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The School of
Forest Resources & Conservation presents The John Gray
Distinguished Lecture Series | ||
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SPEAKER: |
Carlton N.
Owen
President and
CEO U.S.
Endowment for Forestry and Communities Greenville,
SC |
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DATE: |
June 2,
2010 | |
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TIME: |
9:30
am | |
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LOCATION: |
Grand
Ballroom Paramount
Plaza Hotel 2900 SW
13th Street Gainesville,
FL 32608 | |
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TITLE: |
Natural
Resources Sustainability: Operating at the Speed of
Need | |
Carlton
Owen is President and CEO of the U.S. Endowment for Forestry and Communities – a
$200 million entity created out of the Canada/US Softwood Lumber Agreement 2006
– with a mission to support sustainable forestry and forest-reliant communities
in the U.S. Owen, of Greenville, SC, has for nearly 35 years been at the
forefront of conservation innovation. A forester and wildlife biologist, he
holds a B.S. degree in forestry and M.S. in wildlife ecology from Mississippi
State University. For six years he led his consultancy, The Environmental Edge,
LLC, in “bringing business and the environment together” to benefit both. He is
a former Executive Director of the Sustainable Forestry Board, Inc. and Vice
President – Forest Policy, Champion International Corporation. He has held
positions with the American Forest Council; American Forest Foundation; Potlatch
Corporation; and Mississippi Wildlife Federation. Among his achievements is
“Acres for America” – a first-of-its-kind program to off-set development
acre-for-acre with conservation. The program linked the National Fish &
Wildlife Foundation, where Mr. Owen served as Vice Chairman of the Board, with
Wal-Mart in a nearly $100 million deal where Wal-Mart made a $35-million,
ten-year commitment that has already conserved 450,000 acres in the
U.S.
John
Gray (1920-2007) served as the third Director of the School of Forest
Resources
and Conservation for 14 years. His
leadership kept the School in step with the University’s movement toward
becoming a major research institution, while maintaining high quality programs
for educating professionals to serve society’s natural resource needs.
John Gray initiated efforts to develop strong programs in wildlife and range
sciences, fisheries, outdoor recreational resource management and cooperative
research with the USDA Forest Service, as well as the USDI Fish and Wildlife
Service. Dr. Gray, a graduate of Penn State, Yale and Duke, served
professionally at North Carolina State University, the University of Florida and
the USDA Forest Service. He continued to be in the forefront of the profession
as evidenced by the 1993 Award of Appreciation from the Arkansas Society of
American Foresters and the 1994 Communicator of the Year Award from the Arkansas
Forestry Association. Dr. Gray was inducted as a charter member of the Arkansas
Foresters Hall of Fame in 1995. He was named a SAF Fellow in 1983 and became a
Golden Member in 1993. In 2003, he was inducted as an inaugural member into the
Florida SAF Hall of Fame. For his many excellent services and outstanding
leadership, John’s friends and associates have established The John Gray Fund
for Excellence in Forest Resources and Conservation to focus on issues
pertaining to forests and other natural resources.
Tim
White
Professor and
Director
School of Forest
Resources and Conservation
IFAS, University of
Florida
Gainesville, FL,
32611
Phone:
352-846-0850