Our People
The amazing folks making it happen
Our Team
Professional Advisors
Art Processors
Interpretive Planning
Mark Lodine
Legal Counsel
Drew Rieker
JCCS, PV, Accountant
Tom S Chung, FAIA, LEED AP BD+C
Leers Weinzapfel Associates
Architecture + Urban Design
Board of Directors
The Board of Directors reflects the national scope of the museum and lends their broad professional experience in careers across the Forest Service, the forest products industry, as well as in the environmental and business communities. The members-at-large are a diverse group representing expertise in economic development, museum operations, university administration and political action.
Andy Mason
President
Director, National Agroforestry Center USFS (Ret.)
Tom Thompson
Past President
Deputy Chief, USFS (Ret.)
Richard (Rich) Stem
Vice President
Deputy Regional Forester Rocky Mountain Region Forest Service (Ret.)
Barbara Tormoehlen
Secretary
Northeast Area State and Private Forestry (Ret.)
Mike Paterni
Treasurer
Director of Programs and Budget, R1 USFA (Ret.)
Elizabeth Agpaoa
Regional Forester R-8
Forest Service (Ret.)
Phil Aune
Program Manager, PSW
Forest Service (Ret.)
Frank Beum
Rocky Mountain Regional Forester (Ret.)
Dale Bosworth
Forest Service (Ret.)
Jim Caswell
Director of the Department of the Interior’s Bureau of Land Management (Ret.)
Fred Cooper
USDA Office of Personnel Management (Ret.)
Doug Crandall
Director of Legislative Affairs, Forest Service (Ret.)
Larry Gadt
Director of Minerals & Geology
Forest Service (Ret.)
Nancy Gibson
Forest Supervisor
Lake Tahoe Basin Management Unit
Forest Service (Ret.)
Jane Leche
Regional Customer Service, Tourism, and Outreach Manager for Rocky Mtn. Region in Denver, CO (Ret.)
Brian Leisz
Owner & President Fall Creek Timber Frames, Inc.
Mark Lodine
Attorney-in-Charge, Office of General Counsel, USDA (Ret.)
Mary Mitsos
President & CEO, National Forest Foundation (Ret).
Charlie Richmond
Director of Rangeland Management and Vegetation Ecology Forest Service (Ret.)
Lynn Sprague
Regional Forester, R-5 Forest Service (Ret.)
John Steffenson
Director of Global Business Development, National Government and Natural Resources, ESRI
Onno Wieringa
General Manager Alta Ski Area (Ret.)
Dick Woodfin
Deputy Director
Pacific Northwest Research Station (Ret.)
Ex-Officio Directors (Non-Voting):
Chairman
Missoula County Commissioners
Montana
Brandon Smith
National Lands Special Uses Program Manager, USDA – Forest Service, Washington Office
Our National Council
Members of the National Council advise and assist the Board in achieving the goals and objectives of the Museum. The council includes industry executives, former federal agency administrators and representatives of recreation, energy, wildlife, academic, tribal and forestry interests. Their breadth of experience and associations with the U.S. Forest Service will help the Museum reflect the role that cooperators and partners have played in shaping the conservation legacy of the agency.
Conrad Anker
American Rock Climber, Mountaineer, Author,
Montana
Michael Berry
President, National Ski Areas Association, (Ret.)
Colorado
Robert Bibb
Chairman/CEO, Bibb Engineers,
Missouri
S.J. Camarata
Director ESRI (Ret.)
California
Stanley Dempsey
Chairman, Royal Gold, Inc., (Ret.)
Colorado
Smoke Elser
Wilderness Outfitters Consulting Group, LLC
Montana
Jim Hubbard
Under Secretary for National Resources & Environment, USDA (Ret)
Virginia
Director of Legislative & Regulatory Affairs, Holland and Hart
Washington, D.C.
Ethan Lane
Vice President of Government Affairs, National Cattlemen’s Beef Association
Washington, D.C.
Dave Tenny
President & CEO, National Alliance of Forest Owners
Washington D.C.
Advisory Panel of Historians and Social Scientists
The National Museum of Forest Service History’s Advisory Panel of Historians and Social Scientists is a group of fourteen nationally recognized authors, researchers and academics who advise in the development and programming of the National Conservation Legacy and Education Center.
The advisory panel includes award-winning authors and lecturers whose specialties range from U.S. environmental history, natural resource and public land policy, the history of the American West, tourism in the upper Midwest, the creation of eastern National Forests, Native American history and the history of the National Park Service and the U.S. Forest Service.
Patricia Limerick
PhD, Panel Chair, Director of Applied History Initiative, and Professor of History at the University of Colorado
Thomas Glen Alexander, PhD
Professor Emeritus, Brigham Young University
Richmond Clow, PhD
Professor of Native American Studies, University of Montana, College of Arts and Sciences
Lincoln Bramwell, PhD
Ex Officio Member, Chief Historian, U.S. Forest Service
Char Miller, PhD
Director of Environmental Analysis Program; and W. M. Keck Professor, Pomona College
Mark T. Fiege, PhD
Associate Professor, Montana State University
Anthony Godfrey, PhD
President, U.S. West Research, Inc.
Aaron Shapiro, PhD
Assistant Professor, Department of History, University of North Carolina, Charlotte
Paul Sutter, PhD
Associate Professor of History, University of Colorado, Boulder
Sara Gregg, PhD
Assistant Professor of History, The University of Kansas
Nancy Langston, PhD
Professor, Department of Forest and Wildlife Ecology and Nelson Institute for Environmental Studies, Michigan Technological University
Regional Director Cadres
The Museum is represented throughout the country by a volunteer Leadership Corps of Regional Directors and Representatives with an outstanding commitment to sharing the history of America’s Conservation Legacy.
Active in the US Forest Service Retirees Regional Associations and a variety of community, nonprofit conservation and educational organizations, these Museum representatives have helped attract more than $1 million in support from individuals, corporations and foundations. They meet monthly and are organized by Forest Service region and by special subject area.
Northern Region
(Region 1 & Rocky Mtn. Research Station)
Ed Levert
Director
Rich Stem
Board Liaison
Cadre members:
Gary Rahm
Jane Kollmeyer
Jack Troyer
Curt Glasoe
Dave Pieper
Vicky Maclean
Diane Hutton
Mary Williams
Cindy Schacher
Bob Castaneda
Dick Rath
Bill Swope
Dave Wanderaas
Grant Godbolt
Rocky Mountain Region
(Region 2 & Rocky Mtn. Research Station)
Dan Nolan
Director
Pat Lynch
Board Liaison
Cadre members:
Bill Bass
Elaine Langstaff
Lynn Koland
Brent Botts
Bruce Short
Dave Cawrse
Dave Steinke
Jerry Schmidt
Jim Free
Phil Hoefer
Kathy Kurtz
Steve Ambrose
Southwestern Region
(Region 3 & Rocky Mtn. Research Station)
Marlin Johnson
Director
Andy Mason
Board Liaison
Cadre members:
Joe Reddan
Jan Polasky
Paul Polasky
Mike King
John Hinz
Jim Payne
Art Morrison
Intermountain Region
(Region 4 & Rocky Mtn. Research Station)
Dick Smith
Director
Lynn Sprague
Board Liaison
Cadre members:
Lyle Powers
Scott Bushman
Bob Russell
Ruth Monahan
Pacific Southwest Region
(Region 5 & Pacific Southwest Research Station)
Bruce Van Zee
No. California Director
Doug Pumphrey
So. California Director
Phil Aune
Board Liaison
Cadre members:
George Roby
Jerry Jensen
Gary Earney
Roger Jaegel
Edith Asrow
Irl Everest
Robert Ramirez
Dick Markley
Gail Smart
John Schulyer
Jon Jue
Pacific Northwest Region
(Region 6 & Pacific Northwest Research Station)
Kent Connaughton
Director
Dick Woodfin
Board Liaison
Cadre members:
Cindy Miner
Al Garr
Pete Owston
Sue Little
Tom Ortman
Ken Winterberger
Pete Griffin
Gary Morrison
Tom Snellgrove
Doug Decker
Eini Lowell
Southern Region
(Region 8 & Southern Research Station, International Institute of Tropical Forestry)
(Vacant)
Director
Charlie Richmond
Board Liaison
Cadre members:
Jack Callahan
Ed Gee
Rob Kopack
Ariel E. Lugo
Eastern Region
(Region 9 & Northern Research Station, Forest Products Lab)
(Rotates among cadre members)
Director
Barb Tormoehlen
Board Liaison
Cadre members:
Jane Cliff
Deb Dietzman
Jim Sanders
Tom Wagner
DC Area
(Washington Office)
Patti Hirami
Director
Tom Thompson
Board Liaison
Cadre members:
Sue Spear
Ann Davy
Deanne Shulman
Bill Dauer
Sharon Nygaard-Scott
Tracy Anderson
Terry Gallagher
Dick Fitzgerald