Dec 14, 2011. /Lesprom Network/. The Engineered Wood Association appointed Mary Jo Nyblad as Chairman of the APA Board of Trustees. Ms. Nyblad has served on the APA Board for six years, the last two as Vice-Chairman. During that time she has also chaired the APA Marketing Advisory Committee and the APA Finance Committee, as APA said in a press release received by Lesprom Network. As a trade association, APA is governed by a Board of Trustees made up of 15 executives from structural panel and engineered wood products companies in the United States and Canada. Ms. Nyblad is the first woman to chair the APA Board in its 78 year history. Her current responsibilities at Boise Cascade include sales and marketing for plywood and particleboard, as well as the transportation department for those products. “Mary Jo brings a wealth of product knowledge, strategic marketplace experience and a genuine commitment to the success and growth of our industry”, said APA President Dennis Hardman. “APA is extremely fortunate to have a leader of such caliber to guide us through the current challenging business environment for structural wood products.” For over seventy years, APA-The Engineered Wood Association has focused on helping the industry create structural wood products of exceptional strength, versatility and reliability. Combining the research efforts of scientists at APA’s 42,000 square-foot research center with the knowledge gained from decades of field work, and cooperation with our member manufacturers, APA promotes new solutions and improved processes that benefit the entire industry.