Nov 20, 2007. Richard Huff was elected chairman of the APA Board of Trustees during the Association’s annual meeting in Indian Wells, Calif. Nov. 10-14, reported APA.

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Richard Huff was elected chairman of the APA Board of Trustees

Nov 20, 2007. /Lesprom Network/. Richard Huff, vice president and general manager, OSB and kraft papers at Tolko Industries Ltd., Vernon, BC, was elected chairman of the APA Board of Trustees during the Association’s annual meeting in Indian Wells, Calif. Nov. 10-14, reported APA. An APA trustee since November 2005, Huff holds a bachelor’s degree in economics from the University of Western Ontario and a master’s, also in economics, from Queens University, Kingston, Ontario. He succeeds Jonathan Martin, chairman and CEO of Roy O. Martin Lumber Company, Alexandria, La., as chairman. Martin, who joined the Board in 2003, remains a trustee. Also elected as vice chairman of the board was James Enright, president of Standard Structures Inc., Windsor, Calif. Enright holds a bachelor of science in business administration degree from the University of Redlands, Redlands, Calif. He is a past chairman of the APA Engineered Wood Systems (EWS) I-Joist/Laminated Veneer Lumber Management Committee and also served as chairman of the APA Marketing Advisory Committee. He has served on the board of trustees since November 2003. The board’s other members are Michael Ainsworth, Ainsworth Lumber Co. Ltd.; Allyn Ford, Roseburg Forest Products Company; Don Grimm, Hood Industries, Inc.; Dennis Hardman, APA president; Steve Killgore, Cascade Structural Laminators LLC; Peter Lynch, Grant Forest Products Inc.; John Murphy, Murphy Company; Mary Jo Nyblad; Boise Cascade LLC; Michael Rehwinkel, Georgia-Pacific Wood Products LLC; Henry Ricklefs, Plum Creek; Mike St. John, Pacific Woodtech Corp.; Jeff Wagner, LP; and Peter Wijnbergen, Norbord Inc.