Dr. John Innes (Past Chair)
University of British Columbia
Dr. Innes is FRBC Chair of Forest Management and Director International Programmes in the Faculty of Forestry at the University of British Columbia. He is responsible for teaching courses on sustainable forest management and international forestry. Prior to coming to British Columbia, he held positions in the United Kingdom and Switzerland, and he brings an international perspective to the Board.

Ms. Chris Hollstedt, Chief Executive Officer
FORREX
Ms. Hollstedt is the CEO of the Partnership. Her contributions to the Board include providing the link between corporate policy and implementation, and providing secretariat functions. She brings 20 years of experience in natural resource management, research and extension with forest industry, government and research organizations.

Mr. Gerry Fraser
International Forest Products Limited
Mr. Fraser is a Professional Forester and currently Manager of Sustainable Forestry for Interfor. He has 20 years forestry experience including silviculture, research, operational planning, land-use planning, and sustainable forest management certification. Over the years, he has served on several local and provincial advisory boards and committees. He holds a Bachelor of Science in Forestry degree from the University of New Brunswick and a Masters of Pest Management degree from Simon Fraser University.

Mr. John Mann
Forest Engineering Research Institute of Canada

Mr. Philip Burton
Canadian Forest Service, Natural Resources Canada

Ms. Jeanette Armstrong
En'owkin Centre

Mr. Jeremy Boyd
Shuswap Nation Tribal Council

Mr. Scott Dionne
Canadian Association of Petroleum Producers

Mr. Dan Jepsen
Association for Mineral Exploration BC

Mr. Steve Lorimer
TimberWest Forest Corp.

Mr. Archie MacDonald
Council of Forest Industries

Ms. Annette van Niejenhuis, Treasurer
Western Forest Products Inc.
Ms. van Niejenhuis is the Tree Improvement and Research Coordinator for Western Forest Products. Her post-graduate studies in genecology, her experience and knowledge of genetics and silviculture research, and her liaison with industrial foresters, provincial policy makers, and the forest research community add to the depth of the FORREX Board.

Dr. David Wilford, Chair
BC Ministry of Forests and Range
David Wilford has been Research Forest Hydrologist with the MOFR Prince Rupert Forest Region since 1975. He has been a member of many local and provincial technical advisory committees and was a founding director of the Forestry Continuing Studies Network. His extension activities include regular presentations at local and provincial conferences, and delivery of forest hydrology workshops around the province.

Mr. Bill Woodward, Vice-Chair
Sustainable Forest Management Network

Dr. Roderick Negrave, Secretary
BC Ministry of Forests and Range

Mr. Leo Stillas
Ulkatcho

Mr. Chris Ortner
Cirque Resource Associates Ltd.
Mr. Ortner has unique cross-cultural business experience, appropriate to developing and maintaining relationships between multiple parties.

Mr. Randy Trerise
Pope & Talbot Ltd.
Mr. Trerise is a Registered Professional Forester and currently is the Forest Practices Manager for Pope & Talbot Ltd. Mr. Trerise has over 20 years of forestry experience in development planning, silviculture, sustainable forestry practices, forest management auditing and certification systems. He is a graduate of UBC and the Silviculture Institute of BC and has experience as a board member with a number of forestry related organizations.

Mr. Rodger Stewart
BC Ministry of Environment

Mr. Grant Parnell
Ministry of Agriculture and Lands