“There have been a few occasions I assumed I’d do one thing totally different,” Doug mentioned. “On the finish of the day, [working for the family business] was my north star, and I ultimately returned.”
He initially began working for Simpson Door Firm, in McCleary, Washington. From there he did stints working in lumber in Georgia and working the corporate’s California operations. Ultimately, in 2014, he was promoted to president of Inexperienced Diamond. The Inexperienced Diamond Board of Administrators had a number of ties with TNC, and that’s how Doug first grew to become launched to TNC Washington’s state director, Mike Stevens.
“When the chance got here as much as be part of the board, it appeared like a pure match, so I used to be blissful to do it,” Doug mentioned. “I’ve younger youngsters and a busy job and usually keep away from becoming a member of nonprofit boards. The Nature Conservancy is the one nonprofit board I serve on. It appeared prefer it was such a complementary house.”
TNC in Washington has been a really perfect alignment between Doug’s views and conservation mindset. He says he feels a kinship to TNC due to his household’s method to discovering a harmonious steadiness between industrial forestry and preserving forest ecosystems.
“Understanding accountable long-term administration and enhancing the longer term via our present actions aligns seamlessly with the standard environmental perspective,” Doug defined. “In forest conventional administration, we acknowledge that there are particular areas the place it is applicable to handle forests for ecosystem and industrial advantages. Nonetheless, there are additionally areas of such excessive ecosystem worth that industrial administration is unsuitable. The Nature Conservancy is a wonderful platform to facilitate a transition from industrial forestry to different practices that prioritize environmental and ecological functions.”
