| Board of Forestry Members |
 |
|
 |
| John Blackwell |
|
John Blackwell is a self-employed investor who resides in Portland. Blackwell served as the Chairman of the Oregon Parks and Recreation Commission from 1998-2006. He has also served as a board member, chairman of the Executive Board, and President and Chief Executive of the World Forestry Center. As chair of the Oregon Board of Forestry, Blackwell endeavors to bring "disparate interests together" to build upon commonly held conservation values needed for long-term sustainable forest management. He is currently Honorary General Consul for Malaysia in Oregon and also president of Cycle Oregon. Blackwell holds a bachelor's degree in forest management and did graduate study in forest entomology at Washington State University.
First term expires: 12/31/2012
Contact Information:
4708 SW Fairview Blvd.
Portland, OR 97221
Phone: 503-243-4472
|
| Sybil Ackerman |
|
Sybil Ackerman, of Portland, has been active in Oregon environmental causes since the 1990s. Ackerman is currently executive director of the Portland-based Lazar Foundation, which funds projects to protect the environment throughout the Pacific Northwest. Prior to her employment with the Lazar Foundation, she was legislative affairs director for the Oregon League of Conservation Voters. Her credentials also include positions with the National Wildlife Federation, Sierra Club, and Audubon Society of Portland. Ackerman has served on several forest-related advisory committees, including the Forestry Program for Oregon Revision Committee, State Forests Advisory Committee, and State Forests Habitat Conservation Committee. She currently serves on Governor Kulongoski’s Nearshore and Environmental Justice task forces. She holds a bachelor's degree in environmental studies from Scripps College, a master's in environmental management from Yale, and a degree in environmental law from Lewis and Clark Law School.
First term expires: 06/30/2014
Contact Information:
2914 NE 8th Avenue
Portland, OR 97312
Phone: 503-419-8454
|
| Cindy Deacon Williams |
|
Cindy Deacon Williams is a consulting fisheries biologist, with 30 years of service in state and federal government and in the non-profit world. Cindy has worked in the California Legislature as chief of staff to Assemblyman Robert J. Campbell; and for the USDA Forest Service as Assistant Fisheries Program Leader and co-leader of the Interior Columbia Basin EIS Team. She has served as Director of Aquatic Science and Conservation Education Programs for the National Center for Conservation Science and Policy. She currently works in private practice as a natural resources consultant. She is a Nevada native and holds a bachelor’s degree from Oregon State University and a master’s degree from California State University in Sacramento, both in biological sciences.
First term expires: 02/29/2016
Contact Information:
4393 Pioneer Rd.
Medford, OR 97501
Phone: 541-601-4737
|
| Nils Christoffersen |
|
Nils Christoffersen currently serves as Executive Director of the non-profit Wallowa Resources, based in Enterprise. Nils has been with Wallowa Resources since 1999, and has been executive director since 2007. Before coming to northeast Oregon, Nils worked as Executive Director of Africa Resources Trust USA in Washington DC; as Regional Program Coordinator in Southern Africa for the World Conservation Union; and as International Program Officer for the Agricultural University of Norway. He has served on and chaired the Governor’s Eastside Forest Advisory Panel, the National Commission on Science for Sustainable Forestry, and currently chairs the Enterprise School Board. Nils is a native of northern Virginia and holds a bachelor’s degree in economics from Williams College in Massachusetts, and a master’s degree in forestry and land use from Oxford University in Oxford, England.
First term expires: 02/29/2016
Contact Information:
401 NE 1st St., Ste A
Enterprise, OR 97828
PH: 541-426-8053
|
| Tom Insko |
|
Tom Insko is Region Manager for Boise’s Inland region, which includes eight manufacturing facilities and approximately 925 employees. He is a native of eastern Oregon growing up on the family farm 35 miles north of La Grande. He has worked for Boise Cascade for 16 years with the majority of his responsibilities focused on operations management. He’s worked as analyst; plant superintendent at Boise’s Elgin stud mill; production manager for the overall Elgin Complex; senior financing manager at the corporate offices; and as manager of Boise’s Washington Region. Tom has served on the Eastern Oregon University Foundation since 2006, and is currently its Vice President. Tom is a graduate of Eastern Oregon University where he received degrees in mathematics and business economics, and he holds a Masters of Business Administration from the College of William and Mary in Williamsburg, Virginia.
First term expires: 02/29/2016
Contact Information:
1917 Jackson Ave.
La Grande, OR 97850
Phone: 541-962-2001
|
| Gary Springer |
|
Gary Springer is a staff forester with Starker Forests, Inc. of Corvallis and also handles policy and public outreach duties for the family-owned company. In addition, he owns and manages the 80-acre Chinquapin Point tree farm in Harlan. From the 1970s through the 1990s, he was a partner in Springer Logging, his family’s contract logging business. Springer has served on a variety of forestry-related boards and committees, including the Forest Practices Advisory Committee and the Committee for Family Forestlands. He currently serves on the Oregon Small Woodlands Association and Oregon Society of American Foresters executive committees, and on research advisory committees at the Oregon State University (OSU) College of Forestry. He was a member of the Oregon Forest Resources Institute board until his nomination to the Board of Forestry. Springer holds a bachelor's degree in general humanities from OSU.
First term expires: 04/30/2014
Contact Information:
Starker Forests, Inc.
7240 S.W. Philomath Blvd
PO Box 809
Corvallis, OR 97339-0809
Phone: 541-929-2477
|
| Steve Wilson |
|
Steve Wilson retired in 2012 as an Assistant Directing Business Representative with the International Association of Machinists and Aerospace Workers. He spent 27 years as a full-time representative for several thousand workers employed in the wood products industry. From 1980-85, he worked for International Paper Company. As a Trustee on the National Timber-Labor Management Committee, he has dealt with diverse issues surrounding national and state forest management. He was elected mayor of Reedsport in 1992. Steve served as a police officer in California from 1974-1980. He graduated from College of the Siskiyous in California, where he majored in Administration of Justice.
First term expires: 12/31/2012
Contact Information:
2600 State St.
Salem, OR 97310
Phone: 971-400-0517
|
|
|
|
