Young Emerging Lumber Professionals Program 

What YELP Entails 

The YELP program offers exclusive networking and professional development opportunities that only NAWLA can provide. Your cohort will decide what specific areas of development you want to focus on to ensure the monthly virtual programming is relevant and timely. The program will culminate in an in-person retreat where you’ll continue to grow your professional relationships with both your fellow class mates and NAWLA leadership.

Throughout the year, YELPers will be recognized as rising leaders in the industry through NAWLA’s communication channels, the NAWLA website, and at NAWLA’s Traders Market.

Eligibility Requirements

  • Aged 40 or younger
  • Employed by a NAWLA member company
  • The class will be capped at 30 participants, and submissions will be selected based on work experience, professional achievements, and overall contributions to their companies and the lumber industry.

Congratulations to the YELP Class of 2025!

Blake Boudreau

FCTG - Seaboard International Forest Products, LLC

Joseph Buttice

Swanson Group

Alison Coughlin

CME Group

Tom Crane

CME Group

Dion Dorazio

West Bay Forest Products Ltd.

Kirsten Finley

FCTG - Olympic Industries ULC

Edward Gaiennie

Gaiennie Lumber Company

Joshua Hick

Union Pacific Railroad

Lena Jacobson

Patrick Lumber Company

Ben Jordan

Nicholson and Cates Limited

Pierce Kauth

FCTG - Richmond International Forest Products

Anna McNally

Western Forest Products Inc.

Jon Muehlbauer

Snavely Forest Products

Paul Odomirok

Great Lakes Forest Products

Konstantin Posherstnik

Forest Products Distributors, Inc.

Emma Pretorius

FCTG - Seaboard International Forest Products, LLC

Ryan Rotondo

Russin Lumber Corp.

Nicholas Sebellin

Westminster Industries

Andrew Skerlec

Western Forest Products Inc.

Micah Sutfin

Nova USA Wood Products

Brian Thomas

TrimJoist Corporation