Will Mies
Editorial Director
RISI

Will Mies is Editorial Director of RISI's newsletters, PPI Pulp & Paper Week and PPI Latin America, and related www.risi.com online news.

He coordinates a team of seven news editors in San Francisco and Sao Paulo, collecting news on the pulp and paper industry. In addition, he covers the containerboard and kraft paper market for PPI Pulp & Paper Week.

After joining Miller Freeman in 1974, he served as editor and publisher of Pulp & Paper Week for nearly 20 years from its launch in 1979. From 1996-2000 he served as vice president of Miller Freeman's paper publishing group. He is a graduate of the University of Arizona and holds a M.A. in journalism from Stanford University.

John Williams
2010 RISI North American CEO of the Year
President and Chief Executive Officer
Domtar Corporation

John D. Williams has been President and Chief Executive Officer of Domtar Corporation since January 2009. He is also a member of the Domtar Board of Directors.

Mr. Williams has over 30 years of experience in both the consumer products and packaging industry. He began his career in consumer product sales in 1976, gaining insight into key market dynamics in the U.K. and the U.S.

In 1988, he became European Managing Director of Sweetheart International, a major food packaging and food service business, where he cultivated a customer-driven market view and contributed to record profit and sales growth. In 1992, the company was acquired by the Finnish conglomerate, Huhtamaki. Mr. Williams was appointed Chief Executive Officer and Group President of the packaging business (Polarcup), one of the company’s core divisions.

Mr. Williams’ experience in the packaging sector continued to grow at Rexam, the world’s second largest consumer packaging group. There, he held a number of senior management roles in specialty food packaging from 1996 to 2000.

His professional journey then took him to SCA Packaging, a business group of the global consumer goods and paper giant, SCA. As President of SCA Packaging Europe from 2005 to 2008, Mr. Williams helped transform the company from an undifferentiated manufacturer into a market-driven, customer-oriented packaging solutions provider.

In 2010, Mr. Williams was named North American CEO of the Year by RISI, the leading information provider for the global forest products industry.

Jim McLaren
Senior Editor, PPI Pulp & Paper Week
RISI

James McLaren has covered the forest products industry for 20 years. He is a senior editor for RISI's PPI Pulp & Paper Week, mainly reporting on North American uncoated freesheet and boxboard markets, and also serves as executive editor of RISI's global online pulp and paper news service.

A graduate of Rutgers University, he worked for daily newspapers in New Jersey before originally joining P&PW in 1989 under Miller Freeman. He worked for Forestweb before joining RISI in 2004, and covered wood products markets for Crow's newsletter before returning to P&PW in 2008.

With Miller Freeman, James was launch editor of PPI Asia in Singapore in 1998 and co-founded International Woodfiber Report in 1995. He was co-chairman of the International Woodfiber Conference in 1996, the Southern Forest Industries Conference in 1997, and the first Wood Summit in 1998.

Greg Rudder
Editor, PPI Pulp & Paper Week
RISI

Greg Rudder is lead editor for PPI Pulp & Paper Week. He has covered US and export recovered paper for 15 years, containerboard for seven years, and newsprint for three years. A Pepperdine University graduate, he was a daily newspaper reporter for 12 years before joining PPI Pulp & Paper Week. He has interviewed 20 CEOs, and visited 35 mills and plants globally.

C. A. "Chip" Dillon, III, CFA
Managing Director
Credit Suisse

Mr. Dillon is a Managing Director at Credit Suisse serving as the Senior North American Paper and Packaging Industry Analyst in the Equity Research Department. He is a Chartered Financial Analyst and consistently ranks highly in the major polls/surveys of U.S. Paper and Packaging Analysts, including a No. 1 ranking on eight occasions in the Institutional Investor poll. In addition, Chip is the only U.S. Paper and Forest Products Analyst to be inducted into the Wall Street Journal Analyst “Hall of Fame.”

Prior to joining Credit Suisse in March 2009, Chip covered the industry for 16 years at Citigroup Investment Research. He also covered the industry at First Manhattan Co. and, on the buy side, at J.P. Morgan Investment Management. Prior to earning his MBA, Chip was associated with Bankers Trust Company (now part of Deutsche Bank).

Born in Raleigh, North Carolina, Mr. Dillon earned a BS from the University of North Carolina in 1980, and an MBA from Columbia University in 1986. Mr. Dillon and his wife, Margaret, have five children and reside in the suburbs of New York City.

Lynn Michaelis
President
Strategic Economic Analysis
RISI Contributor

As Vice President of Marketing and Economic Research at Weyerhaeuser, Lynn worked closely with senior management on strategy development. As a result, he was a participant in the annual strategic reviews of each business. Lynn was also seen as an effective communicator for the company: speaking on industry issues to both the investment community and to customers. The role also included market research and competitor analysis.

While at Weyerhaeuser, he introduced new and creative ways to help the executive team think about the future (such as the scenario thinking process) when it was crucial to major decisions.

He also managed the composite panels business for several years and led the initial scoping for entry into the Oriented Strand Board (OSB) business. He led several special planning teams, including an Oregon sawmill optimization effort and scenario assessment of fine paper business.

Isabelle Des Chênes
Vice President, Market Relations
Forest Products Association of Canada

Vice President, Market Relations and Communications Isabelle Des Chênes manages the Forest Products Association of Canada's (FPAC) market communications and advocacy programming both domestically and internationally. She is also responsible for market and corporate communications.

Previously, Isabelle was Vice President, Market Relations with Forestry Innovation Investment's (FII) Market Outreach program of the government of British Columbia, providing international customers and decision makers with credible facts about British Columbia's sustainable forest and environmental record.

Isabelle brings nearly 20 years public relations and communications experience in both the private and public sectors. Prior to FII, she was director of communications with the FPAC and the Canadian Tourism Commission. She managed public relations and communications for technology firms Cognos and Fulcrum Technologies, and with the House of Commons Public Information Office in Ottawa.

Jim Hanna
Director, Environmental Impact
Starbucks Coffee Company

Jim Hanna joined Starbucks Coffee Company in November 2005, leading the company's initiatives to minimize its environmental footprint through green building, energy conservation, international procurement, waste minimization and collaboration with partner corporations and NGOs. Prior to Starbucks, he served as Director of Environmental Affairs for Xanterra Parks & Resorts at Yellowstone National Park. In the position, Jim oversaw Xanterra's many progressive environmental initiatives in its operations as the primary concessionaire in the park, including an ISO 14001-certified Environmental Management System. A native of Olympia, Washington, Jim earned a BS in Environmental Sciences from Washington State University and is a U.S. Green Building Council LEED-accredited professional.

Cameron Ferrin
Buyer - Corrugated Packaging, Sourcing
General Mills

Cameron Ferrin works in World Wide Sourcing at General Mills, the world's sixth largest food company, with specific accountability for fiber packaging. He manages one of the largest buys at GMI, including responsibility for development and execution of sourcing strategy, market and industry analysis, and market intelligence supporting nearly all brands. Recently, Ferrin has led a number of packaging initiatives at General Mills including vast market intelligence research focusing on global trends in fiber packaging products and materials. Cameron received his Bachelor of Science degree in Supply Chain Management from the W. P. Carey School of Business at Arizona State University.

Craig Johnston
President & CEO
Forest City Trading Group, LLC

After graduating from University of Oregon with a BA in Marketing and Finance, Mr. Johnston joined American International Forest Products, a subsidiary of Forest City Trading Group. He was a top trader in lumber commodities at AIFP, and in 1995 he was named Vice President and General Manager. In 1999, he became President of AIFP, doubling their sales to more than $900 million. In 2004 he helped lead an employee buyout of Forest City Trading Group, Inc., from their parent company, Forest City Enterprises. In 2006 Mr. Johnston became the President and COE and in 2008 he became Chairman of the Board.

Mr. Johnston is married and has two sons. Some of his hobbies include skiing, golfing and fly fishing. He and his family are involved in various charitable boards and activities in the Portland area.

George D'Urso
Director of Global Sustainability
Smurfit-Stone Container

Smurfit-Stone Container Director of Global Sustainability George D'Urso is paper industry veteran with experience at major firms that include International Paper and Georgia Pacific. His experience spans 30 years including 10 years in the printing ink industry and 20 years in packaging. A 1980 graduate of Rutgers University with a BS in Environmental Science, D'Urso was an original member of the Walmart Packaging Sustainable Value Network and a part of the core team that developed the Sustainable Packaging Score Card. His experience in packaging includes running package testing labs for three major integrated paper companies and becoming a Certified Quality Engineer while at Union Camp. Currently, D'Urso is a member of the Sustainable Forestry Initiative of which Smurfit-Stone is a founding member, the Chicago Climate Exchange, the Supplier Ethical Data Exchange, the Sustainable Packaging Coalition, the Global Green's Coalition of Resource Recover, and the Fibre Box Association Sustainability committee. Smurfit-Stone Container is one of the largest containerboard companies by capacity and its 2009 sales totaled $5.6 billion. The company operates 12 board mills in North America, is one of the largest US box makers with 103 corrugated plants, processed more than 6 million tons of fiber in 31 recycling centers in North America, and produces more than 800,000 tons of 100% recycled-content linerboard and corrugating medium.

Chris Lyddan
Director, Timber
Executive Editor, International Woodfiber Report
RISI

Chris Lyddan serves as timber analyst at RISI, including North American woodfiber, timberland and biomass markets and price reporting. His work is also the basis for the company's benchmarking and forecasting services in woodfiber and timberland.

Chris co-founded International Woodfiber Report in 1995 and Timberland Markets in 2000, and is contributing editor Wood Biomass Market Report since 2008.

Prior to joining RISI in 1995, Chris owned a timber harvesting and log export business based in Virginia, founded in 1979. He holds a B.S. in Industrial Forestry from Virginia Tech.

Donna Harman
President and Chief Executive Officer
American Forest & Paper Association

Donna Harman, President and Chief Executive Officer of the American Forest & Paper Association (AF&PA), is recognized by industry leaders and policymakers alike as a leading expert on public policy concerning the forest products industry. As the industry’s voice on public policy at all levels of government, Harman works with AF&PA’s 165 members to advance policies that promote a strong and sustainable U.S. forest products industry in the global marketplace. Harman has spearheaded a robust industry effort to engage Members of Congress and U.S. agency officials to help them make informed decisions on laws and regulations important to the industry’s competitiveness, including: bioenergy mandates, climate change, increasing energy supply, tax policies, green procurement for wood and paper products, and recycling. In addition, Harman carries the industry messages to international arenas. Born in Elkhart, Kansas, Harman earned a bachelor’s degree in public affairs from Anderson University and a law degree from American University. She is a member of the District of Columbia Bar Association, the American Society of Association Executives, and the Society of American Foresters. She serves on the Board of Directors for the American Council for Capital Formation, and is Secretary-Treasurer of the Forest Products Industry National Labor Management Committee. She also serves on the Corporate Advisory Council to the International Congressional Conservation Foundation.

Anne Rahikainen
Director, Bioenergy Services
RISI

Anne Rahikainen has 14 years of consulting experience in the forests products industry and wood biomass consuming bioenergy sectors with experience both in North America and Western Europe. Her areas of expertise are market and policy research, market and economic analysis, biomass fuel supply and due diligence studies, locating manufacturing sites and development of company strategy and business plans. During her career, Anne has managed numerous studies to investigate investment opportunities in the bioenergy sector and assisted companies to make optimal investment decisions. Her clients have included major utilities, biofuels producers, pellet manufacturers, trading companies, and investors. As the Director of Bioenergy Services at RISI, her role is to develop information and consulting services for the Bioenergy Industry in North America and internationally. Anne has a BC in Forest Management from University of Helsinki, MS in Forest Products Marketing from University of Washington, and an Executive MBA from Cornell University.

William Perritt
Executive Editor, Wood Biomass Market Report
RISI

William is an analyst, writer and editor for RISI, contributing to International Woodfiber Report, Wood Biomass Market Report, and the Timber & Wood Biomass News Service. He has written for International Woodfiber Report since its first issue in 1995, and in 2008, personally inspired the launch of Wood Biomass Market Report, to which he serves as Executive Editor.

During his time at RISI, William speaks regularly with industry sources and constructs real-world North American monthly market reviews in the pulpwood and wood biomass realms. He also analyzes price trends and market drivers for those raw materials.

William is a graduate of Emory & Henry College with a degree in print journalism. He is a member of both the Forest Resources Association and the West Virginia Forestry Association.

Peter Nowack
Founder
Nowack-Beer Consulting

Peter W. Nowack is a powerful strategist, writer, and presenter with more than 25 years of experience in marketing communications, advertising, and public relations. For more than 15 years, Mr. Nowack has focused on the business-to-business marketing, environmental marketing, and sustainability issues management needs of resource-dependent companies and organizations in North America, Asia, South America and Europe, including those in the graphic communications, forest products, and energy sectors.

The author of Printing Industries of America’s “Green Guide for Graphic Communications," Peter has been a featured presenter on the topic of green printing and environmental marketing at trade association meetings across the country. Peter also serves as Managing Editor for WhatTheyThink.com’s Going Green section.

About Nowack-Beer Consulting Nowack-Beer Consulting is an environmental-issues management, marketing and communications firm. With experience in pulp & paper, forest products, and the NGO community, Nowack-Beer’s mission is to help resource-dependent firms turn positive environmental and social performance into competitive advantage.

Steve Zika
CEO
Hampton Affiliates

Mr. Zika is the CEO of Hampton Affiliates, a family-owned forest products business headquartered in Portland, Oregon, employing about 1,400 people primarily in Washington, Oregon, and British Columbia. Hampton owns approximately 95,000 acres of U.S. timberland, managed on a sustainable basis, certified through the Sustainable Forestry Initiative (SFI), and eight sawmills in Oregon, Washington, and British Columbia with normal lumber production capacity in excess of 2.3 billion board feet. Hampton sawmills produce green and dry Doug fir and hem-fir and SPF dimension lumber and stud products. The company also has wholesale and distribution operations that deliver building products to customers all over the world, including its own lumber production and 1.5 billion board feet of outside lumber and panels.

Mr. Zika is a native Oregonian and is married with three children. He has a B.S. in Business from Oregon State University and 30 years of experience in public accounting and private industry.

Jim Lopez
President and CEO
Tembec

James Lopez was appointed President and Chief Executive Officer in January 2006. Mr. Lopez began his career more than two decades ago at Synergetics, an international consulting firm, where his client base included a diverse group of companies in the manufacturing sector, including Tembec. He subsequently accepted a management position at the Kellogg Company with responsibility for the construction, commissioning and ongoing operation of a major food-processing facility.

In 1989, Mr. Lopez joined Tembec as a Manager in Corporate Development. He was appointed Vice President and General Manager of the Chemical Products Group in 1994, followed by Vice President, Specialty Products Division of the Forest Products Group in 1996.

In 1999, Mr. Lopez took on responsibility for the strategic and operational management of more than 40 million acres of public and private woodlands as Executive Vice President of the Forest Resource Management Group. In August 2003, Mr. Lopez was appointed Executive Vice President and President of Tembec's Forest Products Group, which put him in charge of the Group's overall direction, including Forest Resource Management. He held this position right up to his appointment as President and Chief Executive Officer.

Mr. Lopez has been active in a number of industry trade and technical associations. He is currently Chairman of the Board of Directors of FPInnovations and he also holds a seat on the Board of Directors of the Forest Products Association of Canada (FPAC). Mr. Lopez is a member of the Bi-National Softwood Lumber Council between Canada and the United States and sits on the President's Board of Advisors for California University of Pennsylvania.

Born in Beaver Falls, Pennsylvania, in 1959, Mr. Lopez is a graduate of California University of Pennsylvania with a B.A. in Economics.

Harris DeLoach
Chairman, President and CEO
Sonoco Products

A native of Columbia, S.C., Harris E. DeLoach Jr. received a degree in business administration from the Moore School of Business at the University of South Carolina (USC) in 1966. He earned a J.D. from the USC School of Law in 1969. He received the Distinguished Alumnus Award from the Moore School of Business in 1998 and the University of South Carolina Distinguished Alumni Award in 2006.

DeLoach joined Sonoco, the Hartsville-based global consumer and industrial packaging company, as vice president of administration and general counsel in 1986. In 1990, he was named vice president of Sonoco’s High Density Film Products Division. In 1993, DeLoach was named vice president of Film, Plastics and Special Products before being promoted to group vice president in October of that year. Over the next decade, he continued to move into higher leadership positions within the company and joined Sonoco’s Board of Directors in 1998. After being named president and CEO in July of 2000, DeLoach was elected Chairman of the Board in April of 2005.

David Katsnelson
Senior Economist, Macroeconomics
RISI

David Katsnelson joined RISI in July 2010, and is responsible for the collecting, analyzing, forecasting, and communicating macroeconomic data and its relevance to clients throughout the forest product industry. He is the editor of RISI's Monthly Economic Commentary and the Economic Outlook chapters that appear in all RISI forecasts. Prior to joining RISI, David had been working at IHS Global Insight as an economist in the Country Analysis and Forecasting Group, as well as consulting for the Committee on Capital Markets Regulation, a think-tank in Cambridge, MA. David worked for more than a decade in the financial industry as a trader for boutique hedge funds and brokerages in New York and Boston. He also co-founded ProSeed Capital Holdings, an international venture capital company, serving as its CFO and VP of US Operations. David received his MBA in International Economic Policy from Brandeis International Business School, and his B.A. in Economics from the University of Chicago.

Kurt Schaefer
Vice President, Fiber
RISI

Kurt heads up RISI's analysis of the pulp and recovered paper segments of the industry. His primary responsibilities are focused on the area of papergrade pulp. He publishes a monthly commentary and forecast on the world pulp market, World Pulp Monthly. He also produces RISI’s long-term pulp forecasts, focusing on variables such as pulp consumption, capacity, production, production costs, and pricing. In 2009, Kurt helped to develop RISI's Outlook for Global Recovered Paper Markets, a successful multi-client study. In 2010, he is leading a team of RISI analysts and economists doing a multi-client study of China's fiber markets. Just prior to joining RISI, Kurt was Director of Pulp & Paper Forecaster. As the sole economist working on Forecaster, he was responsible for forecasting prices and market conditions across all of the major grades of paper and paperboard in North America. His work on Forecaster included developing detailed end-user driven demand models for the key grades, including newsprint, coated papers, and containerboard. He also directed a number of projects, including a major long-term study of global newsprint markets. In 1995, he received the designation of Chartered Financial Analyst (CFA). He jointed RISI in January, 1996.

Ray Barbee
Senior Vice President, Wood, Timber & Biomass
RISI

Ray Barbee was in born and reared near Charlotte, North Carolina. He has an Undergraduate degree from University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill and a MBA from USC in Columbia, SC. Ray has been in the forest products industry for 34 years having held executive officer level positions in sales and marketing with Boise Cascade, Louisiana Pacific, and Roseburg Forest Products in pulp, paper, and wood products: 20 years with Boise Cascade in pulp and paper; 4 years with Louisiana in wood products; and 10 years Roseburg in wood products. He has extensive industry affiliations.

Ray recently joined RISI in July 2010 as Senior Vice President and General Manager for Wood, Timber, and Biomass. He is married with two adult children. Other than work, Ray enjoys biking, running, reading and very little yard work.

Peter Barynin
Principal Economist, Timber
RISI

Peter Barynin recently rejoined RISI as Principal Timber Economist, after previously holding the title of Director of the North American Timber Forecasting Service at RISI, and has over 15 years of experience as a forest industry economist. Most recently, Peter was founder and Chief Economist for Resource Vision Inc., which conducts research and analysis on global wood fiber issues and the intricacies of the timber markets.

Bob Flynn
Director, International Timber
RISI

Robert (Bob) Flynn is Director, International Timber for RISI, the leading information provider for the global forest products industry. Bob has more than 30 years experience in the forest industry, including 9 years as a forester for Champion International in Oregon. He has spent the past 20+ years as a consultant to the industry, with a focus on analysis of timber supply and demand trends outside of North America; international trade of logs, woodchips, and biomass; and trends in international timberland investment. He joined RISI in April 2006, and has published two reports on China’s timber supply and demand; a global comparison of planted forest economics and investment attractiveness for tree farm development; a profile of India’s forest products industry; an analysis of the impact of Russia's log export tax on Asian log markets; annual reports on international trade in woodchips and biomass; and most recently he published a report on South American plantation forestry and bioenergy markets. He holds a BA degree in geography from the University of Texas, a BS degree in forest management from Northern Arizona University and an MS in economics from the University of Oregon.

Dave Fortin
Economist, Fiber
RISI

David Fortin has been with RISI for four years focusing on the global wood pulp market. His responsibilities include publishing the World Market Pulp Capacity Report and World Pulp Annual Historical data as well as assisting with RISI’s World Pulp Monthly and World Pulp and Recovered Paper Forecast. He recently earned a master’s degree in international economics and finance from the International Business School at Brandeis University and has a bachelor’s degree in economics from the University of Massachusetts Amherst.

Hannah Zhao
Economist, Recovered Paper
RISI

Hannah Zhao Joined RISI in 2009 as an economist. Her responsibilities at RISI are focused on the area of world recovered paper and Chinese pulp market. She is in the process of taking over responsibilities of recovered paper analysis of RISI. She contributes to the monthly commentary, quarterly forecast and long-term forecast on the world recovered paper market.

Hannah holds a Master of Science degree in Resource Economics from University of Rhode Island, and her Bachelor of Science degree in Geography from Beijing Normal University, China.

Esko Uutela
Principal, Tissue
RISI

Esko Uutela was born in Finland and has worked as a pulp and paper industry consultant for his whole professional career of more than 30 years. He graduated from the Helsinki School of Economics (Marketing) in 1976 and from the University of Helsinki (Faculty of Forestry) in 1979. Since 1991 he is residing in Germany.

After working for close to 18 years for a large forest industry consulting company in Helsinki and Munich, Esko decided to establish his own forest industry consulting company EU Consulting in Starnberg, close to Munich in Germany in August 1994. EU Consulting increasingly specialized in offering consulting services for two sectors: the tissue and recycled fiber businesses. In March 2007, RISI acquired EU Consulting.

Esko has carried out numerous private client projects, as well as published regularly worldwide, comprehensive multi-client studies on tissue business developments and global recycled fiber markets. He is now fully integrated with RISI's team of economists and responsible for all forecasts and market analyses related to the tissue sector. He is also the chief editor of RISI's tissue multi-client reports, including Outlook for World Tissue Business (published annually), World Tissue Business Monitor (quarterly) and US Tissue Monthly Data. In addition, Esko's long consulting experience with deep business and industry understanding has substantially extended RISI's capabilities to carry out comprehensive private client studies in the tissue and recovered paper sectors.

Surya Raina
Vice President, Mill Intelligence, Pulp & Paper Division
RISI

Surya Raina is Vice President of Mill Intelligence for RISI. Surya is a Chemical Engineer with over 30 years of experience in the pulp and paper industry, including 15 years of operational experience in the Asian pulp and paper industry. His career in mill operations included working at Ballarpur industries, India and Phoenix pulp and paper, Thailand. Prior to joining RISI, he spent eight years working as a consultant with Jacobs Sirrine Consultants and Simon Consulting group.

Surya specializes in cost benchmarking and is well versed in the cost structure of pulp and paper board grades across different world regions. He has also been actively involved in due diligence, risk and optimization studies. Surya has recently been involved in leading a major product launch at RISI, which involved developing the company's new web based cost benchmarking service. Surya leads a team of engineers based in North America, Asia and Europe.

Mike Jones
Director, Cost Benchmarking Packaging and Tissue
RISI

Mike Jones has worked for RISI for eight years. Prior to that he worked eight years for Jacobs Consultancy (Jacobs-Sirrine Consultants) until RISI acquired the benchmarking group in 2002. He focuses on benchmarking competitive cost studies for linerboard, corrugating medium, kraft packaging, bleached board, and retail and commercial tissue. He has a total of sixteen years benchmarking experience in a range of grades and geographies. Prior to that, Mike worked fifteen years for International Paper. He holds a Bachelor's Degree in Chemical Engineering from Georgia Institute of Technology.

Bill Studstill
Director, Cost Benchmarking, Graphic Papers
RISI

Bill Studstill serves as Director, Graphic Papers Benchmarking at RISI. His work focuses on cost benchmarking for graphic papers including coated & uncoated, woodfree and mechanical grades.

Prior to joining RISI in 2002, Bill worked for Jacobs Consultancy. In addition to multi-client and single client benchmarking studies, consulting projects included due diligence, strategic assessment and mill optimization. He has a bachelor’s degree in mechanical engineering and a master’s degree in management.

Ken Waghorne
Vice President, Packaging
RISI

Ken has specialized in the paper packaging markets for RISI since 1983. He provides detailed monthly and quarterly analysis and forecasts of the North American paper packaging markets as well as single- and multi-client studies. He developed RISI's international containerboard model as well as the paper packaging models for the Latin American markets. He also produces the RISI end-use market analysis for the Paperboard Packaging Council’s Trends Report on the US folding carton industry. Ken also manages RISI's global packaging economic team, and directs the incorporation of the forecasts from North America, Asia, Europe and Latin America into RISI's global reports.

Ken holds a Master of Science degree in Forest Economics from Virginia Tech and his Bachelor of Science degree in Forestry from LSU.

John Maine
Vice President, Graphic Paper
RISI

John is a co-founder of RISI and has 30 years of experience in the paper industry and developed the graphic paper forecasting and analysis service at RISI. He is a recognized industry expert for printing and writing paper markets, prices, analysis, and forecasts. John is a regular speaker and consultant for most major producers worldwide as well as various end-user groups including insert and catalog publishers, magazine publishers, book publishers, paper merchants and brokers, and major commercial printers. He collects industry prices monthly, which are used by buyers and sellers in settling contract prices. John manages all of the world newsprint and printing and writing analysis and forecasts with regional economists located in Helsinki, Brussels, Shanghai, and Sao Paulo. His published reports include the monthly Paper Trader, World Coated Paper Supply: A risk assessment of capacity closures; World Graphic Paper Forecast; World Graphic Paper Capacity; North American Graphic Paper Forecast; and numerous single and multi-client studies.

John holds a Master of Science degree in Forest Economics with distinction from Virginia Tech. He resides in Charlottesville, Virginia with his wife and three children.

Derek Mahlburg
Economist, Graphic Paper
RISI

Derek Mahlburg is an economist for the RISI North American graphic paper service, assisting with the North American forecasts and commentaries. His responsibilities include maintaining the North America and World Capacity Reports, and he has played a key role in various studies.

Derek completed his undergraduate education at the University of Kansas, where he majored in Economics, and holds a Master's Degree in Economics from the University of Missouri.

Bernard Fuller
Principal Economist, Wood Panels
RISI

Bernard Fuller is a founding member of RISI, specializing in the end-use markets for wood products (wood-based panels and lumber). Over the past quarter century, Bernard has led analysis on the panelboard (softwood plywood, oriented strandboard, medium density fibreboard and particleboard) and treated wood products markets. Bernard has been with RISI from 1985 to present, most recently contributing to RISI's monthly and quarterly forecasts for panel, engineered wood products and lumber markets and has recently returned to the role full time.

Education:
BA in Economic and Social History, University of Nottingham, England MA in U.S. Economic History, University of Wisconsin Completed requirements for Ph.D., except dissertation, in U.S. Economic History, State University of New York at Binghamton.

Bob Berg
Principal Economist, Lumber
RISI

Bob Berg has spent over 25 years following the North American solid wood markets, specializing in price forecasting. Bob is a founding member of RISI and built many of its solid wood and engineered lumber models along with segments of the timber and panel models. During his tenure from 1985 to 2007, Bob mentored many of the economists following the North American lumber markets. In 2007 he left RISI to pursue other wood market opportunities, but returned to RISI in 2009.

Crystal Gauvin
Economist, Wood Products
RISI

Crystal Gauvin has worked over two years as an economist for RISI in a variety of different product areas, most recently focusing on wood products. In addition to contributing to both the Lumber and Wood Panels forecasts, she is currently co-author for the Lumber, Structural Panel and PB/MDF Monthly Commentaries. Her primary responsibilities include collecting, analyzing, and communicating data to clients in the wood products industry. Crystal holds her Master of Science degree in Environmental and Natural Resource Economics from the University of Rhode Island and her Bachelor of Science degree in Mathematics from Xavier University in Cincinnati, Ohio.