Venue
The Ritz-Carlton
The Ritz-Carlton, 4750 Amelia Island Pkwy, Amelia Island, FL 32034, USA

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Event Date Wed Mar 20 EDT - Fri Mar 22 EDT (over 5 years ago)
Location The Ritz-Carlton
4750 Amelia Island Pkwy, Amelia Island, FL 32034, USA
Region Americas
Details

The University of Georgia’s Center for Forest Business integrates pioneering academic research and sound financial methods to provide education and service to forest industry, investors and landowners throughout the world.

Speakers

2019 Speakers

Mary Ellen Aronow
Associate Director, Forest Economics, Hancock Natural Resource Group

Kermit Baker
Senior Research Fellow, Joint Center for Housing Studies

Jerry Barag
President, Chief Executive Officer, and Director, CatchMark Timber Trust, Inc.

Michael L. Clutter, Ph.D.
Vice President, Director of U.S. Investments and Operations, Forest Investment Associates

Carter Coe
Chief Financial Officer, Chinook Forest Partners

Frederick W. Cubbage
Professor, North Carolina State University

Charl De Villiers
Director, Margules Groome Consulting

Reginald Fay
Principal, Mason, Bruce & Girard, Inc

Dr. Dale Greene
Dean, Warnell School of Forestry & Natural Resources, University of Georgia

Rainer Häggblom
Chairman and Chief Executive Officer, Häggblom & Partners

Robert W. Hagler
Principal, ForestEdge LLC

Victor P. Haley
Partner, Global Executive Chair, Timber and Forest Products

Bob Izlar
Director, UGA Harley Langdale, Jr. Center for Forest Business

Scott P. Jones—Atlanta, GA
Chief Executive Officer, Forest Landowners Association

Onnie Kiland
Business Development Manager, Orbis, Inc

Soile Kilpi
Director, Pöyry Management Consulting

Steven King
Director of Global Business Strategy, Campbell Global

Hugh Lentile
Director, MetLife Agriculture

Roger Lord, ACF
President, Mason, Bruce & Girard

Jack Lutz, PhD
Forest Economist, Forest Research Group

Pete Madden
Chair, Langdale Center for Forest Business Advisory Board

Michael Mancini
Vice President, Executive Account Manager – Capital Markets, AgFirst Farm Credit Bank

Dr. Brooks Mendell
President & Chief Executive Officer, Forisk Consulting

Jefferson Mendes
Director, BM2C Business Management Consulting

Shelda Owens
Senior Vice President, Investment Solutions Group, Bank of America

Alvaro Perez del Castillo
Director, Pike Consultora Forestal

Jonathan Prather
Partner, Advisory, Perella Weinberg Partners

Jonathan Smith
Assistant Executive Director, TimberMart-South

Joshua Strauss, BA, MF, MEM
Vice President, Bluesource

Jody Strickland
Executive Vice-President, Forest Operations and Real Estate, F&W Forestry Services, Inc.

Michael Swanson Ph.D.
Senior Vice President, Agricultural Economist and Consultant, Wells Fargo & Company

Jack Tribble
Vice President – Institutional Timber Division, Outdoor Underwriters, Inc.

Sponsors & Partners

2019 Sponsors

PLATINUM SPONSORS:
• Resource Management Service
• Catch Mark Timber Trust
• MetLife
• Timberland Investment Resources
• TimberMart-South
• Eversheds Sutherland
• Industry Intelligence
• Farm Credit
• Rayonier
• DraxBioMass
• The Forestland Group
• Hancock Natural Resource Group
• PGIM Real Estate Finance

GOLD SPONSORS:
• Orbis
• LandVest
• LP
• Adams and Reese
• LandMart
• Forisk Consulting
• Jamestown
• IFCO Seedlings
• Forest Investment Associates
• Remsoft
• First American Title Insurance Company
• RSM
• Smith, Gambrell & Russell
• Forest Resource Consultants
• Wells Fargo
• ArborGen
• CampbellGlobal
• Roger Dickie
• F&W
• Uruguay XXI

SILVER SPONSORS:
• Thompson Hine
• Molpus Woodlands Group
• Salm Schulenburg
• Conservation Forestry