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Chris Jorgensen, ex-Pacific Steel & Supply/PrimeSource, has joined Building Material Distributors, Inc., Galt, Ca., as import purchasing mgr.

Rich Stolz has closed Boston Pacific, Redding, Ca., and joined Diablo Timber, Redding, which sPecializes in redwood selects and commons. He will also continue to bring in radiata pine fingerjointed boards. Stolz partnered with Boston Cedar to form Boston Pacific nine years ago.

Charlie Moss has joined the sales staff at Sierra Pacific Industries, Anderson, Ca.

Paul J. Dodge has been named senior v.p. of supply chain for ProBuild Holdings, Denver, Co. Lonnie Bernardoni is new as senior v.P. of manufacturing, overseeing ProBuild's component and millwork facilities.

Karen Berlinger has been promoted to assistant sales mgr. at CooleY Forest Products, Phoenix, Az.

Steve Grimes retired Dec. 28 from Stimson Lumber, Portland, Or., after 43 years in the industry.

Patrick Maher, ex-OrePac Building Products, has joined CaPital Lumber, Spokane, Wa., as an account mgr. Tracy Madsen, exAzek Building Products, is an account mgr. in Salt Lake City, Ul Jason Allen was promoted to division mgr. in Tacoma, Wa.

Nate Zerkel, ex-Buckeye Pacific, is the new sales mgr. at Action Wood Products. Brooks. Or.

Blair Dickman is new to the sales staff at Dickman-Hines Lumber Co., Federal Way, Wa.

Rosemary Daszkiewicz has been promoted to senior director-law for Plum Creek Timber Co., Seattle, Wa.

Sally Renlund, millwork sales, Sierra Pacific Industsries, Redding, Ca., has retired after 31 years with SPI.

Mike Rehwinkel, president of wood products, Georgia-Pacific, Atlanta, Ga., wa} elected vice chairman of the board of trustees of APA-The Engineered Wood Association. He replaces James Enright, Standard Structures, Windsor, Ca., who became chairman after the departure of Rick Huff.

Charles Vaughan was named President and c.o.o. of Vaughan & Bushnell Mfg. Co., succeeding Howard A. Vaughan Jr., who continues as chairman and c.e.o.

Ronald W. Kaplan, ex-Continental Global Group, has been named president and c.e.o. of Trex Co., replacing Andrew Ferrari, who is now chairman. Former chair Anthony Cavanna remains a director and interim c.f.o.

Brian Preuss, ex-Atlantic West Floor-ing Distributors, is now UFloor Systems' regional sales mgr. for Az.,Co., and N.M.

Kent Carlson, ex-Shearmax Corp., is now a field technical service mgr. of the western region for Powers Fasteners. Bob Sinclair, ex-ITW Ramset, is a field engineer for the northwest region.

Richard Mendoza, Foxworth-Galbraith Lumber Co., Casa Grande, Az., is serving on the board of the Greater Casa Grande Chamber of Commerce.

Whyte Leitz has joined the electrical department at Mungus-Fungus Forest Products, Climax, Nv., according to co-owners Freddy Fungus and Hugh Mungus.

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April 20-22 at Princeville Resort, Princeville, Hi.

North American Wholesale Lumber Association will hold its annual executive conference April 2022 at Loews Ventana Canyon Resort & Spa, Tucson, Az.

Abe Walking Bear Sanchez, A/R Management Group, will explain why credit is a critical business function whose true potential has yet to be realized. A silent auction will benefit Temperate Forest Foundation's teachers tours fund.

Recreational activities includes a welcome reception for spouses, golf tournament, guided tour of the Sonoran Desert, and a shopping excursion to Tubac, one of Arizona's historic towns.

Los Angeles Hardwood Lumberman's Club holds its annual golf tournament and awards dinner March 13 at the Black Gold Golf Course, Yorba Linda, Ca.

The Sierra Vista Terrace at Santa Anita Racetrack is the venue for the annual day at the races on April 12.

Transload Distribution Association will return to the Green Valley Ranch in Henderson, Nv., April 21-23 for its annual conference.

A golf tournament at the Desert Rose Golf Club will start the event. Educational events will focus on railroad security, technology suppliers, and the Internet and websites.

Western Wood Products Association will hold its annual meeting March 8- I I at the Doubletree Paradise Valley, Scottsdale, Az.

A golf tournament and welcome reception open the event. Other highlights include an industry luncheon, speaker's forum, chairman's reception, exchange show, and lumber forecast conference with lunch. A spring training baseball game is the finale.

Wood Products Council has launched WoodWorks, a new program designed to support the use of wood in non-residential building programs.

The program's first event was a one-day Wood Solutions Fair, held Jan. 31 at the Long Beach Convention Center. Long Beach. Ca.

Luncheon seminars on green building will be held March ll in San Diego, Ca.; March 12, Costa Mesa, Ca., and March 13, Los Angeles, Ca. One-day seminars on "Wood Works for Building Design" will be held March l9 in Sacramento. Ca.. and March 20 in San Francisco, Ca.

Hardwood Plywood & Veneer Association is presenting a hardwood plywood grading and specifying workshop April 8 at the Holiday Inn, Sacramento, Ca.