Membership and Policy Council

Nine professional members of the Guild are elected by their peers to serve three-year terms on the Membership and Policy Council (MPC). The MPC supervises the development of Guild policy and position statements and the modification of our Mission and Principles. The MPC also addresses issues related to membership and member services. The MPC holds monthly conference calls and is comprised of committees responsible for work on current projects. Elections are held for a portion of the MPC positions each autumn.

Current MPC members

Meet some of your MPC members

tish carr

Belgrade, Maine
tishcarrconsultingllc@gmail.com

Austin Himes

Starkville, Mississippi
662-325-4249
austin.himes@msstate.edu

Steven Olson

Cloquet, MN
218-591-1795
steveo1201@gmail.com

Marianne Patinelli-Dubay

Adirondacks, New York
mpatinelli@esf.edu

Clint Patterson

Mc Kee, Kentucky
clint_patterson@berea.edu

Mary Stuever

Chama, New Mexico
mary@foresterslog.com

Bill Wilkinson

Burnt Ranch, California
707-599-7215
billw@bbwassociates.com

Small bio photo of Austin Himes.

"To me the Guild represents forestry that accounts for the diverse ways forests are important to people."

Austin Himes

Starkville, MS
Clint Patterson

"I am excited to be involved with a group whose sense of community, in the spirit of Aldo Leopold’s maxim, extends to the land: “When we see land as a community to which we belong, we may begin to use it with love and respect” (in A Sand County Almanac). I believe that, as we reopen to seeing land this way, and humbly learn its wisdom, this could be the key to more fully loving and respecting all peoples of the earth too, in the process."

Clint Patterson

Mc Kee, KY
Bill Wilkinson

"I’m honored to serve on the Guild’s Membership and Policy Council.  As a founding member, I have a lot of long-time energy and trust invested in the Guild, which to me represents the best future for forestry in the United States."

Bill Wilkinson

Burnt Ranch, CA
tish carr

"I am excited to be part of such a diverse and energetic group in this organization with a long history of leading.  I look forward to sharing my knowledge and experiences that show the benefit of bringing Indigenous Knowledge and western science together to improve environmental decisions and policy practices."

tish carr

Belgrade, Maine
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"People are part of the earth, not masters of the land. Indigenous peoples being part of the earth, learned the ecology of their surroundings over generations. I can help bring the tribal prospective to the Guild on the MPC."

Steven Olson

Cloquet, MN
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"I would like to cultivate a strong sense of stewardship in the expanding Guild community by emphasizing that placing the forest first supports E.O. Wilson’s half earth vision and the 30-by-30 policies of the US government and the UN for the coming decade."

Jan-Willem Jansens

Santa Fe, NM
Marianne Patinelli-Dubay

"The greatest challenge facing the next generation of resource managers will be to ethically negotiate the tension between management and stewardship. The challenge taken up by the Guild and this Council will be to share the way."

Marianne Patinelli-Dubay

Adirondacks, NY

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