About The Foresty Association
The Forestry Association of South Carolina supports the landowners, professionals, and companies that make up SC’s $21 billion forest industry by promoting sustainable forestry, use of wood products, and working forests. The Association advocates for a business friendly climate for our landowners and forest industry while promoting conservation and sustainability of South Carolina's forests.
Vision
Sustainable forests that provide social, economic, and environmental benefits.
Mission
To maintain and secure adoption of local, state, and federal policies that encourage management, utilization, and conservation of forest resources while maintaining or strengthening the pro-business climate for the wood and paper products industry.
Meet Our Staff
Cam Crawford
President and CEO
ccrawford@scforestry.org
- Chief Executive Officer
- Lobbyist/Legislative Program
- Policy questions
- FASC spokesman
- Board of Directors
- SC Forestry Foundation
- Executive Editor, Carolina Forestry Journal and SC Forestry Magazine
Guy Sabin
Vice President
gsabin@scforestry.org
- TOP [Timber Operations Professional] Program
- State Administrator for SC Tree Farm Program
- Right To Practice Forestry
Julie Leary
Director of Member Services
julie@scforestry.org
- Membership dues/records
- Accounts Payable and Receivable for FASC, SCFF, PLT and Tree Farm
- Hunt Lease/Timberland Liability Insurance
Frances Taylor
Communications Director
scfa@scforestry.org
- Editor, Carolina Forestry Journal & Magazine
- Design/layout of publications and communications material
- Advertising
- Annual Meeting Sponsors
- Annual Meeting Exhibits
- FASC’s representative for: SC Tree Farm Program: newsletters and other communications materials
- FASC Board meeting minutes
- Preparation of FASC's award nominations -- national and regional
Emily Oakman
Director of Landowner Outreach, Forestry Education and Programs
eoakman@scforestry.org
- Landowner Outreach
- Program Development
- Sustainable Forestry Initiative
- County Forestry Associations
- Teachers' Tour
- Young Professionals
- Project Learning Tree
- Wood Magic Forest Fair
- Log A Load for Kids
Board of Directors
EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE
Charles A. Segars, Jr.
Chairman
Johnson Co., Inc.
Sumter
Mike P. Macedo
Past-Chairman
International Paper
Georgetown
Jake Scott
Chairman-Elect
Collum's Lumber Products
Allendale
Taylor Gibbs
Treasurer
Beal Lumber Co.
Little Mountain
Cam Crawford
President & CEO
Forestry Association of SC
Columbia
DIRECTORS
Yvonne Knight-Carter
At-Large, 2023
Broadaxe Branch Partners
Moncks Corner
Tim B. Kirven
Region I, 2023
Sonoco
Hartsville
Tom W. Mason
Region III, 2023
Piedmont Forestry Consultants
Roebuck
Barbara McPhail
At-Large, 2023
McPhail Tree Farms, LLC
Mauldin
Bo Carson
Region II, 2023
Swiss Krono SC, LLC
Lexington
Steve Hudson
Region III, 2024
United WoodTreating / Retired
Union
Davis McGowen
Region I, 2024
Canfor Southern Pine
Conway
Niki Stenner
At-Large, 2024
White Oak Forest Mgt.
Georgetown
Jason Watson
Region II, 2024
ArborGen
Ridgeville
Tanner Workman
At-Large, 2024
West Fraser
Joanna
Justin Demiter
Region I, 2025
International Paper
Georgetown
Jamey Hollis
Region III, 2025
New Indy
Catawba
Bill McCrary
At-Large, 2025
Tree Farmer
Chapin
Steve McMillan
At-Large, 2025
Southeastern Forestry
Columbia
Ryan Wenzel
Region II, 2025
Sabine & Waters
Summerville
Forestry Association History
Pictured above: SCFA's first Board of Directors.
On Nov. 30, 1967, a handful of senior forest industry managers and consulting foresters gathered at the Tremont Hotel, Columbia, SC to discuss ways to strengthen the forest industry’s relationship with private landowners and improve the level of forest practices in the state.
SCFA’s new Executive Vice President Bob Scott, left, joins Vice President Henry Savage, center, and Charles Flory in examining one of the Association’s first agendas.
SCFA's first committee chairmen, 1970 (left to right): Norman Spell (Westvaco), Public Relations; Cam Neiderhof (Westvaco), Legislative; Julian Buxton (Williams Furniture), Membership; and Mac Lupold (Holly Hill Lumber), Annual Meeting.
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For additional information, contact the Forestry Association's Communications Director Frances Taylor at scfa@scforestry.org or 803-798-4170