Organizations Filed Purposes:
TO DEVELOP AND DISSEMINATE INFORMATION RELATIVE TO THE INTERNATIONAL WOOD PRODUCTS INDUSTRY.
THE ASSOCIATION HOLDS AN ANNUAL CONVENTION WHICH IS THE INDUSTRY'S LARGEST GATHERING DEDICATED TO THE ADVANCEMENT AND GROWTH OF THE INTERNATIONAL WOOD PRODUCTS INDUSTRY. THE CONVENTION PROVIDES AN OPPORTUNITY FOR ASSOCIATION MEMBERS AND OTHER INDUSTRY PROFESSIONALS TO ATTEND EDUCATIONAL SESSIONS FOCUSING ON RECENT DEVELOPMENTS IMPACTING THE INDUSTRY AS WELL AS BUSINESS AND FINANCIAL TOPICS. THE EDUCATIONAL SESSIONS WERE LED BY EXPERTS FROM GOVERNMENT, ECONOMICS AND FINANCIAL PROFESSIONALS, AS WELL AS INDIVIDUALS FROM WITHIN THE INTERNATIONAL WOOD PRODUCTS INDUSTRY. THIS YEAR 77 INDIVIDUALS ATTENDED A VIRTUAL CONVENTION AND PARTICIPATED IN EDUCATIONAL SESSIONS HELD OVER AN ONLINE PLATFORM.
THE ASSOCIATION IS ALSO HEAVILY INVOLVED IN COMMUNICATION OF INDUSTRY NEWS, LEGAL UPDATES, AND MEMBER INFORMATION. THE ASSOCIATION HAS A DIRECTORY OF ALL MEMBERS POSTED ON ITS WEBSITE WITH THE INTENT TO FOSTER NETWORKING AND BUSINESS GROWTH WITHIN THE INDUSTRY THROUGH MEMBER CONNECTION. THE ASSOCIATION PRODUCES A YEARLY PUBLICATION, INTERNATIONAL WOOD MAGAZINE, THAT INCLUDES ARTICLES RELEVANT TO THE CURRENT LANDSCAPE OF THE INDUSTRY AND PROVIDES OTHER USEFUL TIPS AND INFORMATION TO HELP EXPAND ITS MEMBERS' BUSINESSES. THE ASSOCIATION WILL ALSO PUBLISH NEWSLETTERS AND ARTICLES THROUGHOUT THE YEAR TO KEEP ITS MEMBERS ABREAST OF THE LATEST NEWS AND GOVERNMENTAL UPDATES RELEVANT TO THE INDUSTRY.
THE CURE PROGRAM: CURE WAS ESTABLISHED FOR THE PURPOSE OF MAKING AN INDUSTRY STATEMENT WHICH MAKES A COMMITMENT TO SUPPORT WORLD FOREST CONSERVATION AND REFORESTATION. ITS NUMBER ONE PRIORITY HAS BEEN TO ENSURE THAT POLICY MAKERS AND CUSTOMERS WITHIN THE INDUSTRY UNDERSTAND THE POSITIVE ROLE COMMERCIAL FORESTRY HAS IN HELPING TO PRESERVE THE FUTURE OF THE WORLD'S FORESTS. FUNDS FROM THE CURE PROGRAM ARE OFTEN SPENT ON EDUCATION ABOUT INTERNATIONAL WOOD PRODUCTION AND TROPICAL REFORESTATION AND TO SUPPORT THE MARKET FOR GLOBALLY SOURCED WOOD PRODUCTS FROM SUSTAINABLY MANAGED FORESTS. THIS PROGRAM HAS NOT ONLY CHANGED PERSPECTIVES ABOUT REFORESTATION IN THE INTERNATIONAL ENVIRONMENTAL COMMUNITIES BUT HAS ALSO SERVED AS A SOURCE OF BENEFIT AND PRIDE FOR THE ASSOCIATION AND INDUSTRY AS A WHOLE.
Executives Listed on Filing
Total Salary includes financial earnings, benefits, and all related organization earnings listed on tax filing
| Name | Title | Hours Per Week | Total Salary |
|---|
| Cindy Squires | EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR | 40 | $228,513 |
| Stewart Sexton | DIRECTOR | 2 | $0 |
| Sam Robinson | DIRECTOR | 2 | $0 |
| Paul Platts | DIRECTOR | 2 | $0 |
| Cindy Newman | DIRECTOR | 2 | $0 |
| Colin Miller | DIRECTOR | 2 | $0 |
| Jordan Mcilvain | DIRECTOR | 2 | $0 |
| Paul Gosnell | DIRECTOR | 2 | $0 |
| Alan Futscher | DIRECTOR | 2 | $0 |
| Craig Forester | DIRECTOR | 2 | $0 |
| Shawn Dougherty | DIRECTOR | 2 | $0 |
| Bryan Courtney | DIRECTOR | 2 | $0 |
| Chris Connelly | DIRECTOR | 2 | $0 |
| Elizabeth Baldwin | DIRECTOR | 2 | $0 |
| Joann Gillebaard Keller | DIRECTOR | 2 | $0 |
| Caroline Mcilvain | PAST PRESIDENT | 2 | $0 |
| Michael Schultz | SECRETARY/TREASURER | 2 | $0 |
| Hugh Reitz | VICE PRESIDENT | 2 | $0 |
| Kenny Macmaster | PRESIDENT | 2 | $0 |
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