I am the Broker in Charge for the Texas Region of American Forest Management.  This position will have me serving real estate needs for landowners and clients in the AFM Texas Region, being Texas, Louisiana, Arkansas, and Oklahoma.  I have been working with timberland real estate since 1996.  As a 1992 graduate of Stephen F. Austin State with a Bachelor's of Science in Forestry, I began his career with a consulting forestry firm in Crockett, Texas, where I learned the business of forestry and worked as an appraiser trainee. While there, I earned a real estate salesman license.  From 1998-2006, I worked for a Timberland Investment Management Organization (TIMO) filling a number of roles including area forester, division forester as well as being involved with the disposition and acquisition of client properties in Texas. In late 2006, I moved full time into timberland brokerage.  I helped open two real estate company offices and was very successful in selling timberland and recreation properties for and to a number of TIMOs and REITs as well as private individuals. I am a Texas Society of American Forester's past chairman, a Certified Forester and a Licensed Real Estate Broker.  My wife, Jennifer and I have been married since 1991 and have 4 wonderful children, twin boys who are studying at Texas A&M, a son in high school and a daughter in middle school.  We live in Lufkin, Texas.  I am active with the St. Patrick's Catholic School Advisor Board (serving as president for the last 7 years), I am a Boy Scout Leader and a Rotarian.