2008 Distinguished Alumni Seminar

3:30—5 p.m.
University of Washington
Anderson 207, Lockwood Forest Club Room
Reception to follow.

May 6, 2008

poster (pdf)

Panel presentation with alumni:

Vicki Christiansen ('83), Executive Director of Regulatory Programs and Washington State Forester, WA Department of Natural Resources.

Cassie Phillips ('76), Vice President for Sustainable Forests and Products, Weyerhaeuser Company

The discussion will focus on contrasts, compatabilities, and challenges in managing public and private forest lands in contemporary society.

As the chief forester for WA-DNR, Vicki will focus on the challenges facing public trust land managers to meet their financial obligations as well as the increasing demand for a broader array of ecosystem services. Cassie will talk about the changing face of private, corporate forestry and the challenges facing companies like Weyerhaueser to remain competitive in a market where operating costs continue to rise, while economic markets are increasingly constrained. Both will share the contrasting nature of their work as forestry executives, as well at those areas where compatibiliies exist. The session promises to be informative, enlightening, and entertaining.

The seminar will be followed by a reception, also in Anderson 207.

Intended as a bridge for students (from the College and across campus) by helping them to understand and appreciate the kind of real world work and roles they can assume after they have completed a CFR program and engage in full time employment, the seminars are also open to the UW community and the public. The series provides a welcome home to the College's distinguished alumni and an opportunity to introduce them to the College community. The series showcases alumni who during their careers have been leaders in the private, public, and nongovernmental sectors in the U.S. and abroad.

2007 Distinguished Alumni Seminar

3:30—5:30 p.m.
University of Washington
Anderson 207, Lockwood Forest Club Room
Reception to follow.

February 15, 2007
“The Road Less Traveled ”

poster (pdf)

Panel presentation with Michelle Connor ('01), Vice President, Cascade Land Conservancy
Dan Hinkley ('85), Plantsman and Horticulturalist
Robert Michael Pyle ('73), Independent Writer and Biologist

For additional information on these alumni and on the Cascade Land Conservancy, see:
$7 billion plan would preserve 1.3 million acres in 4 counties
From Kingston to Nepal, a plant explorer's journey to fame
Where Eden Could Order Its Plants
KUOW radio program: Rural Washington Living
Local author views nature with an eye for beauty, ear for poetry
Robert Michael Pyle writes a resounding hymn to a forgotten corner of the state

2006 Distinguished Alumni Seminar Series

January 14, 2006
“Not your Father’s Forestry and Serving a Higher Purpose”
Panel presentation with Court Stanley (’83), Senior Vice President and Chief Forester, Port Blakely Tree Farms and Sue Joerger (’79), Executive Director, Puget Soundkeeper Alliance
For information on Port Blakely Tree Farms and the Puget Soundkeeper Alliance see
www.pugetsoundkeeper.org
http://www.kplu.org/news/state_of_sound.html
http://www.psat.wa.gov/Publications/StateSound2004/State_Sound_basenew.htm
http://www.portblakely.com/treefarms_about_neighbors_pbtf.html

February 24, 2006
“The World as a Stage”
Kenton Miller (’62, ‘63), former Director, World Conservation Union, and former Vice President for Conservation, World Resources Institute
For links to publications by Dr. Miller, see:
Securing Protected Areas in the Face of Global Change: Issues and Strategies

April 6, 2006
“Law and (dis) Order”
Ann Forest Burns ('71), Attorney, Burns & Williams, President, College of Forest Resources Alumni Association

May 19, 2006
“Growing the Green in the Big Apple”
Scot Medbury (’90), President and CEO, Brooklyn Botanic Garden