Committees

Communities Committee

Charlie Spies (chair)
CEI Capital Management

Peggy Daigle
East Millinocket

Michael Elliot
Eastern Maine Development Center

Andy Hamilton
Eaton Peabody

Deborah Johnson
Maine DECD

Mike Wilson
Northern Forest Center

Chris Winstead
Eastern Maine Community College

Emerging Technologies & Market Attraction Committee

James Beaupre (co-chair)
University of Maine

Charlotte Mace (co-chair)
Maine DECD

Rosaire Pelletier (co-chair)
Maine DECD

Dan Berger
MITC

Sarah Boggess
ReEnergy

John Cashwell
BBC Land

Mike Cassata
Biofine

Donna Cassese
Sappi North America

Dan Christensen
Global Leadership Perspective

Peter DelGreco
Maine & Co

Claire Eaton
DACF

Bob Hirsch
Global Leadership Perspective

Connor Horton
The Nature Conservancy

Wade Merritt
Maine International Trade Center

George Motta
Global Leadership Perspective

Tina St. Jarre
SAPPI North America

Shane O’Neill
University of Maine

Hemant Pendse
University of Maine

Jim Robbins
Robbins Lumber

Pat Strauch
Maine Forest Products Council

Mary Grace Schley
Maine DECD

Steve Schley
Retired, Pingree Associates

Steve Shaler
University of Maine

Ben Sturtevant
DECD

Jake Ward
University of Maine

Brian Whitney
Maine Technology Institute

Workforce Committee

Ryan Bushey (chair)
LP Corp

Dan Belyea
Maine Community College

Jason Brochu
Pleasant River Lumber

Donald Burr
Professional Logging Contractors of Maine

Jay Capron
ND Paper

Monique Claverie
St. Croix Tissue

Douglas Cyr
JD Irving

Scott Dionne
Aroostook Partnership

Dana Doran
Professional Logging Contractors of the Northeast

Tim Doyle
MMTA

Joseph Haney
State of Maine

Helena Ives
Maine TREE

Logan Johnson
Maine TREE

Jessica Leahy
University of Maine

Dwight A. Littlefield
State Director for CTE

Nancy Lovell
Hardwood Products Company LLC

Justin Merrill
Merrill Logging

Cynthia Murphy
CEI

Jim Nicols
Nicols Brothers Logging

Shane O’Neill
University of Maine

Chris Quint
DOL, State Workforce Boards

Mike Roughton
MAME

Korah Soll
Rural Aspirations

Brian Souers
Treeline

Joanne Tinker
Puritan

Dale Wibberly
SAPPI

Small Woodland Owner Committee

Hannah Carter
UMaine Cooperative Extension

Patty Cormier
Maine Forest Service

Tom Doak
Maine Woodland Owners

Dave Harvey
ND Paper

Bill Haslam
American Forest Management

Logan Johnson
Maine TREE

Paul Larrivee
Consulting Forester

Ken Laustsen
Local Wood Works

Jessica Leahy
University of Maine

Dan Schmidt
Natural Resources Conservation Service Maine

Andy Schultz
Tree Farm

Terry Walters
Robbins Lumber

Nate Webb
Maine Department of Inland Fisheries and Wildlife

Ted Wright
Trust to Conserve Northeast Forestlands/Master Logger

Transportation Committee

Scott Beal
Woodland Pulp/St. Croix Tissue

Chris Brochu
Pleasant River Lumber

John Bryant
American Forest Management

Chris Caldwell
CMQ Railroad

Tom Doak
Maine Woodland Owners

Dana Doran
Professional Logging Contractors of the Northeast

Benjamin W. Dow
Weyerhaeuser

Tim Doyle
MMTA

Steve Follette
Woodland Pul p/St. Croix Tissue

Chris Gardner
Port of Eastport

Dave Harvey
ND Paper

Anthony Hourihan
Irving Woodlands LLC

Susan Lessard
Town of Bucksport

Scott Madden
Madden Timberlands

Nate Moulton
Maine Dept. of Transportation

Jim Nelligan
Ports of Searsport and Portland

Marty Rooney
Merrill Logging

Steve Schley
Pingree Associates

Pat Sirois
Maine Sustainable Forestry Initiative

Brian Souers
Treeline, Inc.

Pat Strauch
Maine Forest Products Council

Bob Thomas
CMQ Railroad

Steve Whitcomb
HO Bouchard

Richard Wing
Richard Wing and Son Logging

Wood Supply Analysis Committee

Peter Triandafillou (co-chair)
Huber Resources

Aaron Weiskittel (co-chair)
University of Maine

Tom Doak
Maine Woodland Owners

Dave Harvey
Nine Dragons

Ken Laustsen
Maine Forest Service

Ian Prior
Seven Islands Land Company

Pat Strauch
Maine Forest Products Council

Communications Committee

Jim Robbins (chair)
Robbins Lumber

John Bryant

John Cashwell
BBC Land

Donna Cassese
Sappi

Peggy Daigle
East Millinocket

Dana Doran
Professional Logging Contractors of Maine

Chris Fife
Weyerhaeuser

Steve Schley
FOR/Maine

Kathy Shannon
Maine Development Foundation

Charlie Spies
CEI Capital Management

Pat Strauch
Maine Forest Products Council

Don Tardie
Evergreen Forest Service, LLC