WFLC Executive Board
WFLC Executive Board
The Western Forestry Leadership Coalition (WFLC) operates under the leadership of an Executive Board, which represents the views and interests of the WFLC members and provides a direct link between WFLC members and staff.
Executive Board meetings are held quarterly either in person or via conference call to make decisions, set strategic direction, and discuss concerns and opportunities.
The Executive Board is made up of eight WFLC members, including the four person Council of Western State Foresters Executive Committee, two USDA Forest Service Regional Foresters, one Forest Service State & Private Forestry Director, and one western Forest Service Research Station Director.
Council of Western State Foresters

Chair
Kansas Forest Service
State Forester
2610 Claflin Road
Manhattan, KS 66502
Phone: 785-532-3309
Email: hartmanj@ksu.edu
Website: www.kansasforests.org

Incoming Chair
Hawai‘i Dept. of Land and Natural Resources
Forestry and Wildlife Administrator
1151 Punchbowl Street, Room 325
Honolulu, HI 96813
Phone: 808-587-0166
Fax: 808-587-0160
Email: david.g.smith@hawaii.gov
Website: www.dofaw.net

Treasurer
Nebraska Forest Service
Director
102E Forestry Hall
Lincoln, NE 68583-0815
Phone: 402-472-6601
Fax: 402-472-2964
Email: jerixson2@unl.edu
Website: www.nfs.unl.edu

Past Chair
North Dakota Forest Service
State Forester
916 E Interstate Ave, Ste #4
Bismarck, ND 58503-1227
Phone: 701-328-9945
Fax: 701-328-9947
Email: thomas.claeys@ndsu.edu
Website: www.ndsu.edu/ndfs

Ex-officio member
Executive Director
Council of Western State Foresters/Western Forestry Leadership Coalition
2255 Sheridan Blvd, Suite C-327
Edgewater, CO 80214
Phone: 303-835-9911
Email: dokst@westernforesters.org
USDA Forest Service

Co-Lead
USDA Forest Service Rocky Mountain Region
Regional Forester
1617 Cole Blvd. Building 17
Lakewood, CO 80401
Phone: 303-275-5350
Email: frank.beum@usda.gov
Website: www.fs.usda.gov/r2

Incoming Co-Lead
USDA Forest Service Intermountain Region
Regional Forester
324 25th Street
Ogden, UT 84401
Phone: 801-625-5605
Fax: 801-625-5359
Email: mary.farnsworth@usda.gov
Website: www.fs.usda.gov/r4

Research Lead
USDA Forest Service Forest Products Laboratory
Director, Forest Products Laboratory and Northern Research Station
1 Gifford Pinchot Drive
Madison, WI 53726
Phone: 608-231-9320
Email: Cynthia.west@usda.gov
Website: www.fpl.fs.fed.us/

State & Private Forestry Lead
USDA Forest Service Alaska & Pacific Northwest Region
Director, State & Private Forestry
1220 SW 3rd Avenue
Portland, OR 97204
Phone: 503-602-2130
Email: chad.davis2@usda.gov
Website: https://www.fs.usda.gov/r10,
https://www.fs.usda.gov/r6