[ODF_Private_Forests] Three new directors join OFRI board

[WEEKS Kevin]

Forwarding on behalf of the Oregon Forest Resources Institute...

Oregon Forest Resources Institute
News Release

Feb. 2, 2009
Contact:  Dave Kvamme, OFRI - 971-673-2948

Three new directors join OFRI board

The Oregon state forester has appointed three new directors to the board of the Oregon Forest Resources Institute to fill vacancies as terms expired. The three new directors' terms began Jan. 1 and expire in three years.

The new directors are R. Wade Mosby of Lake Oswego, Steven J. Zika of Portland, and Bill Kluting of Monmouth. They were appointed by State Forester Marvin Brown.

OFRI was created by the Oregon Legislature in 1991 to improve public understanding of the state's forest resources and to encourage environmentally sound forest management.

Bill Kluting is the legislative affairs representative for the Carpenters Industrial Council. Before joining the CIC, he worked as an electrician for 37 years at the Willamette Industries mill in Dallas until the mill closed in 2000. He has been a member of the CIC for 46 years and is a member of the governor-appointed Federal Forest Advisory Committee. The CIC includes locals and district councils across the United States. The majority of the union's members are employed in the forest products industry.

As an OFRI director, Kluting represents forest industry employees.

Wade Mosby is a senior vice president with the Collins Companies, a forest products company headquartered in Portland. A native of Sweet Home, Mosby has worked in the Oregon forest sector for more than 35 years. He joined the Collins Companies in 1990. He is a founding member of the Forest Stewardship Council, an international third-party forest certification system. He is a co-founder and director emeritus of Forest Trends and founding director emeritus of the Oregon Natural Step Network. He serves on the boards of Mull Drilling Co., Sustainable Northwest, American Forest Resources Council, Keep Oregon Green, the Biomass Power Association, the Oregon Business Association and the Composite Panel Association.

In his OFRI director position, Mosby represents Class 1 producers, defined as those paying a harvest tax on 20 million board feet per year or less.

Steve Zika is the chief executive officer of Hampton Affiliates, a family-owned forest products company based in Portland with mills and timberland in the Pacific Northwest and British Columbia. His career spans 30 years in public accounting and private industry, the most recent 13 years in executive positions with Hampton Affiliates. He currently serves on the boards of the Western Wood Products Association, American Forest Resources Council, Council of Forest Industries and Associated Oregon Industries.

Zika's board position represents Class 3 producers, those companies paying a harvest tax on 100 million board feet per year or more.

In addition to the three new appointees, OFRI's board includes eight other members appointed by the State Forester. Additionally, two ex officio members include the dean of the Oregon State University College of Forestry and a public member appointed jointly by the president of the Oregon Senate and the speaker of the Oregon House of Representatives.

Oregon law stipulates that nine board members represent each of three producer classes. The classes are categorized by timber harvest volume into small, medium and large producers. The other two forester-appointed members include one member representing small woodland owners and one representative of forest industry employees.

OFRI is funded by a dedicated harvest tax on forest products producers and does not receive monies from the state's general fund.

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