Women’s Forest Congress 2022 Delegates

The Women’s Forest Congress (WFC) is pleased to announce the following individuals to serve as Delegates at the 2022 inaugural event in Minneapolis, Minnesota, October 17-20, 2022.

Leadership for Equity & Inclusion

Maria Uquillas
BTG Pactual Timberland Investment Group

Melody Starya Mobley
Independent Contractor

Delie Wilkens
The US Endowment for Forestry and Communities

Shay Brown
Pacific Forest Trust

Leah Rathbun
North Carolina State University

Jasmine Brown
Forestry Doctoral Student,
Michigan State University

Lana Love
Canfor

Lateefat Balogun
The Green Globe Initiative

Workforce Opportunities for Increasing Recruitment, Retention & Advancement

Courtney Stolp
PotlatchDeltic

Sarah Kitz
The Lyme Timber Company

Sharon Jean-Philippe
University of Tennessee- Knoxville

Jamie Tiralla
American Forest & Paper Association

Marissa Spence
Climate Action Reserve, a California Offset Project Registry

Rosalie Carnam
F&W Forestry

Cara Rockwell
Florida International University, International Center for Tropical Botany

Nadine Block
Sustainable Forestry Initiative

Women as Catalysts for Change

Rachael Jamison
American Wood Council

Italia Peretti
Casey Trees

Kaylyn Glenn
Enviva

Danielle Atkins
Land & Ladies

Sarah Crow
New March Strategies

Nicole Stiffarm
Salish Kootenai College

Aimee Tomcho
Audubon

Addressing Today’s Greatest Forest Challenges

Kathleen Doyle
Doyle Ecological Services

Jessie Dzura
Enviva

Amy Clark Eagle
Forest Stewardship Council US

Rachel Lamb
Maryland Department of the Environment

Maggie Davis
Oak Ridge National Lab

Anna Torma
PotlatchDeltic

Ashley Peters
Ruffed Grouse Society

Tiffany Howard
South Florida Water Management District

Jessica Wikle
University of Vermont

Ara Erickson
Weyerhaeuser

Supporting Each Other

Rebecca Johnson
Arborholic, LLC

Apsana Kafle
International Forestry Students Association

Kristen Mastel
University of Minnesota & Nourished Through Nature LLC

Yetunde Rotimi
Western Colorado University

Brenda Haskill
Michigan Department of Natural Resources

Shenandoah Johns
West Fraser Timber

WHAT WILL A DELEGATE DO?

Delegates will play a critical role at the inaugural Women’s Forest Congress. Delegates will be responsible for leading and synthesizing discussions and making formal recommendations. They’ll facilitate the exchange of ideas and information among the Women’s Forest Congress community with the ultimate goal of presenting and endorsing the WFC Resolutions at the Congress.

Delegates will review and refine draft outcomes, measures of successes, goals, and resolutions in advance of the Congress. With full access to all Congress general and concurrent sessions, Delegates will engage with attendees, listen to presentations, and meet in Delegate-only deliberations during the Congress to capture and suggest revisions to the Resolutions and provide the final draft for voting and approval on the final day of the Congress. The approved WFC resolutions will be shared publicly following the Congress.

Financial assistance for Congress participation (i.e., travel expense reimbursement or registration discounts) is available as needed.

IMPORTANT DATES

Wednesday, June 22, 2022: Delegate Nominations Open
Friday, July 15, 2022: Delegate Nominations Close
Week of August 15, 2022: Selected Delegates Notified
August – September 2022: Pre-Congress Draft of WFC Resolutions
October 17-20, 2022: Final Draft of WFC Resolutions
October 2022: WFC Resolutions Shared Publicly

*Timelines are subject to change.