Four Council Members and 29 Fellows Also Elected

Marvin D. Brown of Salem, Oregon, has been elected vice-president of the Society of American Foresters for 2005. After serving SAF as vice-president in 2005, Brown will assume the SAF presidency--the organization's top volunteer leadership post--on January 1, 2006.

"An effective Society of American Foresters can serve the needs of practicing foresters, as well as the needs of society at large, in a multitude of ways," says Brown, state forester for the state of Oregon. "Ive identified two specific areas of focus that need to be addressed. One of those, effective communications, is a challenge that has faced our profession since day one. The other, globalization, is a more recent issue, but one that becomes more embedded each day in the problems that we try to solve in our respective responsibilities."

Brown's previous work experience includes service as director of private lands management with the American Forest and Paper Association in Washington, DC, (2002-03) and director of forest policy with Willamette Industries / Weyerhaeuser Corporation in Ft. Mill, South Carolina, (1999-2002.) Brown was the state forester of Missouri from 1992-99. He holds an MS in forestry from Southern Illinois University and a BS in forestry from the University of Missouri.

The 2004 SAF elections also resulted in the election of four new representatives on the SAF Council, the organizations 14-member governing body. The newly elected representatives include Rick N. Barnes, CF, of Roseburg, Oregon, who will represent Voting District 2 (Oregon); Bernard S. Hubbard, CF, of Newberry, Michigan, will represent Voting District 5 (Iowa, Michigan, Minnesota, and Wisconsin); Frederick W. Cubbage of Raleigh, North Carolina, will represent Voting District 8 (Virginia, North Carolina, and South Carolina); and Robert A. Daniels of Mississippi State, Mississippi, will represent Voting District 11 (Louisiana, Mississippi, and Texas.)

Twenty-nine SAF members were also elected SAF Fellow. Fellows are SAF professional members who have been identified by their peers as having rendered outstanding service to forestry and the Society. The 2004 Fellows will be announced after they have been notified.

The Society of American Foresters is a nonprofit organization that represents more than 17,000 professional foresters and natural resource professionals. It is the scientific and educational association representing the profession of forestry in the United States. The Society's primary objective is to advance the science, technology, education, and practice of professional forestry for the benefit of society.