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New American Wood Council (AWC) Coalition Launched January 12010-01-26
 

The organizing members of the American Wood Council (AWC) approved the launch of their new coalition to provide an organizational structure for wood products companies and associations to work together to advance industry interests on building codes and standards, green building policy issues, and federal and state environmental regulations affecting manufacturers. The Coalition officially began on January 1, 2010.

“We are eager to get to work on behalf of the expanded AWC membership,” said AWC’s Robert Glowinski. “The new Coalition will ensure that wood products manufacturers have a broadly-supported, unified, and powerful voice at the table so that we can secure a strong future for the wood products industry in the face of an onslaught of upcoming challenges.”

AWC members elected new Officers of the Council, who will provide day-to-day operating guidance and strategic direction for the Oversight Board. The Board, comprised of all Coalition members, will have ultimate authority for the governance and management of the Coalition’s direction and finances.

Elected as Officers of the Council:

Chairman: Marc Brinkmeyer, Idaho Forest Group;
First Vice Chairman: Joe Patton, The Westervelt Company;
Second Vice Chairman: Brian Luoma, Louisiana-Pacific Corporation;
Immediate Past Chairman: Ray Tennison, Simpson Investment Company;
Lumber: Adrian Blocker, West Fraser, Inc.;
Structural Panels: Fritz Mason, Georgia-Pacific LLC;
Engineered Wood Products: Rob Taylor, Weyerhaeuser Company;
Other Products: Andrew Miller, Stimson Lumber Company; and
Canadian Wood Council: Diana Blenkhorn, Maritime Lumber Bureau.

The Coalition began forming in August and already has 47 supporting members representing 58 percent of U.S. lumber production, 71 percent of structural panel production, 62 percent of engineered wood products, and strong representation from all Canadian wood products.

For more information, visit www.awc.org/americanwoodcouncil/.

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