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October 15, 2025


The Board of Trustees at APA – The Engineered Wood Association made two changes to its board. John Beers III of Georgia-Pacific has been elected board chair, and Brian Cullen of PWT has joined the board.
With over 25 years of industry experience, Beers is president of the structural panels business at Georgia-Pacific. He began his career in sales with Grant Forest Products in 2002, joining Georgia-Pacific in 2010 when the company acquired Grant. He became president in 2023. Beers succeeds Doug Asano of Roseburg Forest Products as APA board chair. Asano will continue to serve as a trustee.
Cullen is senior vice president of operations at PWT. He began his career at Weyerhaeuser in 2002, spending more than 13 years there in plant management, process improvement and industrial engineering. After a brief stint at Amazon, Cullen returned to the wood products industry, joining Boise Cascade in 2016 as production manager for the Eastern region. In 2023, he was hired by PWT as vice president of operations before being named to his current position in April 2025. Cullen will be replacing Jim Enright, who served on the APA board for more than 15 years.