Mario worked as both a Fellow and as a Program Manager at WFI. In 2009 he founded Angel Business & Consulting LLC to provide consulting services for the forest product and renewable energy industries. Mario assists companies doing business in both Latin America and North America to make informed decisions based upon research, analysis and recommendations. He works on many projects related to lumber, plywood & veneer, OSB, MDF and particleboard production and sales as well as projects related to bioenergy and wood fiber supply & demand. He is a regular writer for Lignum, the most important magazine for the Chilean forest industry. During his years at WFI he spoke at conferences in Brazil, Mexico, and the U.S.

After spending a couple of years traveling around the world selling wood products, Alex recently spent 12 months working in the forest (logging, selling and buying timber). Alex is currently the Operation Director for Battistella Ind. e Com. Ltda in Rio Negrhinho, Brazil. During his Fellowship in 1994-1995, Alexandre authored the "Brazil Country Report" and participated in a Weyerhaeuser training program.

Luke is working for a small but growing environment management company called Habitat. Habitat concentrates on flora and fauna conservation related to development applications in the booming area of Brisbane to Gold Coast, Queensland, but also ecological and environment management plans and bushfire. Luke has also recently been offered a PhD scholarship at Griffith University. The topic is related to social science, and men's health. Luke would interview Australia's elite athletes about their mental management, high expectations and participation in sport.

Marco Bernal completed a one-year fellowship in 2000-2001 involving the Monarch butterfly reserves in Mexico. He is still consulting in Mexico on projects involving the Monarchs.

Mariane works for CAXUANA S/A in Minas Gerais, Brazil. She is working to establish a new microclonal garden for Eucalyptus and Pine, in order to conduct tree improvement research. CAXUANA S/A manages plantations, and exports wood products worldwide. During her Fellowship in 2007-2008, Mariane conducted a trade study on Brazilian moulding and millwork.

Yen-Chang has recently been promoted to Chief of Fu-Shan Research Center, an internationally reknowned research forest under the Taiwan Forestry Research Institute (TFRI) in Taiwan.

Katie is developing plans, policies and procedures relating to bush fire management. In particular bush fire risk management plans, prescribed burning plans and procedures, pre-incident plans. Katie completed her Fellowship in 1999.

Igor is a Senior Research Scientist at the Siberian Branch of the Russian Academy of Sciences at the V.N. Sukachev Institute of Forest. Igor works in forest biometrics, forest inventory and remote sensing. During his Fellowship in 2001, Igor co-authered a manuscript on Forest Policy in Siberia, titled: “Siberian Expectations: An Overview of Regional Forest Policy and Sustainable Forest Management, which can be downloaded from WFI's Special Reports page.

Dr. Gustavo Daniluk is a Professor at the University of Republic (Universidad de la Republica) in Montevideo, where he teaches harvesting and forest certification. Additionally, Gustavo works for SGS Qualifor as an FSC forest auditor in Uruguay, Chile, Argentina and Panama. During his fellowship in 2001-2002 Gustavo developed a Best Management Practices Manual for Uruguay.

Angie worked as Program Manager at WFI from 2003 through 2009, where she supervised a wide range of forest sector research projects and led regional tours and seminars for visiting professionals. She is currently an urban forester with the City of Portland, where she plans and manages activities in support of the Urban Forestry Management Plan and Portland Parks & Recreation's City Nature program.

Moacyr works for Stora Enso China in Beihai, Guangxi. During his Fellowship in 1999, Moacyr researched the importance of Eucalyptus solid and engineered wood products in the US market.

Blair has been promoted to managing business development across the ITC (International Tree Cropping) group, which includes forestry and sawmill processing operations. ITC Limited is Australia's leading integrated forestry company with over 150,000 plantation hectares under management across all Australian states, and is also Australia's largest hardwood timber processor.

Runar is a GIS specialist with Metro, a regional government office in Portland, Oregon. He was a Fellow from 1995-1996.

Jes is the President, Regional Managing Director for Grundfos North America. Grundfos is a global leader in pumps and pumping systems. During his Fellowship in 1994-1995 Jes researched various projects for Star Shipping, and completed work for WFI clients such as researching pricing for special forest products. After his Fellowship Jes completed a Masters degree in Forestry and an MBA at the London Business School.

Tateki is currently a consultant at Spacevision Research Institute Inc. in Osaka. His work involves forest products marketing and development of forest and agricultural area. Tateki has completed research involving the market adaptation and competitiveness of Japanese wood industries. During his Fellowship in 2001-2002 Tateki worked as an Information Specialist and conducted research on US wood supply for the Japanese housing market.

After more than ten years in the private sector Rainer has accepted a research position at the University of Freiburg, Germany in early 2007. The focus of his work are international trade, markets and marketing of forest products along with the meaning and influence of markets for the sustainable use of natural resources world-wide. This includes the use of market based instruments in expanding environmental markets, such as trade in emission allowances.

Claire is an Associate in the Paper and Forest Products division of RBC (Royal Bank of Canada) Capital Markets. in Vancouver, BC. In her position she manages timberland investments and her primary clients are institutional investors. During her Fellowship in 1995-1996 Claire worked as a country Information Specialist and conducted research for WFI clients.

Nobutaka works as a Researcher for Sumitomo Forestry Co., Ltd. at their Tsukuba Research Institute. An architect by training, he researches ergonomic solutions for special users of wooden homes, such as the elderly and disabled. Nobutaka researched green building design and techniques during his Fellowship in 2002-2003.

Mikko is the Business Intelligence Manager at Dynea Oy in Helsinki, Finland. During his Fellowship in 2001-2002 Mikko conducted a study on the forest industry's reaction to environmental protection laws in the Pacific Northwest in the 1990s.

In Chul works for Eagon Industrial Co., Ltd, in Lautara, Chile, as a General Manager. In his work In Chul is responsible for Eagon's Chilean operation. Eagon manufactures veneer and plywood, trades forest products, and is involved in forestation and harvest. During his Fellowship in 1996, In Chul researched various projects for WFI clients.

Kenji is a Researcher for Sumitomo Forestry Co., Ltd. in their Research Institute. He is an architect and is involved in a variety of research related to the aesthetic value of trees and housing design and construction, including ergonomics and Japanese life-styles. He is also currently a postgraduate student at Tokyo Institute of Technology in the Department of Architecture. During his Fellowship in 200-2001 Kenji researched wood usage for the interior design of houses in the Pacific Northwest as well as the benefits of wood as a building material.

During his Fellowship from 2008-2009, Victor completed an assessment of forest/forestry educational centers as models for learning and teaching public, institutional and private sectors of society.

Namgon works for Eagon Ltd., a luxury Korean building products supplier and builder. He has worked for Eagon for 12 years, beginning in the flooring factory and he is now the Team Manger of the Management Support Team, and is responsible for accounting, financing, labor affairs and strategic planning. During his Fellowship in 2008 he searched for products to introduce to the Korean building market, including wood and non-wood products.

Phil completed his Ph.D in 2008. He now works for PF Olsen. PF Olsen has been operating for over 35 years in New Zealand and recently decided to expand their operations into Australia. They manage forests (plantation or native) for investors, with no forest ownership themselves. During his one-year Fellowship in 2003-2004, Phil sought to understand the biological, economic and environmental factors facing industrial forest managers in the Pacific Northwest (PNW), and to examine the decision support systems that various forest managers adopt.

Seol Woong Lee, an architect by training, works in the marketing division of EAGON Inc. His primary responsibility is developing new wood-based products and planning new business opportunities. During his six-month Fellowship in 2006, Lee explored wooden housing facilities for seniors, including retirement and assisted living communities. By 2026, Korean society is expected to become Super-aged Societ in which over 20% of the population will be above 65 years of age. Therefore, the development of facilities and dedicated housing for seniors has become a key issue in Korea.

David manages 1000 hectares of forestland in the Taimali research center, under the Taiwan Forestry Research Institute. The center is located in southeast Taiwan. It is one of six research centers which belongs to TFRI. During his Fellowship in 2005, David explored avenues other than logging to generate income from forestland, such as carbon sequestration projects and ecosystem services.

Bonnie works as an Associate Scientist at the Taiwan Forestry Research Institute (TFRI) in Taipei City, Taiwan. TFRI is the center for organizing research throughout the province and conducts studies on long-term sustainable management of the forests. In her position Bonnie studies water chemistry and its relationship to forest ecology. During her Fellowship in 2003 Bonnie researched watershed management and associated research techniques.

Zengwang Ma is a researcher at the Hebei Academy of Forestry Science. In 2006-2007 the Hebei Provincial government sponsored Ma for a 12-month Fellowship. Hebei province, which surrounds Beijing, has been overlogged, resulting in desertification, flooding and landslides. Consequently the government has imposed logging restrictions, and they are now faced with the task of finding alternative revenue sources through sustainable forest development. In his work, Zengwang studies silviculture and reforestation.

Lee is the North Coast Marketing Improvement Manager for State Forests of New South Wales. Lee works with internal and external parties to improve the delivery of timber products to the market and to be more responsive to markets demands and to foster relationships with partners in the distribution chain for hardwood products. During his Fellowship in 2001-2002 Lee researched North American timber markets and authored the WFI Special Report - North American Timber Markets: Production, Consumption, Preferences and Opportunities for Australian Native Timber.

Nerijus Miskinis is a Ph.D. forestry student at the Lithuanian University of Agriculture. Nerijus was WFI's first Lithuanian and first non-Russian eastern European Fellow in 2007. His 12-month Fellowship was being sponsored by the Shelk Foundation. Nerijus explored the forestry business in the Pacific Northwest in order to take lessons learned back to apply in Lithuania.

Jamie is currently the Catchment Coordinator for the Northern Rivers Catchment Management Authority. He completed a Fellowship in 2001, sponsored by the Gottstein Trust and Forest and Wood Products Australia.

After finishing her Fellowship in 1994-1995, Rita joined CIFOR as IUFRO Liaison Officer in 1995-1999 and worked as a Research Assistant on the Non-Timber Forest Products issue from 2000 to 2002. She holds a Master's Degree in Rural Sociology from Bogor Agricultural University. She is currently a Coordinator for Integrated River Basin Management with TELAPAK, an advocacy NGO in Bogor, Indonesia.

Roger works for Internatioal Woodland Company on the portfolio management team. Responsible for fund investments in South America, he undertakes assessment of forestry appraisals, property visits and due diligence on proposed investments. During his Fellowship in 2000 to 2001 Roger was sponsored by Jaako Poyry and examined global forests and their role in the sustainable satisfaction of human needs.

Patrice Taah Ngalla is currently working for the World Wildlife Fund's Central Africa Regional Programme Office as a GIS/Remote Sensing Specialist. Patrice provides advanced customized GIS and remote sensing work to support conservation and the sustainable use of natural resources in southeast Cameroon. During his Fellowship in 2005, Patrice explored different options and procedures in GIS & remote sensing that can be integrated with forest inventories in order to provide decision support information for sustainable forest use and management.

Mikkel works as a forestry consultatnt at the International Woodland Company in Copenhagen, Denmark. During his Fellowship in 2004 Mikkel researched the risks and return issues related to forestland investment in the Pacific Northwest. He is the author of WFI Special Report "Managing Risk in the Evolving World of Timberland Investments."

In 1996, Claudio completed a one-year Fellowship as the Brazilian representative at WFI. Claudio graduated in with a bachelor's degree in Chemical Engineering in Curitiba, Paran in 1981. He received his M.B.A. in Economic Engineering in 1990. Claudio has worked in forest product companies in operations and projects for panels, sawmill, pulp and paper. Since 1997 he has worked for Klabin, the largest paper company in Brazil in the forest planning and economic assessment of plantations.

Cristopher completed a one-year Fellowship in 2007, sponsored through a joint funding project with the USDA Forest Service's International Programs and the Chiles Foundation. Cristopher worked with several groups involved in the management of the Monarch Butterfly Reserve - including WWF-MEXICO the Mexican Fund to the Nature Conservation, USAID, and CONANP - to develop his WFI research project. He investigated ecotourism activities in the Reserve and surveyed visitors to develop a market study of tourist demand. He also gave ecotourism guide trainings to local ejido members.

Kyungtae works for Eagon Lautaro S.A. in Lautaro, Chile, as a commercial manager. Eagon Lautaro manufactures Radiata Pine plywood and veneer and is involved in forestation and harvest. Their headquarters, Eagon Industrial is one of the major integrated specialty wood product manufacturers and importers in Korea. During his Fellowship in 2006, Kyungtae explored green building and wood markets developments in the US.

Matthew is an infrastructure forester at Forests New South Wales with responsibilities for road construction and maintenance, and has worked in other operational roles including fire, recreation, weed control and fertilizing. During his Fellowship from 2007-2008 Matthew investigated the use of integrated field data management systems. Matt was sponsored by the Gottstein Trust and the Forest and Wood Products Research and Development Corporation.

Eduardo was a Fellow in 1997-1998.

Jaakko has been working in the sales of wood products, plywood, and lumber for the last 7 years. For the last 2 years he has been working for UPM-Kymmene Corporation and is now the Export Sales Manager and is responsible for marketing sawn goods worldwide.

Sari currently works at the Finnish Standards Association SFS as a technical advisor. Her main field is environmental management. Sari was one of WFI's first Fellows, in 1992-1993.

Jon Bingen Sande completed a one-year Fellowship in 2000-2001 and researched the globalization of the forest industry. He holds a Master of Forestry degree from the Norwegian University of Life Sciences, and a Ph.D. in Marketing Strategy from the same university. He is currently an associate professor in marketing at the Department of Marketing, at the Norwegian School of Management, BI. His research centers around marketing and distribution channels, governance and inter-organizational relationships.

Andreas is head of the Central European Regional Office for the European Forest institute (EFI) in  Freiburg, Germany. During his Fellowship in 1996-1997, Andreas conducted a Parr Lumber study, tracked trends in the world panel market, and organized a 'Global Forest Monitoring Workshop' for IUFRO.

Tony Scherl is a Fire Officer with Forests New South Wales Fire Management unit. Tony has worked for the Forests NSW for over 10 years, in a range of positions from forest field worker to forester. During his Fellowship from 2004-2005, Tony examined measures the US has taken regarding the problems of re-introducing prescribed fire and active fuel management into the landscape, as well as ways Australian forests can benefit from the US experience.

Maki graduated from Portland State University with a Master's degree in communication in 2004. She currently works at the Canadian Embassy in Tokyo. During her Fellowship in 1995-1996, Maki was sponsored by Nichimen and Sumitomo Forestry.

Sandra is the new Regional Director of the Chilean Exports Promotion Agency (PROCHILE) in Puerto Montt, Chile. She promotes Chilean exports, including wood products. For more information, go to: http://www.prochile.cl or http://www.direcon.cl. During her Fellowship in 2001, Sandra conducted market studies on with forest issues and compiled and managed forest products statistics information used to create a data mart prototype.

Jussi was a fellow at WFI in 1995-96. He served 10 years at The Beck Group as a Senior Consultant in Portland. In 2007, he returned to Finland to take up a new position at Indufor Oy, a forest consulting company. He is now Head of Management Consulting and Senior Forest Industry Consultant.

WFI Board members and staff were saddened to hear of the recent death of Roland Simpson on October 22, 2004. Roland was a Fellow in 1998 and more recently worked as a forester with Forests of New South Wales in their Investment Services Division. Roland died as a result of injuries sustained in a BASE jumping mishap in China. Roland's ever-optimistic attitude and broad smile will surely be missed both here in Portland as well as in Australia.

Deepak is a senior development specialist with nearly 3 decades of experience working in rural development and environment, including extension, capacity building, planning and monitoring, in Nepal and other countries in South, Central and South-East Asia. He currently heads a non profit organization in Nepal called Search-Nepal. During his Fellowship from 2007-2008, Deepak spent 12 months researching comparative environmental legislations in order to identify good policy case studies that balance population, environment and development.

Fanglin is a faculty member at the Fujian Academy of Science, and was a Fellow in 2001. He was featured on Oregon Public Broadcasting in 2008 for his work to bring Oregon State University scientists to China to discuss invasive species issues.

Michael gained international expertise in sustainable forest management and certification and forest industry policy as Australia's inaugural Fellow at the World forest Institute in 1996. Michael has 17 years experience within the Australian and international forest industry. Following graduation from the Australian National University with a B.Sc. Forestry (1990), he has worked in a number of Australian states and has expertise in processing, business analysis, harvesting and haulage, forest management and also policy and political representation. Currently Michael is Operations Manager for Midway Pty. Ltd., a plantation development and export woodchip company in Victoria. He is responsible for the processing and export of around 1 million tonnes pa. of woodchip. Michael has completed his Graduate Diploma of Business at the University of Tasmania (1992) and Graduate Diploma in Applied Finance and investment at the Securities Institute of Australia.

Nathan Trushell is a Regional Manager with VicForests, responsible for overseeing business operations throughout the West Gippsland Region of Victoria, Australia. During his six-month Fellowship from 2007-2008, Nathan explored opportunities and potential strategies to promote and brand forest industries.

John has returned to Portland, Oregon and is now working as a financial analyst with GreenWood Resources (GWR). In his new role John is responsible for a wide range of activities including resource assessments, growth and yield modeling, wood supply forecasting, valuations and financial analyses. GWR is worldwide leader in the hybridization of fast-growing, high-yield poplar trees. John spent 12 months in 2006-2007 studying North American approaches to growth and yield modeling, and harvest scheduling approaches in uneven-aged mixed species forest.

Rene is an Associate Professor at Colegio de Postgraduados in Texcoco, Mexico. In his work, Rene teaches postgraduates and does research on forest management and geomatics. During his Fellowship in 1994-1995, Rene worked as a country Information Specialist and conducted research for WFI clients. He also authored the WFI's Mexico Country Report. After his Fellowship, Rene completed a Ph.D. in Forest Management and GIS at Colorado State University.

Jasjit Walia is from the Indian Forest Service where he is the CEO of Ecotourism for his region, Himachal Pradesh. Jasjit was the first Indian to participate in WFI's Fellowship program in 2005-2006. Jasjit researched environmental services, which he feels holds great promise for his Himalayan State of Himachal Pradesh in northern India.

Guangyu is a Rearch Associate in the Faculty of Forestry at the University of British Columbia, Canada. He is currently involved in several China-Canada related research projects on integrated watershed management, climate change mitigation and adaption, and the development of China's national sustainable forest management system and forest certification. The research project "The Development of China's Forestry Sector and its Implications for Canada" with Canadian International Council will provide several strategies for the Canadian forestry industry to promote wood products to China, and how to integrate with China in the international market. Jason was a Fellow in 1997-1998.

Dr. Pei-jung Wang is an assistant researcher in the Division of Forest Management at the Taiwan Forest Research Institute. Her research interests and specialties include forest sociology, community forestry, and forest policy. During her Felllowship in 2006, Pei-jung examined how public forestlands use public participation methods in their management decisions.

Xiaoli Wang is a forestland and forest tenure administration officer at the State Forestry Administration in Beijing, China. Since 1997 she has worked making national policies, dealing with forest tenure conflicts across the provincial boundary, and training and supervising officials on implementing law, polices and regulations on forest land and forest tenure administration. During her fellowship in 2005-2006, Xiaoli conducted research sponsored by INBAR on policy recommendations for developing forestland and bamboo resource tenures systems in Africa and Asia.

Mr. Xie is the only Fellow to have completed two Fellowships, ten years apart. In 2004 he worked with WFI for one year researching forest certification schemes and their applicability to China.

Min-chung "Galy" Yang (Taiwan) has moved from an NGO to industry. He is the Research and Development Manager for Achieve Made international Limited.

Yanping is the Chinese Academy of Forestry's Chief Expert on Forest Cultivation. During his Fellowship in 2005, Dr. Zhang researched the seedling industry, as China has ambitious plans to reforest and afforest large areas for both commercial wood products and soil protection. Dr. Zhang was the first Chinese Fellow to come through a joint-cooperation agreement with the Department of International Cooperation at the Chinese Academy of Forestry.

Dr. Linsen Zhao is a professor in Landscape Architecture at the Southwest Forestry College in Kunming, Yunnan, China. Linsen's background is in silviculture, however, he has been working in urban forestry since 2001. During his Fellowship in 2008, Linsen researched social issues related to urban forestry, and was particularly interested in public participation in planning, planting and maintaining urban forests.

Dr. Min Zhao is an Associate Professor at Shanghai Normal University, in Shanghai, China. Her major research revolves around the impact of global climate change on terrestrial ecosystems, with an emphasis on forest carbon cycles. She completed a one year Fellowship from 2008-2009 conducting research on methods for estimating forest carbon cycles for urban forests and urban forest functions.

Milan Mataruga is a Professor in the Faculty of Forestry, University of Banja Luka in Republic of Srpska, Bosnia and Herzegovina. He teaches courses on forest seeds, seedling production, and establishing new forests and plantations. His previous research has centered around seedling growth and production, including work on seed orchards, physiological and genetic seed research, drought resistant seedlings, preservation of biodiversity, afforestation and reforestation. He completed a year-long fellowhip, ending in September 2009, where he studied and gained practical experience in forest genetic resources of the the Pacific Northwest.

Ms. Lanhui Wang is a faculty member in the Department of Statistics, School of Economics and Management, at Beijing Forestry University. She has been teaching there since July 2002 and lectures on statistics and econometrics, forecasting, and decision-making in economics. Ms. Wang completed her one-year fellowship at the WFI from 2008-2008, where she studied forecasting for timber consumption and the wood products trade in China.

Mr Shen Gui is a professor and the deputy secretary-general of the Chinese Society of Forestry. His background is in wood processing, and he has wroked for the China National forestry Product industry Association and the China Furniture Association. In recent years, he has focused more on education. Mr. Shen completed a six-month fellowship in 2009 where he continued in research into public education of forestry and forestry issues.

Kati spent her six-month fellowship at WFI researching the discourse that led to the adoption and implementation of the Northwest Forest Plan. The focus of her study was on the course of scientific debate amongst policy advisors, biological scientists, and communities impacted by the plan. She also looked at external factors influencing the creation of this management plan such as funding, political requirements, and public expectations and how all these affected the scientific discourse.

Dr. Shouxin Xie completed a year-long fellowship at WFI in December 2009.  Dr. Xie joined WFI from the China State Forestry Administration in Beijing, where he is the Division Director for the Department of Forest Resource Management. Dr. Xie supervises and manages forest harvest issues across China, and is a key player in making forest policy for the country, including establishing forest harvest levels, policy implementation, harvest auditing, and stopping illegal harvest. During his fellowhip, Dr. Xie studied many different aspects of sustainable forest management systems in the U.S. Dr. Xie learned various perspectives on forest policy and management in the Pacific Northwest that he takes home for recommendation to China's forestry sector.

Dr. Yu-jen Lin has worked as a scientific researcher at the Taiwan Forestry Research Institute since 1998. His research projects involve carbon sequestration estimation of the economic trees and bamboos in Taiwan and charcoal production utilizing bamboo and forest biomass residues. During his ten-month fellowship at WFI, Yu-jen did extensive research on the technologies and processes of woody biomass utilization in the West. He focused on production mechanisms that he could apply towards Taiwan's forest resources, specifically the potential for bamboo to be used for the production of wood pellets. Yu-jen's fellowship was sponsored by the Harry Merlo Foundation and National Science Council of Taiwan, and supported by the Taiwan Forestry Research Institute.