67th Annual - Olympic Logging Conference

RUSSELL E. TAYLOR, RPF, MBA

President
International WOOD MARKETS Group Inc., Vancouver, BC Canada

Mr. Taylor conducts timber and wood products market analysis and business assessment/investment projects for numerous global industry clients and across North America. As a global wood products consultant, Mr. Taylor travels extensively throughout the world and conducts investigations, research and analysis to provide industry and market intelligence and outlooks to companies throughout North America and in many dynamic global regions, including Russia, China, Asia, and throughout the Southern Hemisphere and Europe. To further assist its clients, WOOD MARKETS has maintained an office in China since 2005 and publishes monthly and bi-annual reports on key topics and log and lumber outlooks related to China.

Mr. Taylor has published over 300 articles and reports and had conducted over 200 presentations and leads International WOOD MARKETS Group in its various strategic market intelligence reports and forecasts for the wood products industry, including WOOD Markets Monthly International Report. WOOD MARKETS publishes an annual five-year outlook on the North American wood products industry and markets (WOOD MARKETS 2012) and releases a bi-annual Global Timber, Sawmill & Lumber Cost Benchmarking Report covering 29 countries or regions.

Mr. Taylor has a forestry degree (BScF) and an MBA from the University of B.C. (Vancouver) and is also a registered professional forester (RPF).

WOOD MARKETS is hosting its second Global Softwood Log & Lumber Conference on May 9, 2012 at the Hyatt Regency Hotel, Vancouver, BC. For more information, visit our website www.woodmarkets.com.

INTERNATIONAL WOOD MARKETS GROUP
Ste. 603 – 55 E. Cordova Street
Vancouver, B.C. Canada V6A 0A5
Tel: (604) 801-5996
Fax: (604) 801-5997
E-Mail: retaylor@woodmarkets.com
Website: www.woodmarkets.com

TOM LEEDS

Pacific Lumber & Shipping, LLC

Tom Leeds serves as President of Pacific Lumber & Shipping of Port Blakely Companies. Mr. Leeds joined Pacific Lumber and Shipping in 1991 as the Sales Manager for lumber exports to Italy, Spain, and Greece. He served in several leadership capacities for the organization including Chief Operating Officer. He has spent over twenty years in the forest products industry with a focus on developing new markets for logs, lumber and panel products. Before joining PLS, he spent ... four years marketing lumber to the Middle East and Australia for Brazier Forest Industries. Prior to entering the forestry products industry, he served as a Program Engineer for the United States Department of Energy in Richland, Washington. His areas of responsibility included the chemical reprocessing operations located at the Hanford Site. Mr. Leeds holds a Bachelor of Science degree in Chemical Engineering and a Master of Business Administration degree with concentrations in Finance and Marketing from the University of Washington.

Pacific Lumber & Shipping, LLC
Phone: 206-682-7262
Fax: 206-622-1072
Mobile: 206-910-5054

ADRIAN MILLER

Manager of Policy and Sustainability
Longview Timber, Corp.

Adrian Miller is the Manager of Policy and Sustainability for Longview Timber, Corp. In that position he is responsible for government relations and Longview Timber’s Sustainable Forestry Initiative program. Prior to Longview Timber, Adrian worked for four years as the Director of Forest Management with the Washington Forest Protection Association focusing on regulatory issues including water quality and climate change issues. Prior to WFPA, Adrian worked for seven years as a forester for the Pacific Lumber Company in Northern California. Adrian has a Bachelors Degree in Forestry from Humboldt State University and a Masters Degree in Forestry from the University of Missouri. Adrian is a member of both the Society of American Foresters and the California Licensed Foresters Association and is a graduate of the Washington AgForestry Leadership Program.

Longview Timber, Corp.
P.O. Box 667 10 International Way Longview, Washington 98632 Phone: 360-442-4304
Mobile: 360-430-7547
E-Mail: awmiller@longviewtimber.com