Bob Perschel

Executive Director, New England Forest Foundation

Robert Perschel is the Executive Director of the New England Forestry Foundation.  Previous to this position Bob was the Eastern Region Director for the Forest Guild.  In his 30 years as an environmental professional he has worked on forestry, large landscape conservation and wilderness issues. Bob worked for forest industry before establishing his own forestry consulting business and founding the Land Ethic Institute.  He is an original co-founder of the Forest Guild. He has also been Director of The Wilderness Society’s Network of Wildlands Program, Land Ethic Program, Regional Director for Northeast Region, chairman of The Northern Forest Alliance and the Eastern Forest Partnership.  He work has focused on ecological forestry, climate change and sustainable forest biomass utilization. He is co-author of Climate Change, Carbon, and the Forests of the Northeast, Assessment of Biomass Harvesting Guidelines and New England Forests: The Path to Sustainability.  Most recently Bob has guided NEFF’s Build it with Wood campaign which seeks to increase the amount of wood used in construction, particularly tall wood buildings from 4-20 stories.  Bob has a master’s degree in forestry from the Yale School of Forestry and Environmental Studies and a psychology degree from Yale College.

Sean Mahoney

Forest Products Marketing and Utilization Program, Massachusetts Department of Conservation and Recreation

Sean Mahoney directs the Forest Products Marketing and Utilization Program for the Massachusetts Department of Conservation and Recreation. Under Sean’s leadership the program provides technical assistance and policy support to artisans, timber harvesters, sawmills, and members of the design community. Sean earned his B.S. in Forestry at the University of Vermont in 2012 and has established his practice of forestry to improve connections for urban and rural communities to New England’s forests through sustainable forest products.