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
- Sustainable Forestry Initiative
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 Membership Development and Recruitment
eoakman@scforestry.org
- Membership outreach, recruitment and development
- Implementation of FASC’s membership program
- Identifying prospective new members
- Working with existing members to encourage membership renewal
- County Forestry Associations
- Young Professionals
- Log A Load for Kids
Board of Directors
EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE
Jake Scott
Chairman
Collum's Lumber Products
Allendale
Charles A. Segars, Jr.
Past Chairman
Johnson Co., Inc.
Sumter
Taylor Gibbs
Chairman-Elect
Beal Lumber Co.
Little Mountain
Steve McMillan
Treasurer
Southeastern Forestry
Columbia
Cam Crawford
President & CEO
Forestry Association of SC
Columbia
DIRECTORS
Steve Hudson
Region III, 2024
United Wood Treating/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
Joey Austin
At-Large, 2025
Austin Logging
Gaston
Ryan Wenzel
Region II, 2025
Sabine & Waters
Summerville
Bo Carson
Region II, 2023
Swiss Krono SC, LLC
Lexington
Bill Gaskins
Region I, 2026
American Forest Mgt.
Sumter
Ricky McCutchen
At-Large, 2026
Charles Ingram Lumber
Effingham
Jessica Rutland
At-Large, 2026
Diversified Applications
Ward
Jon Welch
Region III, 2026
Weyerhaeuser
Newberry
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