Inset:Marc Brinkmeyer and "Shippin' Rich" Najeda

Management

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Profiles

Marc Brinkmeyer
Owner and President

Riley Creek founder Marc Brinkmeyer has farming roots dating from Germany in the 1400’s and in Iowa since 1840. The fact that both farms are still in the Brinkmeyer family is testament to the family’s core belief that the land is to be respected and nurtured as a resource that supports us all.

Marc founded Riley Creek in 1981. He begin his career in public accounting with Arthur Andersen in Portland, Oregon working with medium and large size companies including several in the forest products sector. He then became Chief Financial Officer of Brand-S corporation, a privately owned lumber manufacturing company, from 1973 until 1981 when he left to acquire the Laclede facility from Brand-S.

Message from the President

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Bob Boeh
Vice President Resources

Bob has over thirty-two years of experience in all areas of resource management, procurement and land transactions. He began his career with a large corporate landowner, Plum Creek Timber Company, where his work included large-scale transactions as well as managing the company’s land portfolio, which resulted in higher and better land use performance. Bob joined Riley Creek in 1996 and has a Bachelor of Science in Forestry from the University of Montana.

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Paul Jorgensen
Vice President of Sales and Marketing

Paul brings over thirty-two years of industry experience to Riley Creek. He has a thorough knowledge of both sales and operations. Paul began his career in the timber industry at Georgia Pacific in 1974 working in sawmill production. In 1979 he moved to the sales side where he rose to the position of Regional Sales Manger for the firm’s corporate sales team. Paul held this position for seven years until 2001, the year he took the helm of Riley Creek’s sales force.

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Kelly Leonard
Vice President Finance/ Chief Financial Officer

Kelly has extensive abilities in finance and strategic planning, with experience at several leading international companies. She also has a solid background in the wood products industry. She has an accounting degree from Boise State University, where she graduated summa cum laude in 1991. She was a Fuqua Scholar (top 10%) at Duke University, where she earned her MBA in 2005. She enjoys biking and running and has completed several long-distance triathlons.

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Carl Tokarek
Vice President Operations

Carl brings seven years of forest products experience to Riley Creek with a thorough knowledge of sawmill and plywood operations, woodlands and sales. Before joining Riley Creek, he was the director of operations for a performance improvement management consulting firm, leading more than 30 forest product improvement projects in the Pacific Northwest, Canada and Venezuela. In addition, Carl was a corporate attorney for seven years. He has a bachelor of science degree from the University of Alberta, a law degree from the University of Toronto, and an MBA degree from the University of Western Ontario..