David Smith Serves As CPA Chairman, ’21 Board Announced
Composite Panel Assn.’s 2021 Board of Directors leadership team includes David Smith of Timber Products Co. as 2021 CPA Board Chairman with Steve Carroll of Arauco North America as Vice Chairman and Dan Beaty of Langboard as Secretary/Treasurer. Pat Aldred of GP Wood Products completed his term as CPA Chairman at the end of 2020 and now serves as Immediate Past Chairman.
Ashlee Cribb of Roseburg and Erik Christensen of Swiss Krono are members of CPA’s Executive Committee. Cribb replaced Jim Buffington who retired from Roseburg at the end of 2020.
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