Green Diamond Resource Company officials recently announced the retirement of Patti Case (pictured center) at the beginning of May 2022 and introduced Jason Callahan, who will serve was as policy and communications manager for Green Diamond Resource Company. Patti Case has served as the company’s public affairs manager for the past 20 years. Her first day at the company was the Monday after her graduation from Shelton High School; she started in the mailroom and worked in Shelton and Seattle in the summers while attending the University of Washington. She ran her own marketing communications firm before returning to Shelton and Simpson in 1994 to handle local public relations and policy work. The job grew as Green Diamond expanded into Oregon, Montana, and six southeastern states. In Washington, she is well known working with lawmakers on both sides of the aisle in Olympia to advance wise stewardship of working forests and rural jobs, while demanding environmental excellence. A leader in our community, she has served countless years on numerous boards, including the Chamber Board of Directors, where she twice served as President. She was a founder of the Chamber’s Government Affairs Committee; its purpose is to serve as the voice of business at all levels of government to include monitoring, drafting, and advocating for business solutions and to ensure that governmental decisions and actions positively impact and support our member’s businesses. After creating a committee based on those objectives, it
was no surprise when she announced her candidacy for 35th Legislative District House of Representatives for MacEwen’s vacated seat as he runs for Senate. “It’s been an honor and a pleasure to work on behalf of our iconic forest industry,” she stated. “While it’s bittersweet to move on, I know the company, particularly in Shelton and Mason County, will be in good hands with Jason and the rest of our public affairs team while I look forward to serving our community in an exciting new capacity.”
A veteran government relations professional, Callahan most recently worked as director of governmental relations at Washington Forest Protection Association, where he represented working forest landowners throughout the state on priority issues affecting their investments and the forest environment. Prior to that, Callahan served as non-partisan counsel to the Washington State House of Representatives, covering natural resources issues.
“It’s been an honor and a pleasure to work on behalf of our iconic
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forest industry.
Callahan will be based at the Shelton office handling external engagement in Washington, Oregon, Montana, and throughout the southern states, advancing company priorities, building sound policy in the state legislative, regulatory, and local governmental arenas, working with governmental, community, and tribal stakeholders.
-PATTI CASE Green Diamond Resource Company is a privately held forest products company with roots dating back to 1890. Today, the company owns working forestlands in Washington, Oregon, Montana, and California. A subsidiary, Green Diamond Management Company, provides forest management services in the Southern and Western United States. More information may be found at greendiamond.com. Page 7 - Business Matters
