Members

Membership and Member Categories

BDC’s paying Members all sit upon the BDC Steering Committee and provide active guidance to BDC on policy issues, forum content, activity selection, tour site selection, etc.  Interaction with the Membership is an extremely valuable resource for everyone involved with BDC.  Officers of BDC reach out to member companies on a regular basis for updates and specific company needs.  BDC’s international membership/affiliations include major forest products industry companies, technology developers, service providers, biomass suppliers, universities, and federal agencies.  BDC membership represents US, Europe, Canada, Australia, and Brazil.

BDC STEERING COMMITTEE

All Paying Members

FOUNDING MEMBERS

Masood Akhtar
President and Co-Founder
Ben Thorp
Advisory Board Chairman and Co-Founder
Harry Seamans
Chief Operating Officer and Co-Founder
Eric Horn
Managing Director and Co-Founder

BDC ADVISORY BOARD MEMBERS
Peter Axegard, VP, C-Green
Beth Cormier, VP R&D, Sustainability, Sappi North America
Mark Daniel, VP Pulp & Power, Graphic Packaging International
Stacy Jordahl, VP, Corporate Development & Strategy Sourcing, Ingevity
Joel Stone, President, ConVergInce Advisers LLC
Adam Bien, Business Development Manager, Weyerhaeuser
Paul Argyropoulos, President, Policy Nexus Advisors
Peter Hart, Director of Fiber Science and Innovation, WestRock
Grant Culbertson, Corporate Venture Business Development, Georgia-Pacific LLC
Kenneth J. Zwick, Assistant Director, Wood, Fibers, and Composites Research 
USDA Forest Service, Forest Products Laboratory