SFI GOVERNANCE & SOUND DECISION-MAKING

SFI Inc. is governed by the 18-member SFI Board of Directors. Governance of SFI is structured purposefully to ensure equal voting power to environmental, social, and economic sectors.

SFI Board members include executive-level representatives of conservation organizations, academic institutions, educators, public officials, Black Americans, as well as those representing worker rights, Indigenous Peoples’ rights, forest owners, managers, and the forest products sector. The board’s diversity which is continuously evolving results in more resilient decision-making and helps us better deliver on our vision of a world that values and benefits from sustainably managed forests.

The SFI Board sets SFI’s strategic direction and is responsible for overseeing SFI’s work in standards, conservation, community, and education. The Board is composed of leaders that represent environmental, social, and economic interests. The SFI Board approves the SFI Standards following a multi-layered, robust, and transparent process of standards development, technical review, and consultation involving 1000s of points of input.

With this intentional mix of voices our governance is inclusive, diverse, transparent, and accountable.

ENVIRONMENTAL SECTOR

Board members representing the environmental sector, which includes non-profit environmental or conservation organizations:

Terry Baker

TERRY BAKER
CEO
Society of American Foresters
Washington, DC

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Dr. Tracy Farrell

DR. TRACY FARRELL
CEO, IUCN-US
Director, IUCN North America Office

International Union for Conservation of Nature
Washington, DC

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Catherine Grenier

CATHERINE GRENIER
President and CEO
Nature Conservancy Canada
Ontario

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Dan Lambe

DAN LAMBE
Chief Executive
Arbor Day Foundation
Nebraska

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Michael Nadler

MICHAEL NADLER
CEO
Ducks Unlimited Canada
Manitoba

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Michael Parr

MICHAEL PARR
President
American Bird Conservancy
Washington, D.C.

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ECONOMIC SECTOR

Board members representing the economic sector, which includes the forest, paper and wood products industry or other for-profit forest ownership or management entities:

Michael P. Doss

MICHAEL P. DOSS (Chair)
President and CEO
Graphic Packaging International Inc.
Georgia

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Brent Keefer

BRENT KEEFER
(SECRETARY-TREASURER)
Chief Executive Officer
American Forest Management, Inc.
North Carolina

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George Emmerson

GEORGE EMMERSON
Chairman
Sierra Pacific Industries
California

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Jim Irving

JIM IRVING
Co-CEO
JD Irving Ltd.
New Brunswick

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Don Kayne

DON KAYNE
CEO
Canfor Corporation and Canfor Pulp
British Columbia

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SOCIAL SECTOR

Board members representing the social sector, which includes community or social interest groups like universities, labor, family forest owners or government agencies:

Patricia Layton

PATRICIA LAYTON (Vice-Chair)
Director
Wood Utilization + Design Institute, Clemson University
South Carolina

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Ebonie Alexander

EBONIE ALEXANDER
Executive Director
Black Family Land Trust, Inc.
Virginia

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Jeff Bromley

JEFF BROMLEY
Chair
USW Wood Council
British Columbia

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Ashley Hoffman

ASHLEY HOFFMAN
Executive Director
Kentucky Association for Environmental Education
Kentucky

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Lennard Joe

LENNARD JOE
Chief Executive Officer
BC First Nations Forestry Council
British Columbia

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Ex Officio Liaison
Ellen Shultzabarger

ELLEN SHULTZABARGER
Associate Deputy Chief
USDA Forest Service
Pennsylvania

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