Alabama Forestry Young Leaders

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LEADERSHIP DEVELOPMENT

Growing Tomorrow’s Forestry Leaders

Alabama Forestry Young Leaders is a professional leadership development program designed to prepare emerging leaders.

Cohorts

A Growing Network of Leaders

Each Alabama Forestry Young Leaders cohort brings together a diverse group of emerging professionals with a shared interest in forestry and a desire to grow as leaders.

2025

Cole Browning
Alabama Forestry Foundation
Ben Brunson
Green Diamond Management Company
Parker Farley
Farleys Forest Products
Colton George
Domtar
Elliott Glass
The Westervelt Company
Josef Greene
Alabama Forestry Commission
Christopher Langley
Chris Langley Timber & Mgmt., Inc.
Olivia Lewis
Lewis Timber Inc.
Mercedes Maddox
ADCNR – WFF
Will McGowin
CM Biomass
Malcolm Moore
Alabama Ag Credit – Gulf Coast
Leigh Peters
Alabama Forestry Association
Skyler Sanders
Baseline Forest Services, Inc
Bobby Sitze
The Westervelt Company
Emily Vanderford
Forest Workforce Training Instititute

2023

Logan Bailey
Rex Lumber, Troy, LLC
Whit Carroll
Alabama Forestry Foundation
Robert Cooper
Cooper Marine & Timberlands Corp.
Grace Drouet
Alabama Ag Credit
Anna Morgan Duke
Alabama Forestry Association
Conner Elder
Fiber Transport
John Ellis
Landowner
Elliot Hart
The Westervelt Company
Craig Hendon
Resource Management Service, LLC
Wallace Henson
Buchanan Timber and Forestry, LLC
Jacob Ketchum
Ketchum & Ketchum, LLC
Charles Langley
Chris Langley Timber & Mgmt., Inc.
George Lash
IndusTREE
Ben Littrell
Littrell Lumber Mill
Hunter Moncrief
Alabama Forestry Commission
Noah Runyan
Allsouth Land & Timber, Inc
Dent Stallworth
Southeastern Land Group
Seth Taylor
Reynolds Timber Company, LLC
Alex Vick
The Westervelt Company
Michael Walker
Canfor
Autumn Watrous
Alabama Forestry Foundation
Clint Wilks
M&W Forestry Consultants, LLC

2020/2021

Russell Agnew
Resource Management Service, LLC
Greg Brewer
Alabama Forestry Association
Bracy Clark
Scotch Plywood
Chris Cotton
Alabama Forestry Commission
Stephanie Fuller
Alabama Forestry Association
William Green
Alabama Farmers Federation
Nicholas Hindman
Resource Management Service, LLC
Josh Hixon
The Westervelt Company
Morgan Hutcherson
Alabama Ag Credit
Daniel Kibbey
Larson & McGowin, LLC
Josh Lewis
Lewis Timber Inc.
Jordan Littrell
Littrell Lumber Mill, Inc.
Tyler Mangum
Canfor Southern Pine
Mac McGovern
Cooper Marine & Timberlands Corp.
Juan Merriweather
Alabama Forestry Commission
Andrew Pinyan
Alabama Farm Credit
Maggie Pope
Alabama Forestry Association
Jacob Rogers
Cahaba Forestry
Grant Tidwell
F&C Logging, LLC
Brian Watts
Southeastern Land Group

2018

John Hunter Allgood
McShan Lumber Co., Inc.
Shannon Anderson
Alabama Forestry Commission
Charles Browder
Browder Veneer Works, Inc.
David Colquett
Conecuh Timber Inc.
Mac Gibson
Alabama Timber Industries, Inc.
Matt Hamner
Taylor Made Transportation, Inc.
Daniel Heath
Canfor Southern Pine
Jesse Hunter
Weyerhaeuser
Chandler Langley
Chris Langley Timber & Management, Inc.
Brandon Loomis
The Westervelt Company
Matt McCollough
Alabama Forestry Commission
Steven Meadows
Georgia Pacific, LLC
Ryan Peek
Alabama Forestry Commission
Thomas Reddick
Cooper Marine & Timberlands Corp.
Dillon Roland
Charles Dixon & Co., LLC
Timothy Teel
Westervelt Wildlife Services
Jonas Traywick
IndusTREE Timber, Inc.
Ashley Watts Rowe
Alabama Forestry Association
PJ Williams
Reynolds Wood Products

2017

Brian Berryman
Brown Forman Cooperage
Scott Corley
Potlatch Corporation
Al Derby
Delaney Development, Inc.
Seth Fillingham
Sizemore & Sizemore, Inc.
Robby Greer
The Westervelt Company
Dustin Phillips
Canfor Scotch Gulf Lumber- Sawmill Mobile
Tyler Sibley
Alabama Forestry Association
Michael Heatherly
Sizemore & Sizemore, Inc.
Cary Whiteard
Russell Lands, Inc.
Gee Allgood
McShan Lumber Company
Justin Stringfellow
Resource Management Service, LLC
Cheri Barnes
Growing Assets, LLC
Brady Adams
Louisiana Pacific Corp. Thomasville
John Gates
Scotch Land Management, LLC
Drake McKenzie
Allsouth Land & Timber, Inc.
Benjamin Pinkleton
WestRock
Dale Williamson
Alabama Ag Credit

2008

Inge Beeker
Private Timberland Investments
Clint Belden
Carignan Forestry Consultants
Sam Bonner
E & H Pulpwood
Matthew Clark
The Westervelt Company
Aprille Cook
The Westervelt Company
Blake Cox
Boise
Freddie Davis
Weyerhaeuser
Mike Dixon
M.C. Dixon Land Co., LLC
Rob Elliot
The Westervelt Company
Chad Fincher
Fincher & Associates
Chandlar Graham
Private Timberland Investments
April Hall
Alabama River Woodlands, Inc.
Daniel Lauderdale
Thomasville Lumber Company
Jeremy Lowery
Alabama Forestry Commission
Hayes Luscher
Regions Bank
John Manasco
Soterra
Brad Murfee
Weyerhaeuser
Russell Pipkins
Alabama River Woodlands, Inc.
David Schneider
MeadWestvaco
Brian Seale
Alabama Power Company
Stephanie Smith
Boise
John Stephens
Boise

2006

Thad Becton
Boise
Jessica Bonner
Weyerhaeuser
Ashley Colston
MeadWestvaco
Michael Delaney
Delaney Development
Joshua Denney
Gulf States Paper Corporation
Justin Freeman
Thompson Caterpillar
Adam Grimes
Kaul Timberland
Ashley Harris
Adams and Reese
Bryan Harwell
E & H Pulpwood Company
Thomas Jackson
Weyerhaeuser
Earl Ketchum
Michael C. Dixon Land Company, LLC.
John Lange
RMK Timberland Group
Todd Langston
Smurfit Stone Corporation
Erin Loar
International Paper
Clay Lovelady
Mobile Forest Products
Jonathan Lowery
Gulf States Paper Corporation
Clint Mancil
Gulf States Paper Corporation
Joseph Mathis
B.A.S. Timber Company, Inc.
Wesley McCollum
Weyerhaeuser
John McDaniel
Norbord Alabama
Jim McInnish
McInnish & Associates Timber Company
Boyd Robinson
Harrigan Lumber Company
Ericha Shelton-Nix
Department of Conservation & Natural Resources
Stan Skelton
Twin States Land & Timber Co., Inc.
Jonathon Smith
Cooper Marine and Timberlands
Scott Stewart
Timberland Harvesters
Jonathan Strickland
Southern Logging & Timber
Shannon White
Sizemore & Sizemore
Brent Williams
Southern Forestry Consultants, Inc.

2005

Grover Allgood
McShan Lumber Company
Rebecca Davis
Georgia-Pacific
Scott Delaney
Delaney Development
Dave Donaldson
Gulf States Paper Corporation
Dave Edwards
Gulf States Paper Corporation
Chris Erwin
Alabama Forestry Association
Jerry Hanks
Russell Lands, Inc.
Brian Hobbs
Alabama River Woodlands
Stephen Hudson
Auburn University
Chris Irons
Soterra
Candace Johnson
Adams and Reese LLP
Daks Kennedy
Bowater
Tony Reynolds
Reynolds Wood Products, LLC
Stan Sharp
Mobile Forest Products
Ashley Smith
MeadWestvaco
Kyser Smith
Taylor-Made Transportation
Heather Wierzbicki
MeadWestvaco
Zane Winfield
Southern Logging & Timber Company
Clint Woods
Noland Lumber Company

Photo Gallery

Taking a Look Back

Browse photos from past cohorts and revisit the people and experiences that have helped shape Alabama Forestry Young Leaders over the years.