior to his retirement at Commerce, Mr. Faulkner held a position with the Alabama International Trade Center as an International Trade Specialist, and began his professional state career at the Alabama Forestry Commission where he served as Chief of Utilization & Marketing. Gary was an Honor Graduate of the Alabama Forestry Academy in 1983.
    Mr. Faulkner has degrees from Auburn University in Industrial Management (1974) and Forest Management (1982). Further, he has Certificates of Training from the Auburn University Intensive Economic Development Training Course and the University of Oklahoma Economic Development Institute. He is also an Alabama Registered Forester (#1196 - current). Source: Personal Résumé, 10/20.

Jack Fillingham is Vice Chairman of Sizemore & Sizemore, Inc., a forestry consulting firm located in Tallassee, Alabama. He is a member of the Association of Consulting Foresters, currently serving as the Alabama Chapter Chairman. Sizemore & Sizemore, Inc. provides timberland appraisal and inventory services throughout the Southeast and Forest Management services in Alabama. Jack has been employed by Sizemore & Sizemore for 31 of his 32 years in practice. Source: Personal Résumé, 8/03.

Chad Fincher grew up in the Tanner Williams community and resides in Semmes, Alabama. He is a Realtor and owns Fincher & Associates Realty Services. He is a licensed real estate agent in the state of Alabama and Mississippi. He graduated from Auburn University with a B.S. in Forestry Operations and is a Registered Forester in the State of Alabama. Chad serves on the Mobile County Republican Executive Committee, is past chairman for the Mobile County Young Republicans, and a member of the Mobile County GOP. He is actively involved in the Mobile Area Association of Realtors and serves on the Governmental Affairs Committee. He is a past president Tanner Williams Community Club and past vice-president of the Tanner Williams Civic and Historical Society. Representative Fincher is also a past board member for CASA (Court Appointed Special Advocates) of Mobile. Among the organization that he belongs to: Tanner Williams Civic and Historical Society, Friends of Semmes, Semmes Historical Society, Citronelle Historical Society, Mobile County Landowners Association, Mobile Area Association of Realtors, Alabama Farmers Federation, Alabama Treasure Forest Association and Alabama Forestry Association. Representative Fincher is married to Caresse Hughes Fincher, and they have one daughter Anna Catherine. They attend West Mobile Baptist Church. Source: http://www.legislature.state.al.us/house/representatives/housebios/hd102.html , 7/09.

Alyne Fitzgerald is an Enrolled Agent, a tax professional serving the public for over 47 years, and owner of Fitzgerald Financial and Tax Services. She has been active in public advocacy for private property rights for over 25 years. Her ancestors came to Texas with the immigration of German settlers in the 1840’s. “I am the daughter of a farmer, born and raised on a farm, and have been a farmer or farmland owner all my life. I am quite proud of my rural heritage.“, she says.
     Alyne is the president of the Medina County Environmental Action Association, Inc., a grassroots organization she and her husband Dr. Robert Fitzgerald, formed in January, 2000, in Medina County, Texas. This was in response to the news that their historic Quihi neighborhood would be the site of a proposed 1760-acre Vulcan Materials quarry with a private 7 mile rail spur.
     As the newly organized MCEAA members set out to learn more about the proposed project and how it would affect their lives, property and historically-rich area, they discovered that this was only the beginning of a 16 year odyssey that would take them through learning from the ground up many of the applicable laws, rules, regulations and practices of state, federal, and county agencies and governments. They were alarmed about what they discovered. It would take much time, work, and money to save their area from the effects of this huge project. There would be many meetings, rallies, letter-writing campaigns, petitions, phone calls, etc.
     In 2002, MCEAA efforts and resistance caused Vulcan to create a railroad company, Southwest Gulf Railroad, a wholly-owned subsidiary, and to apply to the U.S. Surface Transportation Board for a permit. SGR checked a box on the STB’s T4 application claiming it would ‘hold itself out to be’ a common carrier. Thus, upon finally receiving a permit in 2008, SGR has claimed it is a common carrier with powers of eminent domain. Vulcan Materials with their self-appointed ’common carrier’ paper railroad company, filed condemnation proceedings February 2, 2016, on the remaining landowners who are choosing to protect their cherished land from the grasp of a privately owned company that exists only on paper.
     As of this writing, important environmental studies have been done. More are required in the future. MCEAA has had significant successes in saving the Quihi environment, and has over 100 households in its membership of farmers, ranchers, landowners and businesses.
     Fighting eminent domain abuse is everyone’s job, everywhere. It cannot be left up to a few dedicated organizations and individuals. We all lose when one has their private property forcibly taken from them by a private company for their own private gain. Source: Personal Résumé, 3/16.

Michael A. Flannery is currently Professor and Associate Director for Historical Collections at Lister Hill Library, University of Alabama at Birmingham. He earned his MLS from the University of Kentucky and an MA in history from California State University at Dominguez Hills. Mr. Flannery's research interests have largely been devoted to the history of pharmacy, therapeutics, and herbal medicine. He is the author of John Uri Lloyd: The Great American Eclectic (Southern Illinois University Press, 1998), a biography of America's most noteworthy pharmacognosist; with Alex Berman, America's Botanico-Medical Movements: Vox populi (Haworth Press, 2001), a history of botanical physicians in the U.S., and Civil War Pharmacy (Haworth Press, 2004), the first comprehensive study of pharmaco-therapeutic during the period; and most recently edited a reprinting of Nicholas Culpeper’s 1708 English Physician (University of Alabama Press, 2007). Source: Personal Résumé, 7/07.

Warren A. Flick is an Alabama attorney and a retired forestry professor. He worked at Auburn for over 20 years, teaching forest economics and law, and doing research on Alabama's forest economy. He has written about the contribution of forest-related industries to Alabama's economy, forest investments, taxation, and forest policy. He is working with the Ladd Firm in Mobile to help submit claims to the BP Settlement Fund. Source: Personal Résumé, 9/13.

Clint Flowers is the managing broker for National Land Realty throughout the Gulf Coast region. He was National Land Realty’s Top Producer nationwide in 2016, 2017, 2018, 2019, and 2020, was named the Alabama Land Agent of the Year in 2019, is a four time recipient of the Realtors® Land Institute (RLI) Apex Award, named twice as National Timberland Broker of the Year by RLI, and one of the few agents in the southeast to be awarded the designation of Accredited Land Consultant (ALC). He has been in the land business since 2004 and joined the NLR team in late 2015. Clint is licensed in Alabama, Mississippi, and Florida. He specializes in the sale, acquisition, and assemblage of commercial, agricultural, recreational, timberland, and conservation properties, as well as the tax advantages of owning, buying, or selling land. His clients include the largest landowner in the United States, professional athletes, coaches, large business owners, estates & trusts, public company executives, and similar high income individuals that can benefit from land sales or investment. He is a previous board member of the Alabama Chapter of RLI, current board member of the Alabama Forest Resources Center land trust, and sits on the Governmental Affairs committee of RLI National. Clint is a graduate of the University of Alabama's Culverhouse College of Commerce & Business Administration, where he received a degree in Investment Management. Raised in Jackson, Alabama and the son of a consultant forester, he grew to be an avid hunter and outdoorsman from a young age. Clint currently lives in Spanish Fort, Alabama with his wife Gina, a middle school teacher, their son Mason, and their daughter Olivia. He is active in the Rotary Club of Mobile, the Order of Fuse, Alabama Wildlife Federation, Ducks Unlimited, Quality Deer Management Association, and the National Wild Turkey Federation. Source: Personal Résumé, 5/23.

M. Dale Floyd, Jr. earned a Bachelors in Business and Marketing from the University of South Carolina. Dale started Alabama Fish and Pond, LLC, based in Horton, Alabama about 5 years ago. He provides live pond stocking fish at over 130 locations across Alabama, Mississippi and Georgia each Spring, Summer and Fall. His previous work experience included, Driver and then a Marketing and Route Manager for Southland Fisheries in South Carolina, Estate Manager for a 125 acre high profile Estate in Mount Pleasant, South Carolina for 10 years, and Owner and Operator of a successful landscaping and lawn care businesses in South Carolina for 12+ years. Source: Personal Résumé, 2/23.

Robert Flynn is Director of Consulting Services with Wood Resources International (WRI). WRI is a consulting firm which has successfully completed more than 170 consulting assignments in 35 countries worldwide since 1987. WRI has two quarterly publications which track domestic wood fiber prices in all of the world’s major pulp producing regions: the Wood Resource Quarterly and the North American Wood Fiber Review. In addition, Mr. Flynn is co-author (along with Dennis Neilson of DANA Ltd) of The International Woodchip and Pulplog Trade Review, now in its twelfth edition. Mr. Flynn has extensive experience in consulting for the forest products industry, with emphasis on wood fiber and log supply and demand, international trade, and wood products markets. His past experience includes nearly 28 years in the wood products industry, including 17 years consulting and 9 years as a forester with Champion International. Source: www.pulpwoodconference.com , 6/05

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Travis E. Ford is the Chief Law Enforcement Investigator for the Alabama Forestry Commission. He began working with the Forestry Commission in 1991 following 14 years as a deputy sheriff with the Talladega County, Alabama, Sheriff's Department. Source: Personal Résumé, 1/02. Editor's note: While working with the Sheriff's Department, Mr. Ford won awards for his work in fighting illegal dumping.

Mike Foreman has been working for the Virginia Department of Forestry for 15 years. His current position is program manager for riparian and land conservation. He has worked for forest industry in Mississippi and Louisiana for 5 years and North Carolina State University for 4 years. He holds a Master's degree in Forest Management from Duke University. Source: Personal Résumé, 06/01.

Dr. Paul Fowler has nearly 30 years of experience working at the interface of business and academia in the United Kingdom and the United States, translating the best of academic research into actionable outcomes for companies in the pulp, paper, bio-based plastics, and packing industries. He is the Executive Director of the Wisconsin Institute for Sustainable Technology (WIST) at UW-Stevens Point. With a keen eye to detail and a PhD. in organic chemistry, Fowler guides WIST to provide technical excellence, exemplary customer service, and world-class results. Fowler speaks regularly at conferences addressing matters of sustainability, paper and paper-based packaging, bio-based plastics, compostability, and recyclability.Source: Personal Résumé, 11/23.

Edward Carlyle Franklin is Professor of Forestry and Director of the Woodlot Forestry Research and Development Program at North Carolina State University, Raleigh. He is also an associate member of the Fisheries and Wildlife Faculty. He received his B.S. in Forestry from NCSU, his M.S. in Forestry (Genetics) from the University of California and his Ph.D. in Forestry (Genetics) from NCSU. He has done research and written several papers on vegetated filter zones. He is a member of Forest Landowners Association, North Carolina Forestry Association, North Carolina Wildlife Federation, Society of American Foresters, Technical Association of the Pulp and Paper Industry (TAPPI), and The Wildlife Society. Dr. Franklin is an FAA Certified Private Pilot, a NC Real Estate Broker, a NC Certified Consulting Forester and a Certified Burn Boss in North Carolina and Virginia. Source: Personal Résumé, 07/01.

David A. Frederick is a Division Director for the Alabama Forestry Commission and is currently responsible for Fire and Emergency Programs. Past responsibilities have included Forest Management, Nurseries, Genetic Tree Improvement, Forest Inventory and Analysis Survey, and Management of Geneva State Forest. David received a B.S. degree in Forest Management from Mississippi State University and also graduated from the University of Alabama Law Enforcement Academy as honor graduate. He is an Alabama Registered Forester (License No. 842) and served on the Alabama Board of Registration for Foresters Examination Panel. He is currently chairman of the Montgomery Chapter of the Society of American Foresters and is a member of the Alabama Forestry Association. He is a past president of the Alabama Forest Resources Center, a past member of the Board of Directors of the Alabama Agribusiness Council, a member of Trinity United Methodist Church in Prattville, a scoutmaster with Boy Scouts of America and Vice Chairman of the Southern Forest Fire Chief’s Association. He was born and reared in Hamilton, Alabama in Marion County, is married with two sons. Source: Personal Résumé, 04/02.

Rick Frederick is the Community Relations Manager for the Gulf Region at Enviva. Rick is a seasoned business development professional with over 20 years of diversified experience in sales and marketing for the healthcare, insurance, hospitality, and utility industries. He joined Enviva from Mobile Bay National Estuary Program where he served as their Community Relations and Business Resource Manager for five years. In that capacity, he worked with private industry, community leaders, and local citizens of Mobile and Baldwin counties to ensure they understood the purpose, goals, and objectives of the organization, adopting a community-based approach to advancing local environmental projects. Rick holds a BS in Business Management from Auburn University.

Will Freise was born in Chicago, Illinois and raised in Fairhope, Alabama. In 1960 he graduated from Auburn University with a Bachelor of Science degree in Business Administration. He is a commissioned U.S. Naval Officer and has served in the U.S. Navy for 23 years. After retiring from the Navy in 1983, Mr. Freise worked in real estate sales and actively managed the family timberland and mobile home park. He is president of the W. A. Freise & Sons Timber and Land Co., Inc. and is proud to have accumulated 1,200 acres of timberland and to have received designation as Tree Farmer, Stewardship Forest and FSC Certified. Mr. Freise has been married to his wife Shelby for 52 years and has 3 children and 10 grandchildren. He and his wife now reside in Powder Springs, Georgia. Source: Personal Résumé, 04/14.

Robert Frommer is a senior attorney at the Institute for Justice, where he litigates cutting-edge constitutional cases to defend economic liberty, free speech, and private property rights. Rob is the director of IJ's recently launched Fourth Amendment Project, which aims to enhance all Americans' right to be secure from unreasonable searches and seizures. Rob is currently litigating Rainwaters v. Tennessee Wildlife Resources Agency, a case challenging Tennessee game wardens' authority to conduct warrantless surveillance on private land. IJ recently scored a major victory in that case on behalf of two private landowners. Source: Personal Résumé, 05/22.

Dennis W. Fulbright is a professor in the Department of Plant, Soil and Microbial Sciences at Michigan State University. He received his Ph.D. from the Department of Plant Pathology, University of California, Riverside in 1979 after which he took the position at Michigan State. He has worked on diseases of wheat, vegetables, chestnut, oak, including oak wilt and other orchard and forest trees. He has been working with diseases of Christmas trees in Michigan since 2001. His research has focused on needle cast diseases of Douglas fir and spruce, and root rots of fir and white pine. He is best known for his work on the biological control of chestnut blight on American chestnut and helping to establish an edible chestnut industry in Michigan. He is president of the Northern Nut Growers Association and the Michigan State University advisor to three nut grower groups. Source: Personal Résumé, 7/12.

Steven Glen Fuller, Jr., was born in Atlanta Georgia, and moved to Jacksons Gap, Alabama when he was one year old. Steven attended Elementary and High School in Alexander City and graduated in 2007. He then attended Auburn University, where he received a B.S. degree in Forestry in May 2012. Steven started working for White City Nursery in August of 2012 as a laborer and has worked his way up to Nursery Manager in 4 short years. Source: Personal Résumé, 4/17.

Jim Furubotten has been a self employed forester for 32 years doing business as Forestry Consulting Services, Inc., based in Aberdeen, Washington. He worked in Washington, Oregon, and Alaska. The business was reorganized about 15 years ago to include forestry consulting and licensed armed security company with Washington state. The reorganization allowed the company to improve services to their clients. Jim turned the business over to his daughter and son in law in 2014, and then started a business, Aerial View Solutions, to assist landowners with gathering aerial imagery and data using unmanned aerial vehicles. Source: Personal Résumé, 1/15.

Tim Gables is a Consulting Forester with Chattahoochee Valley Forestry Services, Inc., Clayton, Alabama. He received an ASFR degree from Abraham Baldwin Agricultural College, Tifton, Georgia, and a BSFR degree from the University of Georgia. Tim is an Alabama Registered Forester, a Certified Burn Manager in Georgia and Alabama, and a licensed pesticide applicator. He is a member of the Society of American Foresters, the Longleaf Alliance, the Natural Resources Technical Advisory Committee of the Upper Choctawhatchee River Watershed, and a member of the Alabama Cooperative Extension System Advisory Board. Source: Personal Résumé, 4/00.

Marisa Futral serves as the Hunter Education Coordinator for the Division of Wildlife and Freshwater Fisheries. Her duties include presiding over the hunter education program, shooting sports outreach programs, and the division's shooting and archery ranges. Marisa is a certified wildlife biologist and firearms instructor. In her spare time, she enjoys hunting, recreational shooting, and hiking. She is passionate about introducing others to the outdoor sports as well. Marisa holds a master's degree in education and a bachelor's degree in wildlife biology from Auburn University. Source: Personal Résumé, 11/22.

Deborah A. Gaddis specializes in forest taxation issues for the Mississippi State University Extension Service and Department of Forestry. Gaddis has had over a decade of experience working as an industrial forester. She has an MBA from Millsaps College in Jackson, Mississippi. She recently graduated with a Ph.D. in forestry from North Carolina State University where she studied wetlands regulation and the North Carolina Conservation Easement Tax Credit program. Source:  Mississippi State University Continuing Education Course Description, 1/00.

Jennifer Gagnon is an Extension forester at the Virginia Tech Department of Forest Resources and Environmental Conservation.  She coordinates the Virginia Forest Landowner Education Program, which aims to provide forest landowners education about forest land management within the framework of sound stewardship and sustainability. She received her B.S. (1998) and M.S. (2001) in Forest Conservation and Management/Silviculture at the University of Florida (watch for her picture on their home page).  Prior to moving to Virginia, she worked at the J. W. Jones Ecological Research Center in Newton, GA where she studied longleaf pine and fire ecology. In her spare time, Jennifer enjoys hiking and camping in the Appalachian Mountains with her 2 dogs (yellow lab, Bob, and hound dog, Elvis),  kayaking on the New River, running, traveling, and biking. Personal Resume, 1/11.

Tyson Gair is Senior Editor-Broadcast with the Office of Agricultural Communications at Mississippi State University. He’s done a variety of broadcast work with MSU for the past 25 years, including 10 years as anchor and host of Farmweek, a farm-related TV program that airs statewide on the Mississippi ETV network, and 10 years as the host of the Better Farming radio program. Source: Personal Résumé, 9/02.

Tom Gallagher is Regions Professor, Forest Operations, at Auburn University's College of Forestry, Wildlife, and Environment. He holds the following degrees: AAS, New York State Ranger School, 1977, Forest Technology; BS, University of Maine at Orono, 1981, Forestry; MS Virginia Tech, 1984, Forestry; and PhD, Virginia Tech, 2003, Forestry. Tom's expertise is in forest operations, biomass harvesting and wood procurement issues. His teaching responsibilities include: Timber Harvesting, Application of Timber Harvesting Techniques, Industrial Wood Procurement Practicum, Procurement Cruising Practicum, and Forestry in the Private Sector. Gallagher's professional interests include: industrial forestry, including timber harvesting and wood procurement; short rotation hardwood plantations for pulp mill use and as an inventory tool; SFI certification as it applies to operations; improving efficiency of harvesting operations; and the harvesting and transportation of forest biomass. His main focus of research is the harvesting and transportation of biomass for consumption at an alternative fuels plant and addressing other challenges that face us today such as improved utilization, forest fragmentation, timber stand improvement, improving forest health and reducing fuel load. Source: http://cfwe.auburn.edu/profile/tom-gallagher/ , 4/12/23.

Brent Galloway is the General Manager for The Coal Creek Company and Chief Forester of Southeastern Forest Management (one of Coal Creek’s subsidiaries). Brent graduated from the University of Tennessee in 1997 with a B.S. in Forestry. He has 15 years of experience as a consulting forester. He is a member of Association of Consulting Foresters (ACF), Society of American Foresters (SAF), and Tennessee Forestry Association (TFA). Brent is a Certified Forester through SAF. Source: Personal Résumé, 5/13.

Bob Gambacurta served as Press Secretary to Alabama Gov. Fob James, Jr. (April 1998 – January 1999). As a Cabinet-level advisor and spokesman for Governor James, he responded to political crises, natural disasters, election year politics, even a state funeral for Gov. George Wallace. He maintained a good working relationship with local, state and national media. He regularly conducted one-on-one sessions with a dozen reporters and because of his extensive broadcasting background, received high marks for his on-camera TV and live radio interviews. Since the end of the James administration (January 1999 – present) Gambacurta has served as a public relations/media relations/political consultant to a number of clients dealing with a variety of issues. Gambacurta has also spent more than 20 years in radio and television, holding positions as News Director, TV anchor, reporter and talk show host at stations in Atlanta, Birmingham, Montgomery and Tuscaloosa. He has also held executive positions with advertising agencies in Montgomery and Birmingham. His work in broadcasting and advertising has received numerous awards from Sigma Delta Chi Society of Professional Journalists, Associated Press, United Press International and Ad Clubs in Birmingham and Montgomery. Source: Personal Résumé, 8/03.

Josh Gamblin is co-founder and CEO of TMBR.Market, a company bringing timber owners, consultants, and buyers together. TMBR makes it easy for anyone to participate in their local timber market. The process is automated, transparent, and guided at every step by TMBR Certified forestry professionals.Source: Personal Résumé, 11/23.

Robert N. Gandy is a registered forester in Alabama and vice-president of Creekside Consulting, Inc. (CCI), a consulting and communications firm that he formed with his wife, Jennifer Greer. His forestry practice focuses on forest seed and regeneration, with additional expertise in longleaf pine, containerized seedlings, aerial seeding and international forestry consulting. Before forming CCI, he worked at Resource Management Service, Inc., Tropical Research and Development, Inc. and International Forest Seed Company, Inc. An award-winning Peace Corps volunteer with service in Honduras, Costa Rica and Panama, Robert speaks and writes excellent Spanish. He is a 1974 graduate of Auburn University and has been active in the Society of American Foresters since 1978 and recently was awarded SAF’s Certified Forester designation. He is a Registered Forester in the state of Alabama and a member of various professional organizations including the International Society of Tropical Foresters, Forest Landowners Association and Alabama Forest Owners' Association. Source: Personal Résumé, 3/03.

Bill Garland graduated from Louisiana Tech University with an MS degree in Wildlife Biology in 1975. He has worked as a wildlife biologist for Weyerhaeuser Company, Dames and Moore International Consulting Company, along with government agencies that include the U.S. Army and U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service. He held the position of Installation Forester on Fort McClellan from 1985 to 1992. As an employee with the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, he has worked in both the Ecological Services Division and the National Wildlife Refuge System. He has been stationed on Mountain Longleaf National Wildlife Refuge since 1999. Mr. Garland’s current work primarily involves management and restoration issues associated with old growth and second growth longleaf pine forests on the refuge. Source: Personal Résumé, 3/05

Darrell A. Gates, is a Registered Forester (RF), an Alabama Certified Forester (ACF), and a Qualifying Broker. He is a graduate of the University of Georgia, (B.S.F.R.). Darrell established Chattahoochee Valley Forestry Services, Inc. in Clayton, Alabama in 1980 and has been in business for 31 years. He has recently extended the service offered to his clients by establishing G & T Realty, LLC which specializes in land sales. In 2007 he was appointed to the Board of Registration Foresters by the Governor of Alabama (term to end 2012). He is currently Chairman of that Board. Darrell's other professional affiliations include: Society of American Foresters, Association of Consulting Foresters (Past Alabama Chapter Chairman), Chairman Alabama Society of American Foresters for 1997, Chairman of Association of Southeastern Boards of Registration for Foresters (ASBORF) 2009/2010. Darrell is married to Sherry Gates of Eufaula and combined they have four children, April, Kim, Donnie and Daniel, and four grandchildren. Source: Personal Résumé, 4/11.

Keith Gauldin is Chief of the Wildlife Section of the Alabama Division of Wildlife and Freshwater Fisheries. Originally from Homewood, Alabama, Keith graduated from Auburn University in August 1992 with a B.S. in Wildlife Biology and has worked across the several states with different state and federal agencies eventually coming back to home base in Alabama with the Division of Wildlife and Freshwater Fisheries as a wildlife biologist. He has been employed with the Division a little over 12 years, beginning this leg of his career in the Mobile-Tensaw Delta and moving up to Montgomery in 2012 as Assistant Chief of Wildlife Operations and then to Chief of Wildlife in 2015. Source: Personal Résumé, 4/18.

James C. Gauntt is a 30 year veteran of the wood preserving industry having worked as Director of Product Acceptance for Osmose Wood Preserving Company, and as Vice President-Sales for Randall Brothers, Inc. - a 119-year old architectural millwork and building material manufacturer/distributor. During his tenure with Osmose, Gauntt was primarily responsible for new product promotion of both fire-retardant treatments and wood preservative products. Working directly with building codes and in the architectural markets he helped build a national market for Osmose brands. Since 1995 he has held the position of Executive Director of the Railway Tie Association - a 91-year old timber trade association dedicated to improving the life-cycle economic performance of the engineered wood crosstie system. He is responsible for publishing RTA’s Crossties magazine, conducting training sessions on tie grading, and hosting the annual symposium and technical conference of that association. Gauntt is the published author of numerous articles, papers and publications on the subject of wood tie research and wood tie performance and a frequent speaker on wood preserving and tie industry subjects. Source: Personal Résumé, 5/09.

Matthew Gaw is a data manager and research professional at TimberMart-South. In this role, he manages timber price data and provides market intelligence to clients. Matthew is a Georgia Registered Forester and a member of the Society of American Foresters. He earned a Bachelor's degree and a Master's degree in Forestry, both from the University of Georgia. Source: Personal Résumé, 5/23.

Eric D. Gee, Director, Expo & Forest Resources, began his forest products career in 1994 as a forester at James M. Vardaman & Company in Jackson, Mississippi. In 1997, he joined SFPA as a marketing manager and was promoted to director of government affairs in 2000 then director of industrial markets 2002. He became director of expo of forest resources in 2005 where he produces and manages a trade show for the sawmilling and forest products industry. He also acts as a liaison between the forest industry and the community answering questions relating to environmental issues and forestry.
     Eric is a 1994 graduate of Auburn University where he earned a Bachelor of Science degree in Forest Resources. He is a member of the Society of American Foresters, a Licensed Registered Forester in the State of Alabama, and a Society of American Foresters Certified Forester. Source: Personal Résumé, 11/11.

Bernard Geschke has worked with the Progressive Agriculture Safety Day program since it began 21 years ago. During the first 8 years, Bernard contracted with the program, while working as the Rural Safety and Health Coordinator for the Nebraska Rural Health and Safety Coalition. For the last 13 years, Bernard has been the Program Specialist for the Foundation with the majority of his time spent training and assisting more than 500 volunteer coordinators as they conduct Safety Days each year. With his help, the program reaches more than 100,000 kids and volunteers each year in the United States, Canada, U.S. Virgin Islands, and American Samoa. Source: Personal Résumé, 5/15.

James W. Gewin, is a Partner with Bradley Arant Rose & White, LLP, and Member of the American Bar Association, Fellow of the American College of Trial Lawyers, Fellow of the Alabama Law Foundation, and a Municipal Judge for the City of Mountain Brook, Alabama. Jimmy is a forest owner in Hale County and currently serves as President of the Alabama Forest Owners' Association. Source: Personal Résumé, 3/03.

Mark Gibbs has had his own consulting forestry practice since early 1994, providing timberland management services to private landowners. Prior to that he managed timberland for Nations Bank and its predecessor (C&S) for 11 years. He also served nine years with the Florida Division of Forestry as county forester and State Education Supervisor. Source: The University of Georgia Continuing Education Course Description, 2/00.

Larry H. Gibson is a native of the Aliceville area having grown up in Panola, Alabama about 20 miles south of Aliceville. He graduated from Mississippi State University in 1994 with a degree in forest management. That same year Larry founded  Gibson Forest Management, Inc, providing complete forest management to private landowners including the following: 
Forest Management Plans, Timber & Land Appraisals, Timber Marketing & Sales, Timberland Acquisition Appraisals, Litigation-serving as expert witness, Long Term Forest Management Services, Site Preparation, Reforestation, Chemical Release Treatments, Timber Stand Improvement, Prescribed Burning, Insect & Disease Monitoring, Boundary Line Maintenance, Timber Damage Evaluation, Wildlife Habitat Management, Herbaceous Weed Control. Larry is a forest landowner in both Sumter and Pickens Counties and feels that this land ownership helps him to be a better consulting forester because he personally knows many of the problems that landowners face in making various management decisions. Gibson is involved in several industry and civic organizations ranging from the Alabama Forestry Association, Mississippi Forestry Association, and the Tree Farm program to Rotary International and Aliceville area organizations. His wife is Suellen Ashmore Gibson and they have two children: a daughter – Reagan Elizabeth, 2 ½ years old and a son, William Clay Gibson, 1 year old.

Mark D. Gibson received a Bachelor of Science degree in Forestry from Clemson University in 1972, a Master of Science degree in Forestry from Clemson University in 1974, and a Doctor of Philosophy degree in Forest Products from Oregon State University in 1982. His research and teaching experience in forestry and wood technology and utilization at major U.S. universities includes California Polytechnic State University-San Luis Obispo, Clemson University, Oregon State University, and Louisiana Tech University. Dr. Gibson is currently Associate Director of the School of Forestry and Professor of Wood Utilization at Louisiana Tech University in Ruston, LA and is a faculty scientist with the Louisiana Forest Products Development Center. His current research examines the influences of forest management practices on wood quality in plantation-grown and naturally-grown hardwoods and southern pines, and the influence of wood quality on manufacturing processes. His expertise includes primary and secondary wood products processing, microscopy, wood anatomy, wood quality, and wood species identification. Source: Personal Résumé, 02/05.

John C. Gilbert is the Assistant Director of the Solon Dixon Forestry Education Center (SDFEC) in the Auburn University College of Forestry, Wildlife, and Environment (CFWE). He has been at the SDFEC since 2015 and assists in all levels of forest management and the facilitation of activities and instruction for various user groups and courses. For 7 years before that, he worked as a Research Associate on numerous projects and as an instructor in GIS/GPS application courses and various continuing education short courses. His major areas of interest are applied forest management, stand dynamics, prescribed fire, longleaf pine conservation and restoration, GPS/GIS applications, and database development. Mr. Gilbert holds a Bachelor of Science in Forestry and a Master of Science in Forest Stand Dynamics with a Graduate Minor in Statistics from Auburn University. Source: Personal Résumé, 2/23.

Patrick A. Glass is the Assistant State Forester for the Alabama Forestry Commission. Patrick holds a Bachelors degree in Forest Management and a Masters degree in Forest Biometrics from Mississippi State University. Glass has worked in the private sector as a consulting forester providing inventory assessments and management plans for a variety of clientele, including the US Army Corps of Engineers and the US Army. His research career includes efforts focused on the reclamation of disturbed sites from molybdenum mining operations conducted at high altitudes; quantitative genetics research performed as part of the New Mexico Tree Improvement Program; ecosystem level assessment of piñon-juniper woodlands in the Carson National Forest; and directing field operations for wide-area forest assessments at Mississippi State University. Originally from California, Patrick has also lived in the Midwest and the Desert Southwest, but considers the South as his home. He and his wife Terri have two children, Zach, age 13, and Zoie, age 9. Source: Personal Résumé, 03/11.

John Godbee is the forest certification and environmental compliance programs manager with F & W Forestry Services, a forest resource management and consulting firm. He has a B.S. and an M. S. in Forest Entomology from University of Georgia. His professional expertise includes forest policy, sustainable forest management, forests, wood manufacturing and land development environmental and regulatory compliance, environmental auditing of forest and manufacturing facilities. His numerous professional experiences have included manager of Environment, Health & Safety and ISO Certification Program for International Paper Company and manager Environmental Affairs for the Forest Resources Group. He has written publications in technical and refereed journals, and has provided expert testimony on forest policy and regulatory programs to U.S. Senate, U.S. House and Georgia Legislative Committees. His honors include being elected AGON, University of GA Agricultural Honor Society; Appointed by GA Governors to Forest Research Council, Parks Recreation, Historic Sites and Natural Areas Study Committee; River Care 2000 Coordinating Committee; Recipient of GA Forestry Association Outstanding Service and Presidents Awards; Leadership Georgia. Source: Personal Résumé, 4/04.

James R. Gober is Coordinator for Marketing and Economic Development with the Alabama Forestry Commission. He has a B.S. Degree from Auburn University in Forest Management and has been with the Forestry Commission for 25 years. Jim is married and has three children. Source: Personal Résumé, 8/01.

Anthoni Goodman is a neuroscience researcher at the University of Alabama at Birmingham who founded and leads the Alabama Mushroom Society. He attended Northern Arizona University for a masters in Clinical psychology where he was introduced to and became a member of the very active Mushroom Society in Arizona. When he moved to Birmingham for his PhD work he was unable to find a similar type of social and educational club and decided to make one for the Great State of Alabama! His interest in fungi are primarily based on a general study of their morphology, distribution, ecological niche, and of course value as an addition to the dinner

K. Ben Gore is CEO/President of the  Federal Land Bank Association of North Alabama, FLCA. Ben received his B.S. in Business Administration with Major in Accounting from Auburn University. Ben has 32 years lending experience with the Federal Land Bank making and servicing long term real estate loans. Source: Personal Résumé, 2/09.

Rich Goyer, professor of forest entomology, has been at Louisiana State University for 26 years. He also serves as forest pest advisor to the Louisiana Department of Agriculture and Forestry. Dr. Goyer teaches a senior level course in forest insects and conducts research in pine bark beetle management and impacts of insect defoliators in forested wetlands. Source: Louisiana Cooperative Extension Service Course Description, 6/99.

Joseph "Chip" Graham has 30 years of experience in silvicultural services and land management. In 1993 he founded J. H. Graham, Inc. to provide forestry services with integrity and professionalism to landowners in North and Central Alabama. Chip's initiative, willingness to make decisions and to accept responsibility along with the experience of working with people in many different geographic areas allow him to recognize client needs and to develop plans to achieve their desired results. He also enjoys sharing information regarding the issues facing today's timberland managers to his extensive network of clients and associates. Chip graduated from Auburn University in 1987 with a bachelor's degree in Forestry Management. He is a State of Alabama Registered Forester, a Licensed Real Estate Broker and a Licensed Residential Home Builder in the State of Alabama. Chip served consecutive terms as President of the Walker County Board of Realtors. Source: Personal Résumé, 6/19.

L. C. "Fudd" Graham is an entomologist at Auburn University. He coordinates the Alabama Fire Ant Management Program, the Pesticide Safety Education Program, and the School IPM Program. Source: Personal Résumé, 7/07.

Ryan Graves is a Senior majoring in Electrical Engineering from Madison, Alabama. His most recent job experience has been through a co-op with PREMIER System Integrators in Decatur, Alabama.

Frank Green is a graduate of the University of Georgia School of Forestry. He is Coordinator of the Georgia Forestry Commission's statewide Forest Management Programs and of the GFC's Environmental Affairs program including forest water quality/wetland Best Management Practices (BMPs), Endangered Species, Environmental Impact Studies, and Georgia Environmental Policy Act. Frank serves on the Georgia Forestry Association's Environmental, Logging, and Transporation Committees, and the Sustainable Forestry Initiative Inconsistent Practices and Logger Education Committees. Source: Personal Résumé, 1/09.

Zachary Green graduated from Bowling Green State University in northern Ohio. Zachary servered as an infantryman in the United States Marine Corps and also worked briefly for the US Secret Service. Zachary spent 10 years in the software industry prior to pursuing an eight year career in the pharmaceutical industry focusing on sales, sales management, training, and strategic development. As a volunteer firefighter for the past six years, Zachary discovered glow technology with the help of his longtime friend and business partner. Zachary has now turned his avocation of firefighting into his vocation as the president and co-founder of the company MN8 that specializes in the different applications of photoluminescent technologies in various products and applications. Zachary is an avid outdoorsman and hunter. Zachary is married with a six year old son who enjoys camping with his dad. Source: Personal Résumé, 10/10.

Cathryn (Katie) H. Greenberg is a Research Ecologist with the Upland Hardwood Ecology and Management Research Work Unit, USDA Forest Service Southern Research Station at the Bent Creek Experimental Forest in Asheville, North Carolina. She received her MS from the University of Tennessee and her PhD from the University of Florida, where she studied the ecology of sand pine scrub in Ocala national Forest. Her current research focuses on developing information and tools that are useful to forest managers and planners. Research areas includes (1) effects of prescribed fire and wildfire, mixed-oak regeneration harvests, and other forest management practices on reptiles, amphibian, and breeding bird communities; (2) production of forest food resources, such as native fleshy fruit and hard mast, in relation to forest types and silvicultural disturbances; (3) long-term monitoring of amphibian populations in longleaf pine-wiregrass sandhills in relation to forest health and climate change. She has co-edited books on early successional habitats, natural disturbances, and fire ecology and management in US forests. Source: Personal Résumé, 2/24.

John L. Greene is a Research Forester with the USDA Forest Service, Southern Research Station, Economics and Policy Research Unit, Research Triangle Park, North Carolina. He has over 30 years experience studying economic and policy issues important to family forest owners. For the past 18 years he has specialized in forest taxation, and is a coauthor of the Southern Region Management Bulletin series “Tax Tips for Forest Landowners,” Agricultural Handbook 718, “Forest Landowners’ Guide to the Federal Income Tax,” and General Technical Report SRS-112, “Estate Planning for Forest Landowners: What Will Become of Your Timberland.” Prior to joining the Forest Service in 1992, John was a member of the forestry faculty at the University of Arkansas at Monticello. He holds a B.S. degree in business from the University of Maryland, and M.S. and Ph.D. degrees in forest economics from West Virginia University. Source: Personal Résumé, 10/10.

W. Dale Greene is Professor of Harvesting at the Daniel B. Warnell School of Forest Resources, the University of Georgia, Athens. Dr. Greene received his BSF from Louisiana State University, MS from Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University and Ph.D. from Auburn University.  He has carried out extensive research in thinning operations in southern pines and has taught many continuing education courses to professional foresters and loggers. Source: The University of Georgia Continuing Education Course Description, 4/99 & Préceda Education & Training Course Description, 3/00 & Forestry Information Services Course Description, 5/02.

Mary H. Gregg. Dr. Molly Gregg has worked with the Alabama Cooperative Extension System for 18 years; serving as a 4-H Youth Development Specialist and as Assistant Director for Alabama 4-H for the last three years. Prior to Extension, Dr. Gregg was a middle school teacher in Atlanta, Georgia.
     Dr. Gregg has developed policy and procedures, publications, curriculum, and even iPad apps, to support the work of 4-H in leadership, health education, STEM, program impact, volunteerism and risk management. As Assistant Director of Alabama 4-H, Dr. Gregg focuses her time on supporting 67 county 4-H programs, 52 4-H field staff, 10 state staff, and the Alabama 4-H Center located in Columbiana, Alabama. The “field” are the boots on the ground that make Alabama 4-H what it is…relevant, innovative, and responsive to today’s young people.
     Dr. Gregg holds a Bachelor of Science degree in Government from Wheaton College, a Master of Education from Harvard University, and a Doctorate of Education from Auburn University.
     When not working, Molly does laundry and enjoys spending time with family. She is expecting her first grandbaby any day now. Source: Personal Résumé, 04/18.

J. Bishop Grewell is a research associate with PERC and is currently studying law at Northwestern University School of Law. He has a master's degree in environmental management from the Yale School of Forestry and Environmental Studies and a bachelors's degree from Stanford. In addition to agricultural policy, Grewell writes about wildlife, international environmental policy, and public lands. Source: PERC Policy Series, Issue Number PS-31, 6/04.

H. Morgan Griffith was first elected to represent the 9th Congressional District of Virginia in the U.S. House of Representatives on November 2, 2010, and is currently serving his second term. Morgan is a member of the House Energy and Commerce Committee, which has jurisdiction over some of the most important issues facing Virginia’s Ninth District including public health and federal regulations.
     For his second term in the U.S. House of Representatives, Morgan was named to the Energy and Commerce Committee’s Subcommittee on Health. In addition, Morgan will continue serving on its Subcommittee on Energy and Power and the Subcommittee on Oversight and Investigations.
     Prior to his election to the U.S. House of Representatives, Morgan served as a member of the Virginia House of Delegates from 1994 to 2011, where he represented the 8th District. In 2000, Morgan was elected House Majority Leader, the first Republican in Virginia history to hold that position.
     Morgan is a graduate of Salem’s Andrew Lewis High School and an honors graduate of Emory and Henry College. After completing studies at the Washington and Lee University School of Law, Morgan returned to Southwest Virginia where he practiced law for nearly three decades.
     Morgan is married to Hilary, and together they have three children. Source: http://morgangriffith.house.gov/biography/, 5/14.

Mike Griggs has been with International Paper for 29 years. He has worked all across the south from coastal North Carolina to central Louisiana and is currently located in Prattville. He has worked in both land management and fiber procurement with International Paper. He is currently the Business Support Manager for the Alabama Region - Forest Resources. He is a graduate of Clemson University class of 1976 with a B.S. in Forest Management. He is also a Registered Forester. Source: Personal Résumé, 01/05.

Richard W. Guldin, Ph.D., CF, RPF, is Director of Quantitative Sciences, Research & Development, Forest Service. Since 1996, he has led the Forest Inventory and Analysis program, preparation of national assessments and reports on forest conditions and trends, and coordinated international research collaboration. The FIA program is the nation’s forest census, tracking the health and productivity of all of America’s forests. The FIA program also includes surveys of the management objectives and interests of private forest landowners and of the wood consumption and outputs of the forest products industry. He has also led or been a member of many interagency and international projects aimed at improving the quality of environmental statistics and indicators being reported at regional, national, and global scales. Prior to assuming his current position in 1996, Dr. Guldin served four years as an Assistant Station Director of the Northern Research Station, responsible for all Forest Service research in New England. From 1985 to 1991, he held several senior staff positions in the Research & Development headquarters and for a time was the forestry expert for the U.S Senate Committee on Agricultural, Nutrition, and Forestry. He began his Forest Service research career in 1978 at the Southern Forest Experiment Station in New Orleans, Louisiana, studying southern forest management and forest economics issues. He has a B.S. in Forest Science from Penn State (1970), and a Master of Forest Science and Ph.D. from the Yale School of Forestry & Environmental Studies (1976, 1979). Dr. Guldin is a Registered Professional Forester and Certified Forester. Source: Personal Résumé, 01/12.

Will Gulsby is Assistant Professor, Wildlife Ecology and Management, at the College of Forestry, Wildlife and Environment at Auburn University. Will earned a B.S. in Biology from the University of North Georgia, an M.S. and Ph.D. in Wildlife Ecology and Management from the University of Georgia. His teaching responsibilities include: Wildlife Habitat Management; Wildlife Conservation History and Law; Wildlife Summer Practicum. Will's research interests include: White-tailed deer ecology and management; Wildlife habitat management; Integrating forest management and wildlife habitat. Source: https://deerlab.auburn.edu/faculty-and-staff/, 04/24.

John E. Gunter is professor of forestry in the Department of Forestry at Mississippi State University. Gunter has extensive tax experience including serving as a forest finance and taxation specialist with the USDA Forest Service and co-chairing national forest taxation symposia. He has held timber tax workshops from coast to coast and authored numerous publications on a variety of timber taxation issues. Gunter has received several awards for his timber tax reform activities in the state of Georgia. He is the slightly-scarred survivor of two IRS audits. Source:  Mississippi State University Continuing Education Course Description, 1/00.

Andy Gustafson is a managing member of Atlas 1031 Exchange, LLC, a worldwide accommodator of Internal Revenue Code Section 1031 with an office in Fort Walton Beach, Florida. He founded the company in 2007 and has spoken to hundreds of investors at Wealth Camps and Real Estate Investment Clubs nationwide. As an approved continuing educational provider, he has helped hundreds of Realtors, Attorneys, and CPAs understand the application of the 1031 code. To date he has accommodated over 600 simple and complex, real and personal property exchanges.
     In 2006, Mr. Gustafson qualified and received the professional designation of Certified Exchange Specialist® (CES®) created by the Federation of Exchange Accommodators to set a standard of 1031 accommodator ethics and excellence. The CES® recognizes his expertise and commitment to providing clients with prudent investment standards and procedures ensuring security and compliance with IRS 1031 regulations. He works with owners of highly appreciated assets deferring capital gains through 1031 exchanges and Deferred Sales Trusts.
     In 2003, Mr. Gustafson co-founded Old South 1031 Exchange Services, LLC located in Destin, Florida. As President and Managing Partner, he accommodated over 300 forward and reverse exchanges of condominiums and rental properties representing over $300 million of exchanged property.
     A native of West Lafayette, Indiana, Mr. Gustafson graduated from Vanderbilt University with a Bachelor of Arts in Economics in 1978. For 13 years prior to entering the 1031 exchange industry, he worked in the Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP) manufacturing software market helping companies in North, Central and South America improve production efficiencies. Source: Personal Résumé, 9/13.

Steve Guy is the Director of the Forestry, Soybean and Wildlife Divisions of the Alabama Farmers Federation. He has been in that position for 26 years. He is a 1972 graduate of Auburn with a degree in Forest Management. He has been involved in many property tax issues including passage of the Current Use Bill in 1982 and the fight against Amendment One in 2003. Source: Personal Résumé, 9/07.

Steven Guy is a Senior majoring in Electrical Engineering from Hoover, Alabama. His most recent job experience has been through a co-op with Southern Company in Birmingham, Alabama. Source: Personal Résumé, 4/12.

Darlene Guzman is the Customer Service Manager of Wood-Mizer Products. Darlene's team provides complete customer care for all of the products Wood-Mizer manufactures, including sawmills. The Wood-Mizer Customer Service Team is responsible for complete customer care after the sale. This includes everything from parts and blade sales to field service and locating sawyers to help out Woodlot owners who do not own a sawmill. Source: Personal Résumé, 7/02.

John Gwaltney received his B.S. from Auburn University in Biological Science with an emphasis in Wildlife Management. He obtained his Master's Degree from Auburn University in Wildlife Biology. He joined Forestry Suppliers, Inc. in 1976, and worked his way to become the President of Forestry Suppliers, Inc. in Jackson, MS in 1984, a position he still holds. Source: Personal Résumé, 9/09.

Steven Hague grew up on a dairy farm in Northwest Texas. He received his Ph.D. in plant breeding from Texas A&M University. He was a cotton and soybean agronomist at the LSU AgCenter's Northeast Research Station. Steve then took a position with Bayer CropScience as a cotton breeder in Mississippi. In 2006, he became a cotton breeder and assistant professor at Texas A&M University. Last summer he became the Head of the Department of Crop, Soil and Environmental Sciences at Auburn University. His department engages in teaching, research, and extension activities. Personal Résumé, 8/24.

Robert G. Haight is a Research Forester at the USDA Forest Service, North Central Research Station at St. Paul, Minnesota. He received BS & MS degrees from the University of California, Berkeley and the PhD from Oregon State University in Forest Management. Dr. Haight is an internationally recognized scientist for his contributions in operations research, forest management and conservation biology. Throughout Bob’s career, he has applied strong quantitative methods to solve complex problems in a real-world context. His latest work is centered on risk – cost tradeoffs for the protection and management of wildlife populations and models to determine wildland fire protection investments and priorities. Bob directs North Central’s Landscape Change Integrated Research Program. The research team is looking at four broad questions: 1) How is the landscape changing? 2) What drives landscape change? 3) What are the consequences of landscape change? 4) What do we do about it? Source: Personal Résumé, 6/02.

Mark J. Hainds worked two decades in dual positions as a Research Associate with the Auburn University School of Forestry & Wildlife Sciences, and as the Research Director for The Longleaf Alliance. He resigned these positions to walk the length of the Texas-Mexico Border in the fall of 2014. This provided the material for his 2nd book, tentatively titled "Border Walk", and this trek will be featured in a full-length film by Rex Jones, with the title La Frontera. Back in Alabama, Mark has taken the Forestry Instructor position at Lurleen B. Wallace Community College in Andalusia Alabama. Lurleen B. Wallace Community College has the only two-year Forest Technology Program in the state of Alabama. Source: Personal Résumé, 11/15.

John Hall is the Director of the Black Belt Museum Project at the University of West Alabama in Livingston. He is retired from the Alabama Museum of Natural History at the University of Alabama. He has been involved with Natural History and Alabama history and archaeology projects since the 1970s. Dr. Hall and environmental photographer Beth Young of Birmingham are the authors of the recent prize-winning book on Alabama Rivers, HEADWATERS, and are among the authors of the upcoming book on longleaf pine, LONGLEAF AS FAR AS THE EYE CAN SEE. He will share his favorite topic with AFOA members at their 2012 Annual Meeting, the question of what Alabama looked like in the historic past – which he says is "nothing like what it looks like today." Source: Personal Résumé, 4/12.

Richard W. Hall serves as president of Buckhead Resources, Inc., a natural resource management and advisory firm based in Atlanta, Georgia. He has over 20 years of experience in natural resource finance and investments. In addition to his position at Buchead Resources, Inc., Richard serves as an affiliate faculty member and instructor of various forest finance and pre-law courses at Auburn University's College of Forestry and Wildlife Sciences. Prior to his current position at Buckhead Resources Inc., Richard worked with several other firms including Forest Investment Associates and Bank of America. He received a B.S. in forestry from Auburn University and a J.D./M.B.A. from the University of Alabama. Richard is a registered forester, a licensed attorney, and a member of the Society of American Foresters. Source: Personal Résumé, 5/22.

Susan Pace Hamill has been a Professor of Law at the University of Alabama since 1994 teaching in the areas of tax law, business organizations and ethics. Since completing the masters in theological studies degree at the Beeson Divinity School of Samford University during her first sabbatical her scholarship has focused on evaluating tax policy under the moral principles of Judeo-Christian ethics. Her 2002 article attacking Alabama’s state and local tax laws on faith-based grounds received national attention, including a front page story in the Wall Street Journal and being named on the list of best ideas for the New York Times in 2003. In 2006 she published an article criticizing the federal tax policy trends of the Bush administration and her most recent scholarship, which was the subject of a feature article in the New York Times on December 25, 2007, illustrates why the state and local policy of thirty-one states grossly violates the moral principles of Judeo-Christian ethics. Professor Hamill has also published numerous articles, and, a chapter in BUSINESS TAX STORIES, focusing on business organizations, especially limited liability companies. Before joining the law faculty Professor Hamill practiced tax law in New York City and served as a government attorney for the Chief Counsel’s Office of the Internal Revenue Service in Washington DC. She received her B.A. (in English and History) from Emory University (after first completing the A.A. degree from Oxford College), her J.D. (magna cum laude) from Tulane University (where she served on the Tulane Law Review), and her LL.M (in taxation) from New York University (where she served on the Tax Law Review). Professor Hamill’s work to improve the state of Alabama includes publishing an article arguing, on faith-based moral grounds, that the state should provide drug courts in all counties and serving on the board of directors of the University of Alabama Wesley Foundation, the Alabama Poverty Project and Turning Point, an organization dedicated to helping victims of domestic violence and sexual assault in West Alabama. On a pro bono basis she served as an expert witness and authored an amicus curiae brief for the 11th Circuit in a lawsuit challenging Alabama’s property tax structure on race-based equal protection grounds and continues to assist the plaintiffs as a consultant. She is married, the mother of two, and a member of the United Methodist Church. Source: www.law.ua.edu/directory/People/view/Susan_Pace_Hamill, 11/11.

Rick A. Hamilton is an Extension Forestry Specialist at NC State University. Rick has many years of experience in assisting landowners with valuation, taxes, and estate planning, including 22 years of extension experience in North Carolina. Source: North Carolina State University Forestry Educational Outreach Program Course Description, 11/98.

Kent Hanby is Alabama Registered Forester # 605, Society of American Foresters Certified Forester # 1582, and an Alabama Certified Burn Manager. Kent received his Bachelor of Science Forestry Honors, December 1965, from Auburn University and a Master of Forestry, June 1971, from Yale University. He retired from the Auburn University School of Forestry and Wildlife Sciences in June 2003 as Director of Student Services and the instructor of the Fire Management course. He currently teaches the Auburn University School of Forestry and Wildlife Sciences Fire Management course as part time instructor and he also currently teaches the Alabama Certified Burn Manager Certification courses and the recertification workshops as a professional services contractor for the Alabama Forestry Commission. Kent is active in the Alabama Prescribed Fire Council. He has served as an expert witness in litigation pertaining to prescribed burning. Source: Personal Résumé, 2/09.

Lawrence Charles Hancock, III, is regional manager at F&W Forestry Services, Inc., located in Albany, Georgia. He has worked as a consulting forester for over 20 years in various regions across the southeast. His career includes working with non-industrial private landowners, timberland management organizations, governmental agencies, and industry on various forest management projects during his career. He received an Associates of Applied Science in Forestry from Abraham Baldwin Agricultural College and a Bachelor of Business Administration in Finance from Valdosta State University. He is a registered forester, certified general appraiser, and real estate salesperson in Georgia and a member of the Association of Consulting Foresters, Society of American Foresters, and Georgia Forestry Association. Source: Personal Résumé, 2/21.

Harry L. Haney, Jr., Harry L. Haney, Jr. specializes as a consultant on forest management focusing on income tax, estate planning and financial analysis. He is Garland Gray Emeritus Professor, Department of Forestry, College of Natural Resources, Virginia Tech, Blacksburg, VA. Haney served in the Department of Forestry for over 28 years, from January 1,1975, through October 1, 2003.
     He teaches numerous short courses on timber taxation, estate planning, forest finance, and management of private timberland. He is an author of landowner guides on Essentials of Forestry Investment Analysis (1984); The Forest Landowners' Guide to the Federal Income Tax, (2001); Estate Planning for Forest Landowners: What Will Become of Your Timberland? (1993); Federal Income Tax on Timber: A Key to Your Most Frequently Asked Questions (2001); and The Landowner’s Guide to Conservation Easements (2001). He has written numerous technical publications on forestry investment analysis, timber taxation, and forest management. His columns on “Taxing Questions”, Virginia Forests magazine and “Timber Tax Issues”, Forest Landowner magazine are widely read. He consults with forest landowners, forest industry, forestry associations, public agencies and educational institutions.
     Haney’s research focuses on the management of nonindustrial family forests. Current research examines local forestry laws, ordinances, and regulations; timber income and estate taxes; forest valuation; and conservation easements.
     He has received numerous honors that include the National Technology Transfer and Extension Award (1992) and Fellow (1990) from the Society of American Foresters, the Outstanding Forestry Alumnus from Auburn University, and the 2000 Public Service Award from the Association of Consulting Foresters of America, in which he now is a candidate member. He was the first Extension faculty member of the College of Natural Resources at Virginia Tech awarded a named professorship and the College’s first faculty member to receive the university’s Alumni Extension Award. He is a life Member of the Virginia Forestry Association which awarded him their “Man of the Year in Forestry” in 1985, and more recently in 2003 recognized him with its Distinguished Service Award, the Association’s highest honor. He has served on the Executive Committee of the Forest Landowners Association from 2001to the present, President for 2003-2005, and currently is Past-President for 2005-2007.
     Haney earned his Ph.D. in 1975, M.S. in 1973, M.Phil. in 1971, and M.F. in 1969 from Yale, and his B.S. from Auburn University in1959. He served as Visiting Professor, College of Forestry, Oregon State University in 1991-1992, and as a Visiting Research Fellow, Department of Forestry, University of Melbourne, Victoria, Australia in the Spring of 1999.
     He worked in procurement and logging supervision with Melvin and Quitman Lumber Companies, Alabama-Mississippi in 1959 and 1962-65; as a manager with St. Regis Paper Company, Florida in 1965-67; and as an economist with Weyerhaeuser in 1970. In the interim of 1959 to 1962 he served as an artillery officer and helicopter Aviator in the U.S. Army.
     Haney is a registered forester in Alabama where he owns and manages J.L.H. Tree Farm with Jacqueline Taylor, his wife and J. Lee Haney, Esq., his daughter. Source: https://www.bae.lsu.edu/lnrs/speaker_bios/index.htm, 7/08.

Ben Hanna is senior manager of business and industrial for eBay, The World’s Online Marketplace. In this role, Hanna is responsible for the management and development of eBay Business’ agriculture, food service and retail, and construction categories, overseeing all aspects of their business strategy, business development, and marketing. Prior to joining eBay, Hanna was vice president of marketing for IronPlanet, an online commerce site for the construction industry. Hanna also served as CEO of Crystal River, a strategic marketing agency. For several years, Hanna was an executive program moderator at Stanford University. Hanna graduated with a Ph.D. from Stanford University Graduate School of Business. He has a BA in Psychology from the University of Michigan. Source: Personal Résumé, 03/05.

James L. Hanula is a Research Forest Entomologist with the U.S. Forest Service in Athens, Georgia. He has a B.S. degree in Forest Management from Texas A&M University, and a M.S. and Ph.D. in forest entomology from the University of Georgia. He worked on insect pests of pine seed orchards and on ornamental shrubs and trees before he joined the Forest Service in 1991. He currently works on invasive species affecting Southeastern forests. This includes biological control of Chinese privet, the redbay ambrosia beetle, and the kudzu bug. Source: Personal Résumé, 3/13.

Russell Hardee is Forest Manager for Clemson University and the 17,500 acre, SFI Certified Clemson Experimental Forest. He received his BS in Forest Resource Management from Clemson University in 1996 and his MBA/MSL from Pfeiffer University in 2011. A third generation forestry professional, his career began working across the southeast in herbicide sales and application managing over 100,000 acres of aerial herbicide application. He later gained valuable experience with the NC Forest Service fighting wildfires, prescribed burning, and assisting landowners with forest management. Later working in the Real Estate Department of Progress Energy (now Duke Energy), he was responsible for management of 82,000 acres in NC, SC, GA, and FL. Russell is also a Consulting Forester, licensed real estate Broker, Registered Forester, Certified Forester, ISA Certified Arborist, and a SC Prescribed Fire Manager. Source: Personal Résumé, 1/21

Karen Hardy, along with her husband, Jim, is owner of Overland Adventure Rentals. The company is based on what the Hardy's live and love on a daily basis. The outdoors and creating their own adventures has always been special to the family, and they offer others the chance to create and experience their own outdoor adventures.  Source: Personal Résumé, 2/21

Michael Hardiman is President of Hardiman Consulting, a lobbying and public relations firm based in Washington, DC. His clients include private property owners located within and adjacent to federal land holdings. He has also lobbied for the American Conservative Union and the American Trucking Association. He is a former staffer for three members of congress and a state legislator. Source: Personal Résumé, 11/02.

William W. Hargrove received an M.S. in Entomology from University of Georgia in 1983, and a Ph.D. in Ecology from University of Georgia in 1988. He moved to Oak Ridge National Laboratory in 1990, and joined the ORNL staff in 2000 as a part of the Geographic Information and Spatial Technologies Group. He moved to the ORNL Environmental Sciences Division (ESD) in 2001, and became part of the senior research staff in ESD in 2005. He joined the Forest Service in October 2006, as part of the Eastern Forest Environmental Threat Assessment Center at the Southern Research Station in Asheville, NC. At EFETAC, he works on a satellite-based forest disturbance monitoring system for the conterminous United States. It delivers new forest change products every eight days and provides tools for attributing abnormalities to insects, disease, wildfire, storms, human development or unusual weather. Source: Personal Résumé, 3/12.

Craig Harper is a Professor of Wildlife Management and the Extension Wildlife Specialist at The University of Tennessee. Craig is responsible for developing wildlife management programs for UT Extension and assisting extension agents with matters concerning wildlife throughout the state. Craig is a Certified Wildlife Biologist and remains active in research with on-going programs in quality deer management and several applied habitat management projects, including the effects of forest management and prescribed fire on wildlife habitat. Craig recently completed a book on food plots entitled A Guide to Successful Wildlife Food Plots: Blending Science with Common Sense. Source: Personal Résumé, 8/09.

Joshua Kane Harrell is the recently appointed Programs Coordinator for the Forest Landowners Association. He graduated with a B.S. in Forestry from Virginia Tech and an M.F.r. from the University of Georgia. Prior to his current position, he worked as a staff forester for F&W Forestry Services, Inc. and as a market reporter for Timber Mart-South. Josh can be contacted at jharrell@forestlandowners.com.Source: Personal Résumé, 02/05.

Timothy B. Harrington is a Research Forester with the USDA Forest Service's Pacific Northwest Research Station in Olympia, Washington. His career in natural resources began while he was working on a B.S. degree in Botany at Louisiana State University (LSU). In summer 1977 he worked for the Bureau of Land Management (BLM) as a range assistant and initial attack firefighter in Kemmerer, Wyoming. In the summers of 1978-80 he worked for the BLM as a forestry assistant and fire-retardant plant operator in Lewiston, Montana, after which he graduated from LSU (1980). He continued his academic training at Oregon State University (OSU) where he completed an M.S. degree in forest ecology (1982) and a Ph.D. degree in silviculture (1989). While working on his Ph.D. he worked for a forest vegetation management research cooperative between OSU and members of the forest industry and BLM. In 1991 he served as director of the cooperative and was promoted to Assistant Professor. From 1992-2002, Tim was on the faculty of the School of Forest Resources at the University of Georgia where he annually taught an undergraduate course in silviculture, a graduate course in forest stand dynamics, and Continuing Education courses in herbicides and thinning methods. His research at UGA included topics in forest stand dynamics, restoration of longleaf pine communities, and exotic pest plant management. He has authored 20 journal articles and numerous papers in conference proceedings and symposia. He has been the director or co-director of over 25 Continuing Education courses presented at universities throughout the Southeast. Since early 2002, Tim has worked as a Research Forester with the USDA Forest Service, Pacific Northwest Research Station in Olympia, Washington. He is a member of the Westside Silviculture Options Team, a research unit that currently is investigating methods for sustainable management of Douglas-fir ecosystems. Current projects include responses of conifer seedlings to different densities of overstory and understory vegetation and effects of climate and soil properties on Douglas-fir seedling responses to woody debris removal and competing vegetation control. Source: Personal Résumé, 8/02.

Thomas G. Harris, Jr. is a Professor at The Daniel B. Warnell School of Forestry and Natural Resources, The University of Georgia, where he teaches courses in Fiber Supply Management, Marketing and Finance. He is publisher and managing director of TimberMart-South, a timber price reporting service housed at the Warnell School. His research interests include Timber Supply and Demand, Forest Industry Structure and Strategic Management. His experience includes Forest Industry Management and Financial positions and international consulting assignments. He has a B.S. degree in Forestry from N. C. State University and a MBA from the Wharton School. Source: Personal Résumé, 5/14.

William M. Harris, Jr. is the Director of Political Affairs for the Alabama Forestry Association and is a State House lobbyist. Prior to that position with the AFA, Bill had been Executive Director of the Alabama Loggers Council. He is a licensed Real Estate Broker, and Founder of the Southern Forestry Real Estate School. Bill retired from the United States Army as Lieutenant Colonel (Reserves, National Guard and active duty) in 2015 after 32 years of service. Bill was executive director of the Alabama Republican Party in 1997-1998 and currently serves on the Autauga County GOP Executive Committee. Bill received a BS in Business Administration from Troy University, Troy, Alabama. He is an active member and deacon of East Memorial Baptist Church, Prattville Alabama.  Source: Personal Résumé, 7/16.

Barry Hart is a terrestrial zoologist for the Alabama Natural Heritage Program, a non-government organization committed to producing and developing an inventory and databank of Alabama's natural heritage resources. He conducts surveys and produces habitat assessments for Alabama's rare and uncommon wildlife. Source: Personal Résumé, 2/04.

Michael Hartley is Vice-President at McKinley and Lanier Forest Resources, Inc. in Northport, Alabama. He earned his B.S. in Forestry from Auburn University in 2010, and his M.B.A in Real estate from the University of Alabama in 2012. Upon finishing his graduate degree, Michael hired on at McKinley and Lanier as a forester in May of 2012. In 2015 he became a partner in the business. He is involved in all aspects of managing timberland for private landowners. Michael is a registered forester in Alabama and Mississippi. He is a certified prescribed burn manager and a member of the Association of Consulting Foresters. Michael lives in Northport with his wife Samantha and his sons Daniel and Briar. He is a deacon at Valley View Baptist Church in Tuscaloosa and strives to serve God in all that he does.
 Source: Personal Résumé, 1/20.

Asa C. Hartwig has practiced law in Cullman County, Alabama, for 32 years. He received his BS and LLB degrees from the University of Alabama. Asa served as Captain in US Army JAG Corp and is past president of the Lutheran Foundation and the Cullman County Bar Association. He is admitted to practice before the Alabama Supreme Court, the US Supreme Court, and the US Court of Military Appeals. Three hundred fifty-five acres of improved timberland - pine, poplar and walnut - rely on Asa to make decisions for them.  Asa is a member of St. Paul's Lutheran Church , Cullman, Alabama, and has three daughters - Betsy, Amy and Scottie. Source: Personal Résumé, 4/99.

Joe Harwood is Principal and Partner at Real Estate Portal USA (founded in Cleveland, Ohio in 2006). Joe is the lead on the parcel data and coverage integration, as well as heavily involved in the business development side of the company. Real Estate Portal USA's parcel data products covers over 2,480 counties and 92 percent of the population. Source: Personal Résumé, 3/15.

John Ross Havard joined National Land Realty in 2016. He has been in land sales since 2010 when he received his real estate license. John Ross obtained his Bachelor of Science in Forestry from Sewanee: the University of the South and is a Registered Forester in the state of Alabama. As a Consulting Forester his particular area of expertise is timber and timber land management. He has intimate knowledge of the local timber markets which allows him to be able to help buyers and sellers to understand the actual market value of timber and help landowners achieve their long term goals for their property. John Ross lives in Hoover, Alabama with his wife, two children, and two dogs. He enjoys hunting, fishing, and spending time with his family. Source: https://nationalland.com/john-ross-havard, 04/18.

Deborah Hawkinson is President of Forest Resources Association. Prior to joining FRA, she served as the Executive Director of Hardwood Federation for five years, where she oversaw the organization’s day-to-day operations and overall federal public policy goals for the hardwood industry and managed the Hardwood Federation Political Action Committee. Deb has over 20 years of industry experience in Washington, DC, including 15 years in Weyerhaeuser Company’s Federal and International Affairs office, and as director of operations and director of issues management for the American Forest and Paper Association. Her experience has been in the alignment of business and public policy goals, and political involvement efforts including grassroots and PAC objectives. Deb earned a Bachelor of Science degree in Organizational Leadership and Development from Regent University and studied Association Management at George Mason University’s School of Public and International Affairs. Source: Personal Résumé, 7/14.

Roger Hayes grew up in Addison in Winston County, where he also attended high school. Later, he attended barber school in Huntsville and married Connie Thomas. The couple has two sons. Roger has served for twelve years as county chairman of Winston county, and is hoping to serve the county in this position for more years to come. Source: Personal Résumé, 3/04.

Vernon R. Hayes, Jr. is the government affairs director for the Forest Landowners Association (FLA), and is based in the Washington, DC area. A graduate of Virginia Tech and Marshall University, he has been with FLA since 1999, after teaching public administration for one year at the University of Alabama-Birmingham. Issues being closely followed by FLA include the Canadian softwood lumber dispute, the permanent repeal of the Estate Tax, and implementation of the 2002 Farm Bill. Source: Personal Résumé, 9/02.

Charles D. Haynes holds advanced degrees in mining and petroleum engineering and has held executive and academic positions in mining, petroleum, and civil engineering. He is retired as a faculty member in the College of Engineering at the University of Alabama and is licensed to practice engineering in Alabama. He consults in mining, petroleum and coalbed methane (www.mineralconsultant.com) specializing in mineral property appraisal. Source: Personal Résumé, 6/07.

James D. (Dave) Haywood is a Supervisory Research Forester with the USDA Forest Service, Southern Research Station. He has been located in Pineville, Louisiana since 1978, and has a PhD, Forestry, from Louisiana State University, Baton Rouge, Louisiana. He is currently involved in collaborative research with Mary Anne Sword Sayer and Shi-Jean Susana Sung to: (1) evaluate longleaf pine seedling container sizes and types, field nutrition trials, and influence of prescribed fire on seedling physiology; (2) assess the effects of prescribed fire, herbicide application, and fertilization on the growth and stand structure of young longleaf pine plantations; and (3) assess the effects of harvesting and regeneration practices on long-term productivity of pine stands through multiple rotations. Source: Personal Résumé, 11/12.

Suzanne Hearn manages several functions at Forest2Market, including mid-market sales, marketing strategy, and information technology. Among Hearn's accomplishments are the 2009 redesign of Forest2Market's website, leading Forest2Market's lumber product development team and the design and implementation of a customer relationship marketing strategy.
     Prior to joining F2M, she was national accounts manager for Crop Data Management Systems, Inc. and held executive marketing positions in the agricultural industry, where she is a recognized expert in customer relationship marketing.
     A forest landowner herself, Suzanne earned her bachelor's degree in environmental studies from the University of California at Berkeley and has completed executive marketing courses there and at the University of Chicago Graduate School of Business. When working on her degree, Suzanne was a programmer for the U.S. Forest Service. Source: Personal Résumé, 10/09.

Donald W. Heath is Senior Vice President, Trust Natural Resources and Real Estate, Private Client and Institutional Services, Wealth Management Group at Regions Bank. Don oversees Regions Bank’s Natural Resources and Real Estate Department. He joined AmSouth in 1995. AmSouth merged with Regions in 2007. Prior to joining AmSouth, Heath was employed by JSC/CCA in Brewton, Alabama from 1979-1995. During his tenure at JSC/CCA, Heath held various positions including Manager of Wood Procurement. From 1977-1979 he served as Procurement Forester at M. W. Smith Lumber Company in Jackson, Alabama. He also worked as a Forester with C.D. Williamson Lumber Company from 1973-1977. Heath holds a bachelor’s degree in Forest Management from Auburn University in Auburn, Alabama. He completed Southern Trust School at Spring Hill College in Mobile, Alabama. Don currently serves on the boards of directors for White Smith Land Company and Kaul Land Company. He is active with the Cahaba Chapter of the Society of American Foresters and the Alabama Forestry Association. He is currently a commissioner with the Alabama Forestry Commission. During 2000-2004, he was a member of the Chairman’s Club. Source: Personal Résumé, 7/08.

Michael W. Heatherly is Chairman, State Registered Forester, Real Estate Salesperson and Trainee Real Property Appraiser at Sizemore & Sizemore, Inc. Forest Appraisal, Analysis, and Management. Michael received a B.S. Degree in Forestry from Auburn University in 2008 and has worked with Sizemore & Sizemore since before graduation from Auburn. Michael oversees forest management activities on over 50,000 acres of timberland. His work involves forest inventories, timber sales, herbicide application, prescribed burning, GIS (Geographic Information Systems), and developing and implementing timber management plans. He is a member in the following organizations: Association of Consulting Foresters, Alabama Forestry Association, Alabama Invasive Plant Council, Alabama Prescribed Fire Council, Natioal Deer Association (the old QDMA), National Wild Turkey Federation, and Alabama Wildlife Federation. Source: Personal Résumé, 4.22.

Mal Heaton is operations manager for International Paper Company's sawmill at Washington, Georgia, one of the highest-producing lumber mills in the U.S. He has previous experience supervising specific parts of sawmill operations. Source: The University of Georgia Continuing Education Course Description, 7/00.

Ralph G. Hellmich is a resident of Foley Alabama. He graduated in 1980 with a BS in Geology from the University of Alabama. Ralph has worked with the State of Alabama Oil and Gas Board since 1980 and is currently the Operations Supervisor for South Alabama. He has specialized in field operations, safety management, drilling and production of wells which includes all facets of production onshore and offshore in Alabama. Ralph has assisted the U.S. State Department with developing countries in the formation of oil and gas regulations in Central Asia. Source: Personal Résumé, 1/12.

Jeff Helms is Communications Director for the Alabama Farmers Federation. Raised on a farm in Jackson County, he attended Auburn University majoring in agricultural journalism. He worked for USDA’s Farm Service Agency for six years before being hired by the Federation in 1998. Source: Personal Résumé, 1/10.

Vic Hemard, MBA, ACF is the Founder and President of Hemard & Company, a consulting firm providing information systems and technology for the effective management of forestry and forest products companies. He has been a consultant for 31 years and professional forester for 47 years. Vic earned a BS in Forestry from Louisiana State University and an MBA from Centenary College. He is a member of the Association of Consulting Foresters, Texas Forestry Association, Louisiana Forestry Association, Arkansas Forestry Association, Oklahoma Forestry Association, and the ASCII Group of IT Consultants. Vic is the author and publisher of Client Connection, the Hemard & Company newsletter. He has also written technology-related articles for forestry periodicals, the most recent appearing in The Consultant magazine entitled "Ransomware in Forestry-Not a Time to Go Phishing." He resides in Texarkana, Texas, with his wife, Nancy. They have three married children and eight grandchildren living in Charleston, Cleveland, and Dallas. Source: Personal Résumé, 02/22.

James Henderson is an assistant extension professor in the Department of Forestry at Mississippi State University. He specializes in natural resource economics and leads the state wide forestry extension education program in forest economics and management. Source: Personal Résumé, 8/08.

Brian Hendricks graduated from Southern Illinois University - Carbondale with a BS in Forestry in May of 1981. He worked as a foreman for Osmose Wood Preserving Company in the early 1980’s where he inspected/treated utility poles for rot and supervised a 2 to 3 man crew that assisted with the operation. His forestry career began in 1989 when he was hired by the Alabama Forestry Commission (AFC) as a staff forester in Choctaw County. Brian's duties included the development of management plans and cost-share plans for forest landowners, southern pine beetle detection and notification, prescribed burning, fire suppression, etc. In 1997 Brian was recruited by the AFC to work with the Forest Inventory & Analysis (FIA) program as a field forester collecting forest resource data from FIA plots. In 2003 he was promoted to FIA Coordinator (supervisor) and holds that position today. Source: Personal Résumé, 7/12.

Holmes A. Hendrickson is the Alabama Area Manager and a Southern Forestry Consultants partner. He has over 18 years extensive forestry experience, and major areas of experience in estate appraisals, timber sales and marketing, and pine establishment and management. Holmes is a Certified Forester, a Registered Forester, a Licensed Real Estate Associate, a Certified Tree Farm Inspector, and a Certified Prescribed Burn Manager. Source: Personal Résumé, 11/15.

Carter Hendrix is a Lieutenant with the Wildlife and Freshwater Fisheries Division Law Enforcement and has been with them for 21 years. Lt. Hendrix has been the Captive Animal Coordinator for the past 3 ½ years, primarily focusing on Licensed Deer Breeders. Source: Personal Résumé, 7/16.

Camilla M. Herlevich is the founder and Executive Director of North Carolina Coastal Land Trust. This regional non-profit conservation organization is responsible for identifying critical natural areas for protection, raising funds for acquisitions, preparing protection plans, negotiating land acquisitions, and developing conservation policy initiatives. Ms. Herlevich has been involved in conservation easements and real estate planning since 1992. She is a graduate of Duke University and the Boston University School of Law. Source: Pradcom Course Description, 4/00.

Matthew Herring joined GeoVantage in 2000 as Vice President of Sales and Marketing. Matthew has significant experience managing sales and marketing in business-to-business environments. Since joining GeoVantage, Matthew has become an expert in the remote sensing market and has formed relationships with seven of the top ten forestry companies in the United States. Source: Personal Résumé, 09/04.

Aimee Hess was born in Lincoln, Nebraska in 1949. The oldest of nine children, she was raised in Chicago, Illinois and Detroit Michigan. Aimee graduated from Marian High School in Birmingham, Michigan in 1967, with honors. She graduated summa cum laude from Southern Methodist University in 1973 with a B.A. in Economics. She spent a year in graduate studies in economics at SMU, and then attended Southern Methodist University Law School, graduating in 1977. While in law school, she was a law clerk for the Texas Attorney General’s Office and wrote for the Southwestern Law Journal.
     After graduation from law school, Aimee joined the Dallas firm of Besing, Baker and Glast, and became a partner in 1978. In 1981, she began her own firm, Law Offices of Aimee Hess P.C.
     She is currently admitted to practice before the Texas Supreme Court, the U.S. Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals, U.S. District Courts in the Northern, Eastern and Western Districts and U.S. Bankruptcy Courts in the Northern, Eastern and Western Districts.
Aimee concentrates her practice in the areas of real estate and equipment financing (representing both lenders and borrowers), real estate conveyancing (representing both sellers and buyers), real estate and equipment leasing (representing both lessors and lessees), real estate defaults (including work outs and foreclosures), oil and gas law (primarily representing land owners and mineral owners in connection with testing agreements, oil and gas leases and pipeline or access easements), construction law (representing contractors, lenders, and consumers), development law (representing developers from project planning through zoning, construction and lease-up) and representation of rural water and sewer companies (rate-setting; preparation of corporate documents such as tariffs, bylaws and conflicts policies; government loan applications and loan management; and developer and nonstandard service contract negotiations and oversight).
     Aimee and her husband Carl Ward, a petroleum consultant, enjoy sailing, hiking, kayaking, windsurfing and finding homes for abused and orphaned dogs, and parrots, many of which share their home at any given time. Source: Personal Résumé, 06/09.

Calder M. Hibbard is a research fellow at the University of Minnesota, Department of Forest Resources. His research focuses on forest resource policy and economics. He has conducted research in many areas concerning forest resource policy including: property taxation; regulatory programs; federal-state linkages; state boards, councils, and commissions; property rights; indicators of sustainability; public participation; and conflict management. Calder has conducted this research in conjunction with a host of public and private organizations including the USDA-Forest Service, the Minnesota Forest Resources Council, and the Minnesota Department of Revenue. Source: Personal Résumé, 09/03.

Patrick Hiesl is an Associate Professor of Forest Operations at Clemson University. His research is focused on timber harvesting operations and the needs of family forest owners. He is actively engaged in Extension activities and frequently collaborates with family forest owners in South Carolina. He has a Ph.D. in Forest Resources from the University of Maine and has worked with family forest owners across the U.S., Canada, and Europe. Source: Personal Résumé, 8/23.

Craig Hill has served as Chief of the Alabama Forestry Commission’s investigative unit since 2008. He is an advocate of stronger forestry laws to protect landowners and industry. He has authored and co-authored several articles pertaining to timber trespass and timber/equipment theft prevention. He strongly believes all timber trespass is not a civil issue and legislation should be sought to protect landowners. Prior to coming to the AFC he worked 28 years with the Alabama Department of Conservation and Natural Resources and the Gadsden Police Department. He earned a B.S Degree from Faulkner University in Management of Human Resources and an A.S. Degree from Gadsden State Community College in Law Enforcement. Source: Personal Résumé, 03/13.

John Hill is Director of Research for the Alabama Policy Institute in Birmingham, where he has been for the past nine years. Dr. Hill is the author of Environmental Indicators 2002, an examination of environmental trends in Alabama and the United States; Cultural Indicators 2002; From This Day Forward, a survey of attitudes and values shaping marriages in Alabama; Breaking Up is Hard on You, a clinical analysis of divorce effects on parents and children; a revised edition of Video Vice: The Consequences of Legalizing Video Poker in Alabama; and Theft by Consent, an examination of the social and economic results of legalizing an Alabama lottery. In addition to his work at the Policy Institute, John teaches introductory statistics, research methods and quantitative business analysis at Faulkner University’s Birmingham campus.  Source: Personal Résumé, 4/04.

J. Hudson Hines is owner of Hudson Hines Real Estate (real estate brokerage), part owner of Hines, Steele & Steele, Inc. ( timber dealership and forestry services), and part owner of DHH Land Company (land acquisition and development). He as been a member of the Society of American Foresters since 1990. He graduaged from Auburn University in 1990 and Monroe Academy in 1985. He belongs to the National Association of Realtors, the Alabama Association of Realtors, the Monroe County Board of Realtors (current treasurer), has a Forest Masters Bronze designation, and is involved with Master Tree Farmer, Master Wildlifer, Alabama Cattlemen's Association. Hines is owner of J. Hudson Hines Farm and is a lover of the land and private property rights.  Source: Personal Résumé, 1/05.

Andy Hinson, a longtime Maine resident, is the general manager of Sawmill & Woodlot magazine, a national publication intended for small-scale woodlot owners and managers, loggers, and sawyers. Hinson is also the contest coordinator of the Great Portable Sawmill Shootout, an annual contest that bring leading sawmill manufacturers together to determine how the mills perform in a head-to-head contest format. Source: Personal Résumé, 8/01.

James Arthur Hitt is the Alabama Forestry Commission's Landowner Assistance Coordinator. He received a B.S. degree in Forest Engineering from Auburn University in 1982. His work experience includes 10 years in Hardwood Sawmill Management and Procurement in Alabama and Tennessee and 15 years as a County Manager for the Alabama Forestry Commission. The primary responsibility of the Landowner Assistance Coordinator is to administer cost-share programs for forestry practices and provide program information to AFC county personnel to carry out technical service responsibilities. Source: Personal Résumé, 3/09.

Jacob M. Hodnett graduated Auburn University in 2006 with a degree in Agronomy and Soils. Jacob worked with the Alabama Department of Transportation as an Agronomist for almost 4 years, and then went to work with Dow AgroSciences He has been a Sales Representative with them for almost 4 years. Source: Personal Résumé, 11/15.

Ben Hoffman received a BA from the University of Virginia in 1951 and, after four years with McHale's navy, his MF from Yale in '57. After 12 years in government service and 8 with private industry, he taught forest management and timber harvesting at U. Maine and did research in timber harvesting. He earned a PhD from Yale in 1982. In 1990 he retired and spent 11 years in Alaska and British Columbia as a volunteer, teaching forest technology at Covenant Life College. When not teaching, he consulted in forestry and wood products for 9 US, Canadian and Russian church communities. He has written over 150 technical and trade publication articles, most aimed at forest landowners and loggers, plus a business management handbook for loggers. He returned to Maine in 2001 to dabble in consulting, writing and play with model trains. He is retired as a Maine licensed forester, an SAF certified forester and a Vermont land surveyor. Source: Personal Résumé, 10/08.

Lanford Holloway is currently the Founder and C.E.O. of TerraStride Inc., a Columbia, SC based company. TerraStride produces mapping software for the land sales and outdoor recreational markets and has dominant products in both of those verticals. TerraStride’s software has been downloaded over 6 million times and has users in nearly every country in the world.
    Lanford received a BA from Emory University in 2006 with a double major in Political Science and History. He then went on to receive an International MBA from the Darla Moore School of Business at the University of South Carolina in 2013. Lanford has worked in both the public and private sectors on a wide variety of projects, has two issued patents, and has raised millions of dollars in private equity.

Russell Holmes lives in central Mississippi and attended Mississippi State University, where he earned degrees in Landscape Architecture and Landscape Contracting. He is an environmental specialist with New South Access and Environmental Solutions, where he also manages All Terrain Bridge, a subsidiary of New South. Russell is a Certified Natural Resources Professional, and is a member of the National Wild Turkey Federation, Ducks Unlimited, and the Quality Deer Management Association. Source: Personal Résumé, 5/14.

Harrison Hood is a Forest Economist and Research Editor at TimberMart-South. Dr. Hood's expertise includes timber markets and prices, timberland investment, and strategic land management. His experience includes the furniture import and export business, real estate development, and land management. Dr. Hood received a B.A. in Finance from the University of Mississippi as well as a Masters of Forest Resources in Forest Business and a Ph.D. in Forest Economics from the University of Georgia. Source: Personal Résumé, 5/19.

William C. Hopewell is Senior Appraiser with the Alabama Farm Credit Association. Bill was born in Talladega, Alabama and graduated from Talladega High School. He received a BS degree in Agricultural Education from Auburn University in 1978. Bill started his career with Farm Credit in 1980 after two years with Auburn University Cooperative Extension Service. He was a Loan Officer and Branch Manager in Talladega for 20 years. Bill was licensed as General Appraiser by the Alabama Real Estate Appraisers Board in 1994 and has been licensed in Georgia by the Georgia Real Estate Appraisers Board since 2006. He is currently Staff Appraiser, responsible for rural appraisals for the Alabama Farm Credit Association in 26 north Alabama counties. He maintains a sales database of current sales comparables and conducts staff training in five branch offices for loan officers that are approved evaluators for the association. Source: Personal Résumé, 10/10.

Alva J. Hopkins, III is a fourth generation forest landowner from southeast Georgia and has been involved in forestland management all his life. After graduating from Emory University in 1974 and Mercer Law School in 1977, Joe practiced law until 1989 when he closed the practice to manage personal and family timberland full time. Mr. Hopkins has been a member of the Forest Landowners Association (FLA) since 1993, was elected to the FLA Board of Directors in 2005, and began his term as FLA President in 2013. He has served on the Board of Directors of the Georgia Forestry Association since the early 90's, serving as President in 1997. In 1994 Mr. Hopkins founded the Greater Okefenokee Association of Landowners (GOAL), an association dedicated to combating forest fires around the Okefenokee Swamp by coordinating the needs of the local forest landowners with the firefighting and prevention resources in the area. He has also served on the Joint Georgia House and Senate Future of Forestry Study Committee and Georgia Land Conservation Partnership. Source: Personal Résumé, 4/14.

M. Reed Hopper is a Principal Attorney in Pacific Legal Foundation's environmental law practice group. He oversees the Foundation's Endangered Species Act Program that is designed to ensure that species protections are balanced with individual rights, the rule-of-law, and other social values. Mr. Hopper also oversees PLF's Clean Water Act Project that targets illegal federal regulation of wetlands and other waters. Source: Personal Résumé, 6/08.

Steven G. Horwitz is Charles A. Dana Professor of Economics at St. Lawrence University in Canton, NY. He completed his MA and PhD in economics at George Mason University and received his A.B. in economics and philosophy from The University of Michigan. He is the author of two books, Microfoundations and Macroeconomics: An Austrian Perspective (Routledge, 2000) and Monetary Evolution, Free Banking, and Economic Order (Westview, 1992), and he has written extensively on Austrian economics, Hayekian political economy, monetary theory and history, and macroeconomics. In addition to several dozen articles in numerous professional journals, he has also done nationally recognized public policy work on the role of the private sector during Hurricane Katrina for the Mercatus Center, where he is an Affiliated Senior Scholar. The author of numerous op-eds, Horwitz is a frequent guest on TV and radio programs, particularly on the Great Recession and monetary policy. His current research is on the economics and social theory of the family, and he is at work on a book on classical liberalism and the family.
     Horwitz also serves as the book review editor of Review of Austrian Economics, and co-editor of the book series Advances in Austrian Economics. He is a contributing editor at The Freeman, where he has a weekly column at The Freeman Online, and he blogs at "Coordination Problem" and "Bleeding Heart Libertarians." Horwitz is a past recipient of three fellowship research grants from the Earhart Foundation and has been a visiting scholar at the Social Philosophy and Policy Center at Bowling Green State University. He was awarded the Hayek Prize in 2010 by the Fund for the Study of Spontaneous Order for his work on the economics of the family among other contributions. At St. Lawrence, he has been the recipient of the the Frank P. Piskor Lectureship for 1998-99 and the J. Calvin Keene Award in 2003, and served as Associate Dean of the First Year from 2001 to 2007. A member of the Mont Pelerin Society, Horwitz has spoken to professional, student, policymaker, and general audiences throughout the US, Canada, Europe, and South America. Source: Personal Résumé, 3/12.

Allan Houston is a Research Professor in the Department of Forestry, Wildlife and Fisheries at The University of Tennessee and he is Director, Forestry and Wildlife Research and Management at Ames Plantation. Allan was born in Clayton, Georgia in 1952 and raised in the high Appalachian town of Brevard, North Carolina. His old stomping grounds include the north Georgia mountains and the rare air between Brevard and Murphy, NC --this was before the whole place became condos and golf. Allan attended Brevard College, graduating in spring of 1973 with an AA degree. He then attended North Carolina State University, earning a BS degree in Forestry in 1976 and BS Wildlife Biology 1977. He attended N.C. State University earning a MS degree in Forest Management in 1979. In 1979 Allan began work as a Research Assistant at the Tennessee Agricultural Station and Hobart Ames Foundation, and was promoted to Research Associate with completion of the Master's Degree the same year. He achieved a one year's leave of absence from the Tennessee Agricultural Experiment Station in 1986 to pursue a PhD in Ecology at the University of Tennessee. During the year-long period from July 1986 to July 1987 he completed his foreign language requirements, all course-work, prelims and comprehensive exams toward a PhD in ecology. Allan earned a PhD in Forest and Wildlife Ecology in 1991 after completing his research on Beaver Immigration and Reclamation of Beaver-Killed Wetlands. He was promoted to Research Assistant Professor in 1991, Associate Professor in 1998, and Professor in 2004. He is adjunct in the Biology Departments of The University of Memphis and Mississippi State University. Allan manages the Hobart Ames Foundation's forest and wildlife on the 18,430-acre Ames Plantation in southwest Tennessee, including: hardwood and pine management and sales, administration of annual work plans and budgets, crew supervision, wetland issues, animal damage, land transactions, boundary control, road construction and maintenance, fleet and building maintenance and sawmill operation. He also manages a recreational enterprises program, including deer hunting and Quality Deer Management, turkey, squirrel, dove, duck, quail and fishing. He has initiated or co-developed forestry/wildlife research, including: large-scale and intense studies and development of hardwood seed orchards, silvicultural systems to enrich post harvested stands with genetically improved seedlings, and manage ensuing stands with crop tree management techniques; natural resource enterprises, large-scale quality deer management studies, mammalian predation, telemetry studies on quail, hawks and coyote, predator/prey relationships on bobwhite quail, whitetail deer food habits, beaver control, and a multi-disciplinary projects to determine the environmental impacts of converting crop land to short rotation forest systems. He is author or coauthor of 60+ scientific publications in forest and wildlife journals. Allan enjoys writing and writes outdoors columns for the local publications. He has been a member of the Society of American Foresters (SAF) since 1976, was instrumental in forming the west Tennessee Chapter of the KY/TN Section of SAF, served as chair W. TN Chapter several times and Chair of the Kentucky/Tennessee Section in 1997 and 2009, organized and served on the Executive Committee for the '97 National SAF Convention, and is a Fellow in SAF. Allan teaches silviculture to the forestry students in residence at Ames during the Spring (now Fall) Semester, UT Knoxville, Forestry Camp and wildlife techniques to wildlife students, UT Martin and ecological principles to other students from around the country. He is actively engaged in numerous forest education activities for landowners including a week-long Conservation Workshop for Teachers, also a program initiated in 1991 called "Woods Walk - Woods Talk" to teach the teachers about forest ecology. WW-WT exposed over 1,200 teachers and media to forest issues. Allan likes to read, hunt 'n fish, and listen to big tales. He is married to Rebecca Houston, formerly of Washington D.C. They have two children, Brian, Chief Resident at Johns Hopkins, Baltimore, Maryland; and Laura, recently graduated from Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis and teaching at Ohio Valley Voices, a school for deaf children in Cincinnati, Ohio. Allan has three dogs, two goldens and a refugee mutt.  Source: Personal Résumé, 5/11.

David Howse is President and CEO of the Federal Land Bank Association of North Alabama, FLCA. Howse began his career with Farm Credit in 1972 after receiving his B.S. Degree from St. Bernard College in his native Cullman, Alabama. While the majority of his career has focused on the Northern twenty-seven (27) counties of Alabama, he at some point in the last thirty-plus years has worked in every county in the State. This experience has given him a very diverse background to draw from in fulfilling his responsibilities as CEO of the FLBA of North Alabama for the past thirteen (13) years. He is presently a member and director of the Alabama Chapter of the American Society of Farm Managers and Rural Appraisers. Also he serves on the Board of Directors of the Alabama Agribusiness Council and is Secretary of the North Alabama Agriculture Museum and Hall of Fame. Howse’s roots are planted firmly in rural Alabama and he is a believer of how both the forest industry and rural economy benefit the state as a whole.  Source: Personal Résumé, 7/02.

Edward H. “Tony” Hubbard earned, his Juris Doctor from the University of Alabama School of Law, and his Bachelor of Science in Geology from the University of Alabama.
     Tony served as Assistant General Counsel for over fifteen years, and later as Vice President, Secretary and General Counsel for The Westervelt Company, formerly Gulf States Paper Corporation. He managed all litigation, and worked extensively with the company’s real estate development, timberland, environmental, oil and gas and natural resource operations. Prior to his tenure with The Westervelt Company, Tony worked for the Mississippi based law firm of Markow, Walker, Reeves and Anderson preparing drill site title opinions and assisting clients with regulatory and other legal issues related to oil and gas development.
     Tony is admitted to practice in the State of Alabama and is a member of the Tuscaloosa County and Alabama State Bar associations
     Tony is active in the First Presbyterian Church of Tuscaloosa, and serves as Chairman of the Board for the Presbyterian Apartments of Northport, Alabama, a HUD facility that provides housing to over one hundred low income elderly individuals in the community.
     Tony is married to the former Lora Hurst from Chatom, Alabama, and they have one son and two daughters. Source: Personal Résumé, 4/17.

William G. Hubbard is the Southern Regional Extension Forester and is based at the University of Georgia in Athens, Georgia. He facilitates regional education, Extension and technology transfer programs among the 13 southern land-grant universities, the USDA Forest Service, state forestry agencies and others within the southern forestry community. He received his forestry training at the University of Florida and taught forest management and economics there for five years. He also managed the Florida Forest Stewardship and urban forestry Extension efforts while a faculty member at the University of Florida. He has been in his current position for 22 years. Just some of his current projects include The Master Tree Farmer/Master Wildlifer Satellite Video Series and the development of an online regional peer-reviewed Extension publication process. After receiving his B.S. 1985 from The University of Florida, Hubbard received his M.S. from Florida's School of Forest Resources & Conservation in Forest Economics. His thesis was Estimating the Profitability of Returns to Private Forest Landowners Receiving Professional Forestry Assistance in Northeast Florida. Bill received his PhD at the University of Georgia in the area of Adult Education. Source: Personal Résumé, 4/16.

Marianne Hudson performs a variety of conservation education duties as the Alabama Wildlife & Freshwater Fisheries Division’s Conservation Outreach Specialist. One of her duties is to counsel the public on how to avoid conflicts with wildlife and how to handle wildlife in need. She studied Wildlife Biology and Wildlife Management and is particularly interested in encouraging others to take advantage of Alabama's abundant natural resources through hunting and shooting sports She enjoys mentoring new hunters and challenging other outdoorsmen to become mentors themselves. She is highly interested in habitat needs for both game and nongame species and in how Alabama's public lands are managed for wildlife conservation. Source: Personal Résumé, 8/21.

Stephen J. Hudson is a native of Fayette, Alabama. He received a Bachelor of Science and Masters of Science degree in Forestry from Auburn University. He was employed as an assistant field work forester for the School of Forestry and Wildlife Sciences throughout his undergraduate career at Auburn, and as a research assistant for The Longleaf Alliance for approximately three years. He is currently the managing editor for a cooperative effort between the Alabama Forestry Commission, Alabama Forestry Association, and the School of Forestry and Wildlife Sciences at Auburn University in developing a reference guide to forest management for landowners in Alabama to serve as a companion to the Alabama Wildlife Federation book entitled Managing Wildlife on Private Lands in Alabama and the Southeast. Source: Personal Résumé, 6/04.

Dr. H. Glenn Hughes is primarily responsible for private landowner education in southeast Mississippi. This involves working with Extension Agents, local county forestry associations, and others to conduct educational programs of interest to private landowners. He also works with youth, teachers, and the general public about forestry issues in Mississippi, and recently completed a two-year effort targeting small landowners in Arkansas, Louisiana, Mississippi, and Tennessee. Source: Personal Résumé, 3/04.

William C. Humphries, Jr., is president of Forest Resource Consultants, Inc., based in Macon, Georgia. He most recently served two years as president of the Association of Consulting Foresters of America and serves on the board of directors of Forest Landowners Association. Billy and his family are long time Georgia forest landowners and has always had a keen interest in the impact of government activity on private forestry and free enterprise. Source: Personal Résumé, 3/04.

David J. Hunnicutt is the Director of Legal Affairs for Oregonians In Action, a non-profit corporation dedicated to preserving the rights of private property owners. Dave received a Bachelor of Science degree from the University of Oregon in 1988, and a Juris Doctorate from the Northwestern School of Law, Lewis & Clark College in 1992. During the legislative session, Dave lobbies for Oregonians In Action. At the end of the 1999 session, thirteen OIA bills were enacted into law. Dave has been a member of the Oregon State Bar since 1992. Dave has appeared and argued before LUBA, the Oregon Court of Appeals, the Oregon Supreme Court, and in district and circuit courts throughout the state. He has also appeared as a speaker at numerous planning and legal seminars. Prior to joining Oregonians In Action, Dave was a partner with Hunnicutt & Hunnicutt in St. Helens. A native Oregonian, Dave is married and has three children. Source: Personal Résumé, 1/01.

Jim Hyland is the Chief of the Forest Health Section of the Alabama Forestry Commission. He is currently responsible for the Forest Health Monitoring Project and the Southern Pine Beetle Project. He is responsible for the use of GPS technology in SPB detection. He has spoken Statewide at landowner meetings and has written numerous articles on SPB control and Prevention. Source: Personal Résumé, 5/02.

Lou Hyman is Fire Support Officer for the Alabama Forestry Commission. Prior to his present position Lou has held the titles of Chief, Forest Resource Planning Section; Chief, Forest Management Section; Chief, Information and Education Section; Chief, Forest Marketing; Tax Specialist and Forest Economics Specialist. Lou was employed as a tax consultant with Sizemore and Sizemore, a consulting forestry company, before joining the staff of the Alabama Forestry Commission. He holds a Masters Degree from Duke University in Forest Economics. Source: Alabama Forestry Commission, 1/01.

Craig D. Idso is the founder and former President of the Center for the Study of Carbon Dioxide and Global Change and currently serves as Chairman of the Center's board of directors. Dr. Idso received his B.S. in Geography from Arizona State University, his M.S. in Agronomy from the University of Nebraska - Lincoln, and his Ph.D. in Geography from Arizona State University, where he studied as one of a small group of University Graduate Scholars.
     Dr. Idso has been involved in the global warming debate for many years and has published peer-reviewed scientific articles on issues related to data quality, the growing season, the seasonal cycle of atmospheric CO2, world food supplies, coral reefs, and urban CO2 concentrations, the latter of which he investigated via a National Science Foundation grant as a faculty researcher in the Office of Climatology at Arizona State University. Since 1998, he has been the editor and a chief contributor to the online magazine CO2 Science.
     Dr Idso is the author of several books, the most recent of which, The Many Benefits of Atmospheric CO2 Enrichment, details 55 ways in which the modern rise in atmospheric CO2 is benefiting earth's biosphere. Dr. Idso has also produced three video documentaries, Carbon Dioxide and the Climate Crisis: Reality or Illusion?, Carbon Dioxide and the Climate Crisis: Avoiding Plant and Animal Extinctions, and Carbon Dioxide and the Climate Crisis: Doing the Right Thing, and he has lectured in Meteorology at Arizona State University and in Physical Geography at Mesa and Chandler-Gilbert Community Colleges.
     Dr. Idso is a member of the American Association for the Advancement of Science, American Geophysical Union, American Meteorological Society, Association of American Geographers, Ecological Society of America, and The Honor Society of Phi Kappa Phi. He also serves as co-editor of the Nongovernmental International Panel on Climate Change (NIPCC) and he is the former Director of Environmental Science at Peabody Energy in St. Louis, Missouri. Source: http://www.co2science.org/about/chairman.php, 5/13.

Ahmad Ijaz is Director of Economic Forecasting at the Center for Business and Economic Research, University of Alabama. Ahmad has over twenty-five years of experience in economic analysis and forecasting, economic impact studies, research related to national and regional economic issues, and industry analyses. His professional interests include: applied macroeconomics, economic analysis and forecasting, financial instruments and markets, international trade and currency markets. Ahmad holds an undergraduate degree in Finance and a graduate degree in Economics. Source: Personal Résumé, 4/12.

Jon R. Ingram graduated from Auburn University with a BS degree in forest management. Jon began his career as a field forester for Resource Management Service. After two and a half years, he worked for seven years as a hardwood procurement forester for Buchanan Lumber  in Birmingham. Since 1988, Jon has been a consulting forester based in Thorsby, Alabama, specializing in managing private landowner timber. Jon is a registered forester in Alabama and Mississippi and a real estate broker with Cypress Partners. He has been active as a Boy Scout and leader for 49 years. Source: Personal Résumé, 3/15.

Jason Irving has a degree in Chemical Engineering, and has been working in the Forest Products industry for the past ten years.  He has been with Forestweb since it's inception in 1999, and has played a key role in the development of the company and its line of industry intelligence products. Jason's current role in Forestweb is the leadership of the sales team. Source: Personal Résumé, 2/04.

Dr. Kris Irwin  is a Senior Public Service faculty member at the University of Georgia’s Daniel B. Warnell School of Forestry & Natural Resources. Dr. Irwin has been at the Warnell School since 1996, and will assume the role of Associate Dean for Outreach on July 1, 2019. Kris has a diversity of experience teaching and leading education outreach programs, and has served as an instructor for the Forestry for Non-Foresters short course since 2004. In addition to his outreach responsibilities, he also teaches undergraduate and graduate courses. In 2004, Dr. Irwin published Science of Forestry Management, which serves as the primary technical reference for the National Agricultural Education (FFA) Forestry Competition. He is co-founder of the Advanced Training for Environmental Education in Georgia (ATEEG) Program, which is the first accredited state environmental education certification program in the nation. . Source: Personal Résumé, 6/19.

Chris Isaacson joined the Alabama Forestry Association in 2006 as the Executive Vice-President responsible for all operations of the Association as well as all AFA-affiliate organizations including the Alabama Forestry Foundation. Early in his career, Chris worked for MacMillan Bloedel, Inc. in a variety of positions including land management, wood procurement, corporate planning and corrugated container plant management. He then joined the faculty of the School of Forestry and Wildlife Sciences at Auburn University and, most recently, Chris was a partner in a wood supply company with harvesting, woodyard, and sawmill operations in Alabama and Georgia.
      Chris currently serves on the Board of Directors for the Alabama Forest Products Industry Workmen’s Compensation Fund, Alabama Forests Forever Foundation, National Alliance of Forest Owners, Alabama FFA Foundation and the Alabama Forest Resources Center. He has also served as a member of the Woodlands Committee of the American Forest Foundation and the Auburn University School of Forestry and Wildlife Sciences Advisory Council.
     Chris earned a Bachelor of Science degree in wildlife management and a Master of Science degree in forest ecology from Auburn University and has completed an advanced education program at the Darden School of Business at the University of Virginia. He currently holds designations as a Registered Forester and Certified Wildlife Biologist. Source: www.alaforestry.org/?page=ChrisIsaacsonBio 4/18

Michelle A. Isenberg owns and operates Habitat Solutions LLC in Alabama. She has over 25 years of experience in the forestry herbicide business. Her company primarily executes turnkey application work for both aerial and ground applications. Prior to establishing Habitat Solutions, Michelle was a Managing Partner, working from Alabama, of a private company based in Mississippi. She spent over a decade working for American Cyanamid/BASF building her herbicide knowledge and business acumen. Michelle received her B.S. in Fisheries and Wildlife from the University of Missouri in 1995. Michelle is the past president (2017 & 2018), (2007 & 2008) of the Alabama Invasive Plant Council (ALIPC). She was one of the founding board members of ALIPC in 2003. In 2007, Michelle joined the Advisory Council to the School of Forestry and Wildlife Sciences at Auburn University, where she was chairman (2017 & 2018).

Robert L. Izlar was founding Director of the University of Georgia Harley Langdale, Jr. Center for Forest Business from 1998 until he retired in 2022. He also has 24 years of operational forestry experience in the forest industry. He is the Chair of the Board of Directors for the Forest History Society for 2021-2023 Bob is a retired United States Army Colonel with 36 years' service. He is a forestry consultant in Georgia. Source: Personal Résumé, 1/22.

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