NAWLA Welcomes Members To Montreal Regional

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Feature Stories, Softwood Forest Products Buyer
May 2025

The North American Wholesale Lumber Association (NAWLA) held a regional meeting recently in conjunction with the Montreal Wood Convention (MWC) at Fairmont The Queen Elizabeth hotel.

The afternoon event welcomed guest speakers Alex Strong, of the National Association of Home Builders, Andy Rielly, of Rielly Lumber and Kyle Little, of NAWLA.

Later in the day, a Women in Lumber and Forestry networking session was well attended.

A NAWLA regional meeting was scheduled for May 5 in Vancouver, BC, at Terminal City Club.

The next NAWLA regional meeting will be held June 5 in Portland, OR, at Amaterra Winery.

Learn more at nawla.org.

Jeff Hardy, Cersosimo Lumber Co. Inc., Brattleboro, VT; Karl Seger, Falcon Lumber Ltd., Toronto, ON; and Mike Welsford and Mario Dionne, Coast Fraser Enterprises Ltd., Vancouver, BC

Steve Rustja, Association of Lumber Remanufacturers of Ontario, Toronto, ON; Kent Beveridge, Skana Forest Products Ltd., Vancouver, BC; and Alden Robbins, Robbins Lumber Inc., Searsmont, ME

Marc Veilleux, USNR, Quebec City, QC; Matt Eirvin, USNR, Pawleys Island, SC; Martin Vaillancourt, USNR, Plessisville, QC; and Jean-Sebastien Pelletier, USNR, Levis, QC

Kristopher Heideman, Lavern Heideman & Sons Limited, Eganville, ON; James Webb, Robbins Lumber Inc., Searsmont, ME; Matt Duprey, Hancock Lumber Company, Casco, ME; Jason Hatfield, Falcon Lumber Ltd., Toronto, ON; and Ryan Satterfield, Cersosimo Lumber Co. Inc., Brattleboro, VT

Kyle Little, Sherwood Lumber Corporation, Melville, NY; Chris Batten, Hampton Lumber Sales Company, Portland, OR; Brad Samples, Hampton Lumber Sales Company, Chicago, IL; and Scott Gascho, Hampton Lumber Sales Company, Portland, OR

Kyle Gibbons, Owen Thompson and Justin Taylor, Weston Forest Products Inc., Mississauga, ON; and Olivier Hurtubise, Canadian Wood Products, Montreal, QC

Sean Dillon, Matt Bruno, Sarah Gornik and Cassidy Schlosser, NAWLA, Chicago, IL; and Anthony Muck, DMSi Software, Omaha, NE

Alex Fortin, Montreal Wood Convention, Quebec City, QC; Philippe Biron, Jean-Raphael Roy and Steeve Roy, Usine Sartigan Inc., Montreal, QC; and Fred Deschenes, Groupe GDS, Degelis, QC

Morgan Wellens, Nicholson and Cates Limited, Burlington, ON; Alex Strong, National Association of Home Builders/Senior Federal Legislative Director, Washington, DC; Kyle Little, Sherwood Lumber Corporation, Melville, NY; and Andy Rielly, Rielly Lumber Inc., West Vancouver, BC

Louis Lacaille, Produit Forestier Boreal, Quebec City, QC; Dustin Wood, Nicholson and Cates Limited, Burlington, ON; Shanie Cuccioletta, Les Palettes B. B. Inc., Saint-Eustache, QC; and Ben Jordan and Morgan Wellens, Nicholson and Cates Limited

Ian Kelly and Kalayna Crook, Patrick Lumber Company, Portland, OR; and Terry Miller, The Softwood Forest Products Buyer, Memphis, TN

Alden Robbins and James Webb, Robbins Lumber Inc., Searsmont, ME; Tom Merkert, Capital Forest Products Inc., Annapolis, MD; Chandler Whitney, QP Timber US, Washington, DC; and Ryan Chitwood, QP Timber US, Annapolis, MD

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