Washington, D.C. – Steve Swanson, CEO & Executive Chairman of the Swanson Group, has for the second time assumed the role of Chairman of the U.S. Lumber Coalition. Under Steve Swanson’s prior leadership of the U.S. Lumber Coalition, the organization implemented structural changes that yielded today’s organization.  These changes sharpened the focus of the organization to better address Canada’s unfair trade practices using all available tools under U.S. law.  As a result, the Coalition has been able to produce unprecedented results for its membership and the U.S. forestry industry following the organization’s most successful set of trade cases under the U.S. trade laws.  Steve Swanson was previously Chairman from 2005 through 2012. “I would like to thank Andrew Miller for his great leadership of the U.S. Lumber Coalition over the last four years through some challenging times all the while pressing the organization unyieldingly forward in its mission to address Canada’s unfair softwood lumber trade practices,” stated Swanson.