Board of Directors

The White Oak Initiative is composed of white oak dependent or interested industries, trade associations, conservation organizations, agencies, universities and nonprofits working to ensure the long-term sustainability of America's white oak, and contributing to the conservation of white oak and white oak-dominated forests.

*Denotes members of the White Oak Initiative executive committee.

Candace Dinwiddie Executive Director Tennessee Forestry Association Nashville, TN — Candace Dinwiddie
Executive Director
Tennessee Forestry Association
Nashville, TN

*Barbara Hurt Executive Director, Dendrifund Louisville, KY — *Barbara Hurt
Executive Director, Dendrifund
Louisville, KY

Alex Finkral
Eastwood Forests Chapel Hill, NC

Martin Lowenfish Team Leader, Conservation Initiatives Team NRCS Washington, DC — Martin Lowenfish
Team Leader, Conservation Initiatives Team
NRCS
Washington, DC

Tom Martin President & CEO American Forest Foundation Washington, DC — *Will Martin Executive Vice President of External Relations American Forest Foundation Canada

Rick Price Director Global Environment, Health and Safety Beam Suntory Clermont, KY — Kyle Day
Senior Manager of Forest & Field Sustainability
Beam Suntory
Clermont, KY

Alex Richman Chief Operating Officer Cumberland Springs Land Company Lynchburg, TN — Alex Richman
Chief Operating Officer
Cumberland Springs Land Company
Lynchburg, TN

*Elizabeth Wise Senior Vice President Government Affairs Sazerac Company Washington, DC — *Elizabeth Wise
Senior Vice President Government Affairs
Sazerac Company Washington, DC

Kay Reed Director of Coop. Forestry Region 8, State & Private Forestry US Forest Service Atlanta, GA — Kay Reed
Director of Coop. Forestry Region 8, State & Private Forestry
US Forest Service
Atlanta, GA

Bob Bauer Executive Director Kentucky Forest Industries Association Frankfort, KY — Bob Bauer
Executive Director
Kentucky Forest Industries Association
Frankfort, KY

Rob Farrell State Forester Virginia Department of Forestry Charlottesville, VA — *Rob Farrell
State Forester
Virginia Department of Forestry Charlottesville, VA

Justine Gartner State Forester Missouri Department of Conservation Jefferson City, MO — Justine Gartner State Forester of Missouri Department of Conservation
Jefferson City, MO

Tom Inman President, Appalachian Hardwood Manufacturers, Inc., High Point, NC — Tom Inman President, Appalachian Hardwood Manufacturers, Inc., High Point, NC

Caroline Kuebler Forest Stewardship Program Manager Region 9, State & Private Forestry US Forest Service Milwaukee, WI — Susan Ellsworth Director for Forest Health and Forest Markets Director for Cooperative Forestry (Acting)
US Forest Service
Milwaukee, WI

Doug Little
Director of Conservation Operations (East)
National Wild Turkey Federation
Edgefield, SC

Garret Nowell
Director of Log Procurement Independent Stave Company
Columbia, MO

Greg Roshkowski VP General Manager Brown-Forman Louisville, KY — Greg Roshkowski
VP General Manager Brown-Forman
Louisville, KY

*Jeff Stringer Professor and Chair Department of Forestry and Natural Resources University of Kentucky Lexington, KY — *Jeff Stringer
Professor and Chair Department of Forestry and Natural Resources
University of Kentucky
Lexington, KY

Thank you to past Board of Director members:

Lisa Allen — Missouri Department of Conservation

Dave Apsley — The Ohio State University

Alex Alvarez — Dendrifund and Brown-Forman

Mark Buccowich — USFS Region 8, State & Private Forestry

Valerie Craig* — American Forest Foundation

Paul DeLong — American Forest Foundation

Clint Evans — Independent Stave Company

Renee Hornsby — National Hardwood Lumber Association

Kevin Hudson — Westrock

Dwight Jensen — Columbia Forest Products

Caroline Kuebler — US Forest Service

Rick Oates — Alabama Forestry Commission

Rick Price — Beam Suntory

Eric Sprague — American Forests

Chris Will — Central Kentucky Forest Management