Nov 01, 2022

APA — The Engineered Wood Association

LeBlanc

Williams

Asano

Cribb

A new chair, vice chair and two members have been elected to APA — The Engineered Wood Association’s board of trustees. Ashlee Cribb, vice president of wood products at PotlatchDeltic, is the new chair, succeeding Roy O. Martin III. Cribb’s areas of expertise include sales, marketing, strategic planning and operations management. Prior to PotlatchDeltic, Cribb was senior vice president and chief commercial officer for Roseburg Forest Products, and spent 21 years in the chemical industry. Doug Asano, senior vice president of sales and marketing at Roseburg Forest Products, is the vice chair. Asano leads Roseburg’s sales, marketing, logistics, customer service and fulfillment teams. He joined Roseburg in 2020 as the director of sales excellence, focused on process and systems improvements and sales training. Before joining Roseburg, he worked at Huber Engineered Woods for over 16 years in multiple commercial leadership roles, including vice president of sales and marketing. The new board members are Stephen Williams, executive vice president and chief financial officer at Western Forest Products, and Richie LeBlanc, president and CEO at Hunt Forest Products. Williams leads his company’s corporate finance, corporate development, investor relations, IT, shared services and legal teams. He has over 25 years of experience in the forest industry, and extensive experience in acquisitions and divestitures. LeBlanc has been serving the forest products industry for 22 years. He began his career with Willamette Industries in Ruston, Louisiana, which Weyerhaeuser later acquired. He initially served on the integration team, charged with merging the cultures of Willamette and Weyerhaeuser. Tacoma-based APA represents about 180 plywood, oriented strand board, glulam and cross-laminated timber, wood I-joist, Rim Board and structural composite lumber mills throughout North America.

Oct 25, 2022

APA — The Engineered Wood Association

Vuksich

Tacoma-based APA — The Engineered Wood Association named Tony Vuksich as the 2022 Bronson J. Lewis honoree at its annual meeting last week in Florida. Vuksich has been serving the engineered wood industry for 50 years. He began his career in 1972 in sales with Willamette Valley Co. of Oregon. He went on to become a branch manager at the firm in 1976, a regional manager in 1980, vice president of the Northwest in 1996 and global wood vice president in 2010. His contributions to the engineered wood industry include a 20-year term serving on the Engineered Wood Technology Association advisory committee, where he worked on funding special projects for APA and promoting the EWTA Info Fair and membership. The award is named in honor of the late Bronson Lewis, who served for 24 years as secretary and then executive vice president of APA. It recognizes individuals for their leadership and outstanding contributions to the engineered wood industry.

Transblue

Seattle area-based Transblue recently held its first annual convention in San Diego, where the company honored top-performing franchisees in its nationwide network. Among those recognized for their accomplishments as Transblue operators were Tim and Monica Lyon, owners of Ballard and Bellevue locations. The husband-and-wife duo took home several awards, including Franchise of the Year, the Transblue Navigator Award, and the Core Value “For Each Other” award. The Lyons led the system as top sales producer with $5.9 million in revenue in only their third year in business. Other local franchisees winning awards were Zach Simms of Spokane, the Brand Promise Award; and Mark Wilson of Tacoma, the Core Value “Have Grit” award. Transblue provides construction management services and specializes in residential, commercial, multifamily and government projects.