American Forest Foundation | Governing Boards

Governing Committees
AFF’s Board of Trustees Clint Bentz (Chair) Certified Public Accountant, CMA Boldt, Carlisle & Smith, LLC Connie Best (Vice Chair) Managing Director The Pacific Forest Trust Kenneth Stewart (Treasurer) Commissioner Georgia Department of Economic Development Shorna Broussard Allred, Ph.D. Associate Professor Department of Natural Resources Cornell University James (Mike) M. Branson SVP, Timberlands Weyerhaeuser Company Judy Braus VP of Education and Centers National Audubon Society John W. Burke III McGuire Woods LLP		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 Colin Moseley (Immediate Past Chair) Chairman Green Diamond Resource Company Steven (Steve) P. Quarles Crowell & Moring LLP 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 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 Judy Braus Vice President of Education National Audubon Society Washington, D.C. Lisa Deaton PLT State Coordinator Virginia 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 Mike Irvin Principal Oil City Elementary Magnet School Louisiana 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 Joe Arington & Cathy Lorang Tree Farm Representatives, North Central Earl & Wanda Barrs 2009 National Outstanding Tree Farmers John W. Burke, III Chair Robert & Jean Cooper 2008 National Outstanding Tree Farmers Rick Fletcher Extension Representative Gary Johnson Tree Farm Representative, West		Kevin King Co-Sponsor Representative Joe Lawson Industry Representative Gordy Mouw Industry Representative Jo & Kathy Pierce 2007 National Outstanding Tree Farmers John Seifert State Forester Representative John Spearman Tree Farm Representative, South