American Wood Council elects new members of its board of directors

The American Wood Council (AWC) elected Roseburg Forest Products CEO Allyn Ford as the AWC chairman for a one-year term, effective in January 2018.

Danny White, a director of T.R. Miller Mill Company, was elected the first vice-chairman, and Neil Sherman, executive vice president of siding at LP Corporation, was elected as second vice-chairman. Current AWC board chairman, Stimson Lumber CEO Andrew Miller, will serve as the immediate past chairman.

Sean McLaren, vice president of U.S. lumber operations for West Fraser, was confirmed as a new member to the AWC board.

The full AWC board of directors includes:

• Chairman –  Allyn Ford, Roseburg Forest Products;

• First Vice-Chairman – Danny White, T.R. Miller Mill Company;

• Second Vice-Chairman – Neil Sherman, LP Corporation;

• Immediate Past Chairman – Andrew Miller, Stimson Lumber;

• and, Adrian Blocker, Weyerhaeuser Company; Furman Brodie, Charles Ingram Lumber Co.; Tom Corrick, Boise Cascade; Eric Cremers, Potlatch Corporation; Mike Dawson, Norbord, Inc.; George Emmerson, Sierra Pacific; Michael Giroux, Canadian Wood Council; Jim Rabe, Masonite; Fred Stimpson, Canfor Southern Pine; Marc Brinkmeyer, Idaho Forest Group; Fritz Mason, Georgia Pacific; and Joe Patton, Westervelt.