Mar 16, 2009. /Lesprom Network/. Rayonier announced that David W. Oskin has been elected to its Board of Directors, effective immediately. Oskin is President of Four Winds Ventures, a private investment and advisory company, and previously served as executive vice president of International Paper and as CEO of Carter Holt Harvey, a New Zealand-based forest products company. He currently serves on the boards of Verso Paper Holdings, Pacific Millennium Corporation, Samling Global Limited and Big Earth Publishing, and is the chairman of the Board of Trustees at Widener University, where he obtained his bachelor’s degree and was awarded a doctoral degree. Oskin previously served as vice chair of the U.S. National Forest Products Association. “I am confident that our Board will benefit greatly from David’s keen understanding of our industry gained from his more than 30 years of forest products and timberland management experience,” said Lee M. Thomas, Rayonier Chairman, President and CEO. Rayonier is a leading international forest products company with three core businesses: Timber, Real Estate and Performance Fibers.