Advisory Board

2025 Advisory Committee Members

The BDC Advisory Board consist of Specific leaders in the Forest Products Industry and the related Biorenewable Industry chosen by the Board of Directors to broaden input and ensure growing needs of our members are addressed.
Dale Mitchell
President,
Pine Chemical Services, LLC
Thomas Sisson
Technical Director,
Ingevity Corporation
Jerry Gargulak
Business Development Director,
Borregaard
Joel Stone
President,
ConVergInce Advisers 
Paul Argyropoulos
President,
Policy Nexus Advisors
Bill Hagy
President,
Bill Hagy Consulting
Kenneth J. Zwick
Assistant Director,
USDA - Forest Products Laboratory
Mark Daniel
Vice President - Bleached Board,
Graphic Packaging International, LLC
Jamie Ezernack
Bioprocess Development Manager,
International Paper
Qi Wang
Director of Research and Development,
Sappi North America
Mike Rushton
Executive Consultant, Suzano Canada
Harshad Pande
Director Research and Development,
Domtar Corporation
Scott Mathews
Central Project Engineer,
Ahlstrom
Kelly Tiller
Founder & Chief Strategy Officer,
Genera, LLC
Gavin Gaynor
Vice President Research and Development,
Mohawk (part of Fedrigoni Group) 
David Gadai
Director,
Power, Recovery, and Environmental N.A. Valmet, Inc.
Elina Lohiniva
Business Development Director,
Lignin, Andritz
Jon Foan
Manager - Pulp and Paper Group,
NORAM Engineering and Constructors Ltd
Sarah (McCauley) Blanzy
Sustainability Manager,
Billerud North America