National Lumber & Building Material Dealers Association during its recent industry summit in Savannah, Ga., installed new chairman Chuck Bankston, Bankston Lumber, Barnesville, S.C., succeeding
Cally Coleman Fromme, Zarsky Lumber Co., Victoria, Tx. Other new officers include chairelect Chris Yenrick, Smith-Phillips Building Supply, Winston-Salem, N.C.; 1st vice chair J.D. Saunders, Economy Lumber, Campbell, Ca.; 2nd vice chair Scott Yates, Denver Lumber, Denver, Co.; treasurer Linda Nussbaum, Kleet Lumber Co., Huntington, N.Y.; manufacturers & services council chair Roger Dankel, Simpson Strong-Tie, McKinney, Tx., and federated association executives chair Paula Siewert, Northwestern Lumber Association, Minneapolis, Mn.
American Wood Council elected Fritz Mason, Georgia Pacific, as its new chairman during the association’s annual meeting in Chicago, Il. Other new officers are 1st vicechairman Rob Taylor, Weyerhaeuser; 2nd vice-chair George Emmerson, Sierra Pacific, and immediate past chairman Brian Luoma, Louisiana Pacific. Newly elected board members are Danny White, T.R. Miller Mill; Tom Corrick, Boise Cascade; Aubra Anthony, Anthony Forest Products; Ray Dillon, Deltic Timber; Michael Giroux, Canadian Wood Council; Pat Patranella, Temple-Inland; Andrew Miller, Stimson Lumber; Jim Rabe, Masonite; Marc Brinkmeyer, Idaho Forest Group, and Joe Patton, Westervelt Co.
WESTERN RED CEDAR Lumber Association hosted a business presentation during the recent Traders Market in Chicago, Il. [1] Jack Draper, Cees de Jager, Jeff Derby. [2] Gary Arthur, James O’Grady, Janet Wheeler. [3]
Michael Mitten, Tom LeVere. [4] Raymond Luther, Bruce Tays. [5] Otis Beveridge, Reed Brunson. [6] Warren Reeves, Scott Lindsay, Harry Lund, Jerry Bolt. [7] Dave Bolgren, Paul Boehmer, Larry Petree. [8] Ryan Furtado,
Brad Morrow. [9] Philippe Caissy, Charles Tardif. [10] Doug Clitheroe, Bill Griffith. [11] Mike Lermer, Garth Williams. [12] Chris Musselman, Shane Harsch, Robert Sandve, Kyle Jones. [13] Dorothy & Patrick Sinclair.
ASSOCIATION Update Retail Lumber Dealers Association of Maine honored David Flanagan, Viking Lumber, Belfast, Me., as Lumber Person of the Year.
Mid-America Lumbermens Association will host a series of winter meetings: Jan. 10-11 in Columbia, Mo.; Jan. 24-25, Atchison, Ks., and Feb. 7-8, Little Rock, Ar.
WESTERN RED CEDAR Photos by BPD
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