Leadership & Staff

AFA Officers

President – Greg Hay, ArborGen

Vice-President – Tom Crowder, Bragg Land Company

Secretary – Jason Gibson, Weyerhaeuser

Treasurer – Bobby Taylor, Shelby Taylor Trucking

Executive Committee

Steve Anthony, Anthony Timberlands

Dru Burford, Georgia-Pacific

Ray Dillon, Dillon Consulting 

Robert Gray, PotlatchDeltic 

Ryan Hendrix, Green Bay Packaging

Mark Karnes, The Ross Foundation

Allen Morgan, Hunter-Wasson Inc.

Pete Prutzman, Kingwood Forestry Services

Roger Taylor, West Fraser

Tammy Waters, Domtar

Frank Wilson, Wilson Bros. Lumber

 

AFA/AFAEF Staff

 

Max Braswell, Executive Vice President

E-mail: [email protected]

 

Max is responsible for the overall administration and management of the Arkansas Forestry Association. He also serves as AFA’s primary government affairs contact and chief media spokesperson.

 

Rob Beadel, Director of Forestry Education
E-mail: [email protected]

 

Rob coordinates programs for students, educators, landowners and others throughout the state and serves as the state coordinator for Project Learning Tree. These outreach efforts are coordinated through the AFA Education Foundation.

 

Anna Sparks, Director of Business

E-mail: [email protected]

 

Anna oversees the day-to-day office management at AFA and handles the association’s fiscal responsibilities. She also coordinates the Arkansas Tree Farm Program and AFA Annual meeting.

 

 

Seth Stephenson, Communications Coordinator

E-mail: [email protected]

 

Seth is responsible for media relations, member communication, social media, advertising and public relations. He also coordinates the Log A Load For Kids campaign.

 

Kris Durham, Administrative Assistant

E-mail: [email protected]

 

Kris provides program support for AFA and AFAEF, is the first point of contact on the phone and front desk, and helps to maintain the AFA membership and Tree Farm databases.