Member Directory

The membership of the Western Forestry Leadership Coalition is comprised of state and territorial forester members of the Council of Western State Foresters (CWSF), as well as representation from the USDA Forest Service.

WFLC members include:

  • 23 CWSF members
    • 17 Western State Foresters
    • 6 foresters from U.S.-Affiliated Pacific Islands
       
  • 10 individuals from the Western Forest Service leadership
    • 7 Regional Foresters
    • 2 Station Directors
    • 1 Forest Products Laboratory Director 

The western State, Private, and Tribal Forestry Directors also participate in WFLC meetings and conversations and are listed here for reference. 

Council of Western State Foresters

Alaska

Jeremy Douse

Alaska Division of Forestry & Fire Protection
State Forester and Director

3700 Airport Way
Fairbanks, AK 99709
Phone: 907-451-2670
Email: jeremy.douse@alaska.gov
Website: http://forestry.alaska.gov/

Arizona

Tom Torres

Arizona Department of Forestry & Fire Management
State Forester

1110 West Washington Street, Suite 100
Phoenix, AZ 85007
Phone: 602-771-1400
Fax: 602-771-1421
Email: ttorres@dffm.az.gov
Website: https://forestryandfire.az.gov/

California

Joe Tyler

California Department of Forestry & Fire Protection
Director

PO Box 944246
1416 9th Street
Sacramento, CA 94244-2460 
Phone: 916-653-5123
Email: joe.tyler@fire.ca.gov
Website: www.fire.ca.gov 

Colorado

Matt McCombs

Colorado State Forest Service
State Forester and Director

Colorado State University
5060 Campus Box Delivery, Building #1050
Fort Collins, CO 80523-5060
Phone: 970-491-6303
Fax: 970-491-7736
Email: matthew.mccombs@colostate.edu
Website: csfs.colostate.edu

Hawai‘i

David Smith

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: https://dlnr.hawaii.gov/dofaw/

Idaho

Julia Lauch

Idaho Department of Lands
State Forester

300 N. 6th Street, Suite 103
Boise, ID 83702
Phone: (208) 334-0274
Email: jlauch@idl.idaho.gov
Website: www.idl.idaho.gov/forestry

Kansas

Jason Hartman

Kansas Forest Service
State Forester

2610 Claflin Road
Manhattan, KS 66502
Phone: 785-532-3309
Email: hartmanj@ksu.edu
Website: www.kansasforests.org 
 

Montana

Shawn Thomas

Montana Department of Natural Resources and Conservation
Forestry and Trust Lands Division Administrator/State Forester

2705 Spurgin Road
Missoula, MT 59804
Phone: 406-542-4300
Fax: 406-542-4217
Email: sthomas@mt.gov
Website: https://dnrc.mt.gov/forestry/

Nebraska

John Erixson

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

Nevada

Kacey KC

Nevada Division of Forestry
State Forester and Fire Warden

2478 Fairview Drive
Carson City, NV 89701
Phone: 775-684-2501
Fax: 775-684-2570
Email: kaceykc@forestry.nv.gov
Website: forestry.nv.gov

New Mexico

Laura McCarthy

New Mexico State Forestry
State Forester

1220 South St. Francis Drive
Santa Fe, NM 87505
Phone: 505-490-2954
Email: Laura.McCarthy@emnrd.nm.gov 
Website: http://www.emnrd.state.nm.us/SFD/

North Dakota

Tom Claeys

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

Oregon

Kate Skinner

Oregon Department of Forestry
Acting State Forester

2600 State Street
Salem, OR 97310
Phone: 503-354-4065
Email: kate.j.skinner@odf.oregon.gov
Website: www.oregon.gov/ODF

South Dakota

Marcus Warnke

South Dakota Department of Agriculture & Natural Resources
Resource Conservation & Forestry Division
State Forester

3305 West South Street
Rapid City, SD 57702
Phone: 605-394-2663
Fax: 605-394-2549
Email: Marcus.Warnke@state.sd.us
Website: https://danr.sd.gov/

Utah

Jamie Barnes

Division of Forestry, Fire and State Lands

Department of Natural Resources
State Forester and Director

1594 W. North Temple, Suite 3520
Salt Lake City, UT 84114-5703
Phone: 801-538-5418
Email: jamiebarnes@utah.gov
Website: www.ffsl.utah.gov 

Washington

George Geissler

Washington Department of Natural Resources
State Forester | Deputy Supervisor Wildfire and Forest Health

1111 Washington St SE
MS 47001
Olympia, WA 98504
Phone: 360-902-1684
Email: george.geissler@dnr.wa.gov
Website: https://www.dnr.wa.gov/

Wyoming

Kelly Norris

Wyoming State Forestry Division
State Forester

5500 Bishop Boulevard
Cheyenne, WY 82002
Phone: 307-777-5662
Fax: 307-777-5986
Email: Kelly.Norris@wyo.gov
Website: wsfd.wyo.gov

Territory of American Samoa

Denis Sene Jr.

American Samoa Community College- Agriculture, Community and Natural Resources Division- Forestry Program
Territorial Forester

PO Box 5319 ASCC / AHNR
Pago Pago, American Samoa 96799
Phone: 684-699-1575 ext. 249
Fax: 011-684-699-5011
Email: d.sene@amsamoa.edu

Republic of Palau

Kiyara-Mae Eluil Swanson

Bureau of Environment - Division of Forest, Land, and Water Management
State Forester

P.O. Box 460
Koror, PW 96940
Phone: (680) 544-5804
Email: eswanson488@gmail.com (cc: palaudflw@gmail.com)

Federated States of Micronesia

Marlyter Silbanuz

Agriculture and Forestry Unit FSM
Program Manager

PO Box PS-12
Palikir Pohnpei, FSM 96941
Phone: 011-691-320-5133
Fax: 691-320-5854
Email: msilbanuz@rd.gov.fm
Website: https://rd.gov.fm/agriculture

Territory of Guam

Christine Fejeran

Guam Department of Agriculture- Forestry and Soil Resources Division
State Forester

163 Dairy Road
Mangilao, Guam 96923
Email: Christine.Fejeran@doag.guam.gov 
Website: https://doag.guam.gov/forestry/

Commonwealth of Northern Mariana Islands

Jack Ogumoro

Commonwealth of Northern Mariana Islands Forestry
Department of Lands and Natural Resources
Director, Division of Agriculture 

PO Box 10007
Saipan, MP 96950
Phone: 670-322-9834
Email: jtogumoro@gmail.com
Website: https://dlnr.cnmi.gov/cnmi-forestry.html

Republic of the Marshall Islands

Randon Jack

Ministry of Natural Resources & Commerce - Division of Agriculture & Forestry
Chief of Forestry

Coconut Street (PO Box 1727)
Majuro, MH 96960
Phone: (692) 625-3206 
Email: randonj18@gmail.com

USDA Forest Service Western Leadership

Northern Region

Kristin Bail

USDA Forest Service Northern Region
Acting Regional Forester

26 Fort Missoula Road
Missoula, MT 59804
Phone: 406-329-3315
Fax: 406-329-3411
Email: kristin.bail@usda.gov
Website: https://www.fs.usda.gov/r1

Rocky Mountain Region

Troy Heithecker

USDA Forest Service Rocky Mountain Region
Regional Forester

1617 Cole Blvd. Building 17
Lakewood, CO 80401
Email: troy.heithecker@usda.gov
Website: www.fs.usda.gov/r2

Southwestern Region

Michiko Martin

USDA Forest Service Southwestern Region
Regional Forester

333 Broadway SE
Albuquerque, NM 87102
Phone: 505-842-3292
Fax: 505-842-3110
Email: michiko.martin@usda.gov
Website: www.fs.usda.gov/r3

Intermountain Region

Mary Farnsworth

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

Pacific Southwest Region

Jason Kuiken

USDA Forest Service Pacific Southwest Region
Acting Regional Forester

1323 Club Drive
Vallejo, CA 94592
Phone: 707-562-9000
Fax: 707-562-9091
Email: Jason.kuiken@usda.gov
Website: www.fs.usda.gov/r5

Pacific Northwest Region

Jacque Buchanan

USDA Forest Service Pacific Northwest Region
Regional Forester

1220 SW Third Ave
Portland, OR 97204-3440
Phone: 575-644-9678
Email: jacqueline.buchanan@usda.gov
Website: www.fs.usda.gov/r6

Alaska Region

Chad VanOrmer

USDA Forest Service Alaska Region
Regional Forester

709 West 9th Street
Juneau, AK 99802-1628
Phone: 907-586-8806
Email: chad.vanormer@usda.gov
Website: www.fs.usda.gov/r10

Pacific Northwest Research Station

Valerie Hipkins

USDA Forest Service Pacific Northwest Research Station
​Station Director

1220 S.W. Third Ave. Suite 1400
Portland, OR 97204
Email: valerie.hipkins@usda.gov
Website: www.fs.usda.gov/pnw/

Pacific Southwest Research Station

Valerie Hipkins

USDA Forest Service Pacific Southwest Research Station
Acting Station Director

1731 Research Park Dr.
Davis, CA 95618
Email: valerie.hipkins@usda.gov
Website: https://www.fs.usda.gov/research/psw

Rocky Mountain Research Station

Richard Barhydt

USDA Forest Service Rocky Mountain Research Station
Station Director

240 West Prospect Avenue
Fort Collins, CO 80526
Email: richard.barhydt@usda.gov
Website: www.fs.usda.gov/rmrs/

Forest Products Laboratory

Dr. Cynthia West

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: https://www.fpl.fs.usda.gov/

USDA Forest Service SPTF Directors

Northern and Intermountain Region

Danny McBride

USDA Forest Service Northern and Intermountain Region
Director of State, Private, and Tribal Forestry

324 25th Street
Ogden, UT 84401
Phone: 801-625-5253
Email: daniel.mcbride@usda.gov
Website: www.fs.usda.gov/r1, www.fs.usda.gov/r4

Rocky Mountain Region

Kevin Khung

USDA Forest Service Rocky Mountain Region
Director, State and Private Forestry and Tribal Relations

1617 Cole Blvd. Bldg 17 
Lakewood, CO 80401
Email: kevin.khung@usda.gov
Website: https://www.fs.usda.gov/r2

Southwestern Region

Alicia San Gil

USDA Forest Service Southwestern Region
Director, State, Private and Tribal Forestry

333 Broadway Blvd SE
Albuquerque, NM 87102
Phone: 505-235-9233
Email: alicia.sangil@usda.gov
Website: https://www.fs.usda.gov/r3

Pacific Southwest Region

Sherry Hazelhurst

USDA Forest Service Pacific Southwest Region
Director, State & Private Forestry

1323 Club Drive
Vallejo, CA 94592
Phone: 707-562-8920
Email: sherry.hazelhurst@usda.gov
Website: https://www.fs.usda.gov/r5

Alaska Region and Pacific Northwest Region

Chad Davis

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