Melinda Morben

This week, we introduce Melinda Morben, RPF, senior manager of logistics for Mosaic Forest Management, based in Nanaimo, B.C. Morben’s forestry career started when she was 18 years old, logging in the Interior of B.C. where she ran a processor for three years. She later earned a Forest Resource Technology Diploma from the College of New Caledonia and a Bachelor’s of Science in Forestry at the University of British Columbia. …Melinda then made the move to Mosaic Forest Management, where she has been for more than 10 years, working her way up from quality control supervisor to senior manager, logistics. Now she leads Mosaic’s logistics department… Melinda has been instrumental in driving a partnership to implement electric log truck trials on Vancouver Island… A board member of Canadian Women in Timber and the Log Truck Technical Advisory Committee, Melinda “is a trailblazer for women in the forestry industry”