Arkansas Center for Forest Business: Staff & Contact Information
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Dr. Matthew Pelkki is a Professor and George Clippert Chair of Forestry in the College of Forestry, Agriculture and Natural Resources. He has been at UAM since 2001. Dr. Pelkki’s teaching and research work involves forest-based economic development, forest management, and forest products and markets. (870) 460-1949 pelkki@uamont.edu |
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Dr. Kevin Boston has degrees in Forestry, Logging Engineering, and Forest Harvesting from Humboldt State University and Oregon State University. He also has a degree in scenario planning from Oxford University’s Said School of Business and a JD (Doctor of Law) from Lewis and Clark College. Dr. Boston has 30+ years of academic and industry experience in forest operations and supply chain management in the United States, Europe, and New Zealand. Email: boston@uamont.edu Phone: 870 -460-1192 |
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Dr. Sagar Godar Chhetri is an Assistant Professor of Forest Economics in the College of Forestry, Agriculture, and Natural Resources at the University of Arkansas, Monticello. Dr. Chhetri has expertise in econometric and geospatial modeling in the forestry sector, designing and developing mail surveys, assessing the effects of forest taxation on landowners’ behaviors, and evaluating forest management practices and costs associated with it. He is also interested in integrating social, economic, and ecological aspects in managing the forestlands in a sustainable approach at the landscape level. In addition, he has more than five years of working experience in forestry-related projects related to forest carbon inventory, forest certification, climate change, REDD programs, payment for ecosystem services, and sustainable forest management. Email: chhetri@uamont.edu Phone: 870-460-1294 |
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Ana Gutierrez is an Economics Research Assistant in the ACFB. She has 6 years of experience in economics and business administration working with private forest landowners, statistical analysis, financial modeling, forest inventory and growth and yield modeling, GIS, and data analysis. Email: Gutierrez@uamont.edu Phone: 870-460-1748 |
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Dr. Shanna Knowles is an Assistant Professor of Management in the School of Business and has worked at UAM since 2019. Prior to teaching, she served as Chief Financial Officer of a $25 million business and emerged as a skillful business leader in regards to leadership, economic development, contract negotiation, and strategic planning. She is a multigenerational tree farmer and small business owner. Email: KnowlesS@uamont.edu Phone: (870) 460-1311
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Rebecca Montgomery is an Economic Analyst with the Center for Forest Business. Ms. Montgomery has a BS and MS in Forestry from the UAM College of Forestry, Agriculture, and Natural Resources and has work experience with the Arkansas Forest Resources Center, the Arkansas Division of Forestry, the Arkansas Board of Registration for Foresters, and as a consulting forester. |
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Patrick Phillips is a UAM graduate with a degree in Natural Resource Management with a focus in Forestry,
and a master’s Certificate in Forest Business, and is working on completing a Master’s
in Forest Resources. Patrick’s research interests utilize a forestry-based lens to
study rural economic development, understanding forestry issues affecting landowners,
workforce development, natural resource policy, the economic implications of forest
health, integrating rural and urban communities, and business model development.
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Dr. Pradip Saud is an Assistant Professor of Natural Resource Biometrics with the UAM College of Forestry, Agriculture, and Natural Resources. Dr. Saud has expertise in forest growth and yield modelling, long-term forest monitoring for productivity changes, and evaluation of forest structure for wildlife habitat management. Email: saud@uamont.edu Phone: 870-460-1642 |
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Dr. Shaun Tanger is an Associate Professor of Forest Policy and Trade in the College of Forestry, Agriculture and Natural Resources at the University of Arkansas at Monticello. He has been at UAM since 2023 and previously worked as an Associate Professor of Forest Economics at both Louisiana State University and Mississippi State University. Dr. Tanger’s teaching and research programs deal with relevant forest policy and trade questions with an emphasis on how forest policy impacts forest health and timber supply. His outreach efforts are focused on forest management for small landowners, forestry related economic development projects, and supply chain logistics of timber harvesting. e-mail: tanger@uamont.edu Phone: (870) 460- 1793
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Dr. Nana Tian is an Assistant Professor of Forest Economics in the College of Forestry, Agriculture and Natural Resources. She has been at UAM since 2019 and previously worked as the Forest Economist for the Texas A&M Forest Service. Dr. Tian’s teaching and research involves forest economics and policy, private landowner certification and forest management, and valuation of natural resources. (870) 460-1894 tian@uamont.edu |
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