Meet our expert Speakers

Learn more about our wide array of conference speakers below — from FEA’s own top-tier analysts to carefully curated guests from around the globe.

Additional bios will be published soon. Please see the agenda for a full list of speakers.

  • Day 1
    Brendan Lowney Principal, Macroeconomics – FEA

    Brendan Lowney

    Brendan is a Principal of Forest Economic Advisors LLC, the premier source for North American wood products analysis and information. […]

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    Paul Jannke Principal, Lumber – FEA

    Paul F. Jannke

    Paul is a Principal of Forest Economic Advisors LLC, the premier source for North American wood products analysis and information. […]

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    Rocky Goodnow Vice President, Timber – FEA

    Rocky Goodnow

    Rocky is Vice President of North American Timber Service at Forest Economic Advisors LLC. In this role, Rocky is responsible […]

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    Senior Economist – FEA

    Crystal Gauvin

    Crystal Gauvin is a Senior Economist at FEA. With over 16 years of experience in the wood products industry, Crystal […]

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    Analyst – FEA

    Samuel Guy-Plourde

    Samuel is a construction analytics professional and a survey expert. At FEA, he supports market research projects focusing on wood […]

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    President & CEO – NWPCA

    Brent McClendon

    Brent has served as President and CEO of the National Wooden Pallet and Container Association (NWPCA) since February 2013. He […]

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    Executive Director – Home Improvement
    Research Institute (HIRI)

    Dave King

    Dave King serves as Executive Director of the Home Improvement Research Institute (HIRI), a role he assumed in 2022 after […]

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    Co-Founder & CEO – Reframe Systems

    Vikas Enti

    Vikas Enti, Co-Founder and CEO of Reframe Systems, is on a mission to build resilient homes for all. Reframe’s microfactories, […]

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    Vice President of Lumber & Building
    Materials – Do it Best

    Russ Kathrein

    Russ Kathrein is the Vice President of Lumber & Building Materials at Do it Best Group, based in Fort Wayne, […]

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    Sales Director – Norra Timber

    Erik Eliasson

    Erik has been the Sales Director at Norra Timber since 2010. Erik started his sawmilling carrier growing up in a […]

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    Partner, South America – FEA

    Ernesto Wagner

    A native of Chile, Ernesto Wagner is a Civil Engineer from the Catholic University of Santiago (1994), has a MSc […]

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    Mark Smith Partner, Oceania – FEA

    Mark Smith

    Mark Smith has worked for major corporates in New Zealand in the forest and forest product sectors (Fletcher Paper and […]

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  • Day 2
    Greg Lewis Vice President, Wood Panels – FEA

    Greg Lewis

    Greg Lewis is Vice President, Wood Panels, for Forest Economic Advisors LLC. He writes FEA’s Structural Panel Advisor and Particleboard […]

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    Principal – ForestEdge

    Robert Hagler

    Robert Hagler is Principal at ForestEdge, an investment advisory firm specializing in forestland and nature-based solutions. Established in 2017, ForestEdge […]

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    Jane Guo Headshot Editor, Asia Bulletin – FEA

    Jane Guo

    Based in FEA’s office in Beijing, Jane has two years of work experience in wood products manufacturing and many years […]

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    President and CEO – JK Holdings Co., Ltd.

    Keiichiro Aoki

    Keiichiro Aoki has served as President and CEO of JK Holdings Co., Ltd. since July 2014. JK Holdings (formerly Maruyoshi […]

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    Enhanced Forestry Co Ltd (EFCO)

    Danny Kuo

    Danny has been with Enhanced Forestry Co. for more than five years, bringing a strong cross-cultural perspective shaped by his […]

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