Finch's Dziengeleski Elected VP of Society of American Foresters
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 Finch Paper, Glens Falls, N.Y., USA, reported this week that its senior forester, Roger Dziengeleski, VP of external operations and continuous improvement, has been elected VP of the world's largest association of professional foresters, the 13,000-member Society of American Foresters (SAF), beginning on January 1. Following the Society's normal chain of succession, Dziengeleski will become SAF president in 2011. A Finch forester for 33 years, he has overseen all forest management services for the company since 1991. Dziengeleski has been a member of the not-for-profit SAF since 1976, and was honored as the Forester of the Year by the New York State Society of American Foresters in 2001. As national VP, he said he hopes to unite SAF members across the country to become more effective educators and advocates on forestry-related issues. A respected voice on forestry-related issues throughout his career, Dziengeleski has held leadership positions with the SAF, the AF&PA, the Empire State Forest Products Association, the New York State Sustainable Forestry Initiative Implementation Committee, the New York Center for Forestry Research & Development, the New York Forest Practice Board, the New York State Region 5 Open Space Advisory Committee, the New York State Tree Farm Committee, and New York Project Learning Tree.
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