American Forest Foundation | Governing Boards

Governing Committees
AFF’s Board of Trustees Shorna Broussard Allred, Ph.D. Associate Professor Department of Natural Resources Cornell University Clint Bentz Certified Public Accountant, CMA Boldt, Carlisle & Smith, LLC Connie Best Managing Director Pacific Forest Trust James (Mike) M. Branson SVP, Timberlands Weyerhaeuser Judy Braus VP of Education and Centers National Audubon Society John W. Burke III McGuire Woods LLP George H. Fenwick President American Bird Conservancy Frank Gallagher, Ph.D. Administrator New Jersey Dept of Parks and Forestry		David Gray EVP Mill & Timber Products Ltd. Emlyn Koster, Ph.D. President & CEO Liberty Science Center Chuck Leavell Musician John A. Luke, Jr. Chairman & CEO MeadWestvaco Corporation Colin Moseley Chairman Green Diamond Resource Company Steven (Steve) P. Quarles Crowell & Moring LLP Kenneth Stewart Sara Vickerman Senior Director, Biodiversity Partnerships Defenders of Wildlife

Center for Conservation Solutions Connie Best Managing Director Pacific Forest Trust Robert Bonnie Director of Conservation Incentives Environmental Defense Judd Brooke Family forest owner, Mississippi George Fenwick President American Bird Conservancy Buddy Huffaker Executive Director Aldo Leopold Foundation		Dr. David Kittredge Associate Professor/Extension Forester Department of Natural Resources Conservation University of Massachusetts Steve Koehn Director/ State Forester MD Department of Natural Resources Julie Moore Biologist US Fish & Wildlife Service/Endangered Species Dr. Oswald Schmitz Associate Dean for Academic Affairs School of Forestry & Environmental Studies Yale University

Center for Environmental Learning James Barresi State Forester New Jersey Forest Service New Jersey Gary Boyd Manager of Conservation Partnerships International Paper Tennessee Judy Braus Vice President of Education National Audubon Society Washington, D.C. Dr. Frank Gallagher Committee Co-Chair Administrator, Office of the Director New Jersey Division of Parks and Forests New Jersey Michelle Harvey Project Manager, Corporate Partnerships Environmental Defense Arkansas Pat Maloney PLT State Coordinator Maine Rafael Salgado Executive Director Cal-Wood Education Center Colorado		Dr. Safiya Samman Director, Conservation Education U.S.D.A. Forest Service Washington, D.C. Dr. Bora Simmons National Project for Excellence in EE University of Oregon Oregon Jim Stark Committee Co-Chair Director of Environmental Education Weyerhaeuser Company Oregon Mary Tisdale Division Chief, Environmental Education and Volunteers U.S. Bureau of Land Management Washington, DC Dr. Patti Vathis Environment, Ecology, and Science Curriculum Advisor Pennsylvania Department of Education Pennsylvania Dr. Brenda Weiser Director of Environmental Education Environmental Institute of Houston Texas Rick Zenn Education Director World Forestry Center Oregon

Center for Family Forestry Bruce Alt Co-sponsor Representative Joseph & Patricia Benzing Tree Farmer Representatives, Northeast John W. Burke, III Chair Robert & Jean Cooper 2008 National Outstanding Tree Farmers of the Year Rick Fletcher Extension Representative Jerry Grossman Consulting Forester Representative Gary Johnson Western Tree Farm Representative Kevin King Co-Sponsor Representative		Bob & Margaret Kintigh 2006 National Outstanding Tree Farmers of the Year Joe Lawson Industry Representative Richard Lewis Logger Representative Phillip Livingston Tree Farm Leadership Representative Steve McWilliams Co-Sponsor Representative Gordy Mouw Industry Representative Jo & Kathy Pierce 2007 National Outstanding Tree Farmers John Seifert State Forester Representative John Spearman Southern Tree Farm Representative