Forest Certification & Green Building Programs

Great Opportunities or Great Big Headaches?

9 am – 3 pm

Wednesday, December 13th , 2006

Forest Products Lab, Madison, WI

Speakers

Dr. Jim Bowyer, Dovetail Partners, Director of Responsible Materials Program

Dr. Jim Bowyer is professor emeritus, University of Minnesota Department of Bioproducts and Biosystems Engineering. He is an Elected Fellow of the International Academy of Wood Science; Chairman of the Tropical Forest Foundation (Alexandria, Virginia) – an organization with major operations in Brazil, Guyana, Indonesia, and Gabon; and Member of the Governance Board and Chairman of the Scientific Advisory Board of the Temperate Forest Foundation (Portland, Oregon).

Bowyer served as President of the Forest Products Society (1993-94) and of the Society of Wood Science and Technology (1987-88), and as Vice President of the Consortium for Research on Renewable Industrial Materials (1992-2003). Jim was Head of the University of Minnesota's Department of Wood & Paper Science from 1984 to 1994, and Founder and Director of the Forest Products Management Development Institute at the University of Minnesota (an organization dedicated to education and development of industry professionals) from 1994-2003. He served as Project Leader of the Minnesota Agricultural Experiment Station project “Environmental Life Cycle Assessment of Bio-based Materials and Products” from 1988 to 2003 and he also led a research team focused on global raw materials consumption and supply trends for more than 30 years.

Bowyer has published over 230 articles dealing with wood science and technology, environmental life cycle analysis, and environmental aspects of forestry, timber harvest, and wood use. He is also coauthor of the leading introductory wood science textbook in North America – Forest Products and Wood Science-an Introduction – now in its 4th edition, and of the widely used CD-ROM The Nature of Wood and Wood Products.


Kathryn Fernholz, Dovetail Partners, Executive Director

Kathryn has worked on development and forest management issues in a range of roles. With a consulting firm, Kathryn was a member of the environmental department and assisted with natural resource inventories, reporting, and environmental impact assessments including the use of Geographic Information Systems (GIS). While working with the Community Forestry Resource Center, Kathryn managed a group certification project for family forests and worked to increase local capacity to provide forest management and marketing services that are compatible with certification standards.

Kathryn has been a leader within the forestry community in the Upper Midwest through her service as Chair of the Minnesota Chapter of the Society of American Foresters and her appointment to the Minnesota Forest Resources Council. Kathryn has a B.S. in Forest Resources from the University of Minnesota, College of Natural Resources and also studied at the College of Saint Benedict in St. Joseph, MN and Sheldon Jackson College in Sitka, Alaska.


Dr. Jeff Howe, Dovetail Partners, President

Dr. Jeff Howe is the CEO of Fullerton Companies and Chairman of the Board of Dovetail Partners, Inc. Fullerton has been in the wood products industry since 1882, with facilities in 6 states throughout the Midwest. Prior to Fullerton Companies, Jeff was President of Colonial Craft, a specialty wood products manufacturer recognized annually by Wood & Wood Products magazine as one of the 100 fastest growing companies in the U.S. Under Jeff's leadership Colonial Craft also received awards such as MN Handicapped employer of the year and WI Environmental Company of the year.

Dr. Howe is co-author of the extremely popular "Planning Guide for Small and Medium Size Wood Products Companies, and is an expert on creating Learning Organizations and on implementing organizational change. Dr. Jeffrey Howe has a B.S. degree in Biology from Bates College, a M.S. degree in Forest Products Marketing from the University of Maine, and a PhD in Marketing from the University of Minnesota.


Alison Lindburg, Dovetail Partners, Director of Eco-Afffordable Housing Program

Alison brings an assortment of experience and enthusiasm to the Eco-Affordable Housing Program. Prior to working at Dovetail, she worked for the Twin-Cities based urban development firm The Lander Group, writing and implementing their green housing program. Alison has a BA in Architecture (with a focus on green design) and a minor in Spanish from the University of Minnesota, Twin Cities. When not championing eco-housing, Alison paints, plays piano, and travels the great wide world.

The Forest Products Society - Midwest Section and Dovetail Partners are hosting this workshop.   For more information, please contact Scott Bowe at 608-265-5849, sbowe@wisc.edu or Dovetail Partners at 612-333-0430, info@dovetailinc.org .

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The work upon which this program is based was funded through a grant awarded by the Northeastern Area State and Private Forestry, USDA Forest Service.   This institution is an equal opportunity provider.