Cees de Jager

Washington — The Softwood Lumber Board is pleased to announce that it has completed its leadership succession plan. This was an important undertaking as the Board entered its second term following the successful revote of our Softwood Lumber Check-off program. …“I want to thank Steve for his tireless and inspired leadership of the SLB from its creation through the revote.” said Chairman Marc Brinkmeyer. …The SLB will move forward under the leadership of Cees de Jager as President and CEO. …Ryan Flom has assumed the role of Chief Marketing Officer. ….“The SLB has matured as an organization, evolving from a start-up check-off program to a sophisticated industry influencer. The SLB will continue to focus its investments on building codes, communications, and conversion from other materials to wood as a building material,” said SLB CEO Cees de Jager.