USDA Announces Appointments to the Softwood Lumber Board

Date
September 13, 2024

The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) today announced the appointment of six members to serve on the Softwood Lumber Board. The appointees will serve three-year terms beginning Jan. 1, 2025, and ending Dec. 31, 2027.

Newly appointed members are:

  • Trey Hankins, Ripley, Miss. (U.S. South, flex seat/small company)
  • Kimberli C. Scott, Allendale, S.C. (U.S. South, flex seat/small company)
  • Marc Brinkmeyer, Coeur d’Alene, Idaho (U.S. West, large company)
  • Vaughn Emmerson, Anderson, Calif. (U.S. West, large company)
  • Susan Yurkovich, Vancouver, BC, Canada (Canada West, large company)
  • Jerome Pelletier, Saint John, NB, Canada (Canada East, flex seat)

The Softwood Lumber Board has 14 members, including 10 domestic manufacturers and four importers. Members can serve up to two consecutive three-year terms.

More information about the board is available on the Agricultural Marketing Service (AMS) Softwood Lumber Board webpage.

Since 1966, Congress has authorized the development of industry-funded research and promotion boards to provide a framework for agricultural industries to pool their resources and combine efforts to develop new markets, strengthen existing markets and conduct important research and promotion activities. AMS provides oversight of 22 boards, paid for by industry assessments, which helps ensure fiscal accountability and program integrity.

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