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Rich Hanson was elected executive vice president and chief operating officer in February 2003. He had been serving as executive vice president, Timberlands and International since February 2002. Prior to that he served as senior vice president of Timberlands from November 1998. As chief operating officer, Hanson oversees Weyerhaeuser’s timberlands and manufacturing operations, research and development activities, and procurement and transportation functions.
Since joining Weyerhaeuser in 1969, Hanson has held numerous management positions in the timberlands, wood products and the paper businesses. Most recently, Hanson served as vice president of Western Timberlands from February 1996 to November 1998.
Hanson graduated from the University of Oregon in 1965 with a Bachelor of Science degree in industrial management.
He currently serves as a member of the board of trustees for the Oregon Zoo and Pacific University; the executive board of the World Forestry Center; the boards of the Associated Oregon Industries and the Oregon Business Council; and as a director for the U.S.-China Business Council. He is also a board member of Mountains to Sound Greenway an organization to protect the I-90 corridor viewscape east of Seattle. Hanson is a member of the SOLV (Stop Oregon Litter & Vandalism) Founder’s Circle. He is a past member of the Oregon Forest Industries Council board of directors and operating committee, and the advisory committee of the Oregon State University Forest Research Laboratory. | 