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Page 18The Softwood Forest Products Buyerthrough 16-foot RIL only - board orpattern; and oak timbers up to 12x12and in lengths up to 20 feet.Surls has been in his current positionsince 2007. He is also a certified publicaccountant and has his own financialconsulting business. Previouspositions include working for an internationalaccounting firm. He has purchasedover a dozen companiesthroughout his career.When asked when he got his start inthe forest products industry, hereplied, “When I was three years old,my day care center was NortexLumber in Terrell, Texas where mygrandfather operated the carpentershop.”A graduate of Terrell High School,located in Terrell, Texas, he receivedhis Bachelor’s of Business Administrationdegree with an Accountingmajor, and a Master’s degree inBusiness Administration in real estatefinance from Southern MethodistUniversity in Dallas, Texas.Surls and his wife of 30 years,Kathryn, have three children. In hisspare time he enjoys fishing at hislake house in east Texas, is a lifelongbaseball fan and is dedicated to dogrescue and animal shelters in northTexas.Richardson Timbers is a member ofthe North American WholesaleLumber Association; Lumbermen’sAssociation of Texas; Ft. WorthLumbermen’s Association; and theHomebuilder’s Association. For moreinformation visit www.richardsontimbers.com.•WHO’S WHO - DarrahContinued from page 16tion, continually seeking new opportunitiesto grow and diversify its business."Enhance pre-coated Pine panelingand Durgin & Crowell’s affiliationwith Hampshire Hives are just twomeans by which the firm has sought toadd value to their lumber.The company employs around 85people, and each year purchasesPine logs from over 150 different loggers,landowners and foresters in NewHampshire and Vermont.•WHO’S WHO - MaciasContinued from page 2cil comprising U.S. Softwood gradingagencies, industry trade associations,state export promotional developmentagencies and others interested inexpanding international markets forU.S. Softwood lumber. On behalf ofthe U.S. Softwood lumber industry, theSEC coordinates overseas marketdevelopment activities with theForeign Agricultural Service and aidsAmerican exports of Softwood productsby providing information andassistance to agents, importers,designers and users of these productsin other countries. Through tradeassociation and grading agency members,SEC represents exporters ofSoftwood lumber, veneer, mouldingsand millwork and component products.Macias has been with the SEC forapproximately one year and threemonths. Her background in sales andmarketing includes Weyerhaeuserand Cascade Structural Laminators.She began her career in the forestproducts industry at Kuzman ForestProducts, located in Hillsboro, Ore.A graduate of Sunset High School,Portland, Ore., she obtained aBachelor’s of Science degree in WoodScience and also a Bachelor’s ofScience in Business Administrationfrom Oregon State University. Shealso completed her Master’s degree inForest Products Marketing fromOregon State University in 2010.Married to Gerardo, Macias enjoyslearning new languages, exercising,reading, cooking and spending timewith family and friends in her sparetime.For more information visit www.softwood.org.•WHO’S WHO - SurlsContinued from page 2resaw boards and dimension, ripboard and dimension, most SouthernYellow Pine patterns, precision endtrimming and saw texture. Their millhas the capability of cutting timbers insizes up to 20x20 – 40’ in length.Richardson’s inventory consists ofNo.1 and Better green Douglas Fir insizes up to 20x20 and lengths up to40-feet; No. 1 and Better AppearanceWestern Red Cedar in 16x16 andlengths up to 32-feet; No. 1 kiln-driedand Tru-Dry Fir in sizes up to 2x16and lengths up to 24-feet (larger sizesavailable upon request); and DouglasFir in sizes 1x6, 2x6, 1x8 & 2x8 from 6NICKELL -Continued from page 4Manufacturers Association (WCMA),the company sells its products to customersthroughout the U.S., Canadaand Mexico. Many of those clients arepicture frame makers whose finalproducts are sold in departmentstores.“We also sell to manufactured housingproducers, cabinetmakers and furnitureproducers from coast-to-coast,”said Nickell, whose firm has beenhonored with numerous environmentalawards for its efforts to run a“green” plant. In 2010 for example, thecompany was one of just six companiesstatewide to win an IndianaEnvironmental Stewardship ProgramAward.According to the company, NickellMoulding is also the only mouldingmanufacturer in Indiana to take part ina voluntary program called theEnvironmental Stewardship Program(ESP). Run by the IndianaDepartment of EnvironmentalManagement, the program focuses onlowering manufacturers’ carbon footprints,or the total set of greenhousegases (GHG) emissions caused by anorganization, event or product.Credit the manufacturer’s use ofwater-based finishing products ratherthan solvent lacquer-based productsin both its manufacturing and finishapplications, and its production ofeco-wood (MDF) that is a virgin recycledproduct for its wrapped mouldingswith helping to raise its “green”profile. Nickell Moulding also recyclesits sawdust, wood and cardboardwaste into wood fuel pellets.Continued on page 25