ENDOWMENT WELCOMES PETE MADDEN AS PRESIDENT
Endowment Welcomes Pete Madden as President
Role brings deep forest sector expertise and experience; begins long-planned leadership transition
U.S. Endowment for Forestry and Communities, Greenville, SC
For IMMEDIATE RELEASE (February 3, 2020)
Greenville, S.C. – The U.S. Endowment for Forestry
and Communities (Endowment) today announced that Pete Madden will join
the staff as President effective February 17.
“Our Board and
Staff are excited to share with our partners and collaborators that Pete
will be coming aboard,” said Endowment President and CEO Carlton Owen.
“This decision is the culmination of more than two years of thoughtful
and deliberate succession planning to ensure that the Endowment
continues to advance its dual mission of keeping working forests as
forests and advancing family-wage jobs in forest-rich, rural
communities.”
Madden joins the Endowment with more than 30
years’ experience in the forest sector. He has held roles in land
management, procurement, supply chain and logistics, and renewable
energy within well-known and respected industry players including
Westvaco, Georgia-Pacific, and Plum Creek. Most recently, he led Drax
Biomass, Inc. as President and CEO. He holds a Bachelor of Arts degree
from Marlboro College in Vermont and both a Master of Science in
Forestry and an MBA from the University of New Hampshire.
Endowment Board Chairman Mark Emmerson (Chairman of California-based Sierra Pacific Industries)
noted, “We are fortunate to have had consistent, stable, and visionary
leadership since the Endowment’s creation in 2006 and are happy to
report that Carlton Owen will continue as CEO for an extended period. In
concert with the Board, Carlton has been the perfect leader for our
formative years, having built a stellar staff and positioned the
Endowment as the forest sector’s risk capital. He is not only fully
aligned with, but also is a prime mover in this decision to ensure a
bright future for the Endowment by continuing to recruit 5-star players
to the team. We all – Board and Staff – agree that Pete has the
experience and leadership skills to help advance our important mission.”
“I
have watched the Endowment emerge as one of the most progressive and
impactful players in the greater forest sector bridging academia,
conservation, government at all levels, and industry,” said Madden. “I
am excited to pursue the next chapter in my career with a lean
organization that has accomplished such amazing results and to have the
opportunity to join the outstanding Board and Staff in doing so.”
Madden will work out of the Endowment’s headquarters and plans to relocate his family to Greenville, South Carolina.
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For more information contact:
Carlton N. Owen, President & CEO, 864-233-7646, carlton@usendowment.org
The U.S. Endowment for Forestry and Communities
(the Endowment) is a not-for-profit public charity working
collaboratively with partners in the public and private sectors to
advance systemic, transformative, and sustainable change for the health
and vitality of the nation’s working forests and forest-reliant
communities.
www.usendowment.org
