North Carolina Division

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Executive Committee

Chair: Seth Plank

Immediate Past: Chair: Blair Owen

Chair-Elect: Wren Gershman

Secretary: Casey Wofford

Treasurer: Olakunle “Ola” Sodiya

Communications: Noelle Arena

Continuing Education: Hans Rohr

Professional Recognition: Tara Dickson

Science & Technology: Mike Berzinis

Chapter Chairs

Albemarle Chair - Mike Neal

Catawba Chair - Vacant

Croatan Chair - Vacant

Piedmont Chair - Vacant

Pisgah Chair - Christine Martens

Sandhills Chair - Vacant

Tar River Chair - Vacant

Triangle Chair - Michelle Kaiser

Waccamaw Chair - Vacant

Student Chapters

Duke Faculty Advisor - Jeff Vincent

Duke SAF Student President & Co-President - Vignesh Arunkumar & Jianna Torre

HCC Faculty Advisors: Alexander Byers & George Hahn

HCC Student Chair - Kassandra Vannice

NCSU Faculty Advisors - Gary Blank & Robert Jetton

NCSU Student Chair - Cameron Carter

2025 NC SAF Summer Meeting

Save the Date for our upcoming NC SAF Summer Meeting in Asheville this July 10-11!

Agenda will be released soon and registration will open in April 2025, so stay tuned!

2024 North Carolina SAF Summer Meeting

Aberdeen, NC

2024 North Carolina SAF Leadership Summit

Photos from Past Events

2022 Award Recipients at the NC Summer Meeting in Winston-Salem

From left to right: Derryl Walden, Special Volunteer Service Award; Dr. Mark Megalos, Division Merit Award; John Hatcher, Young Forester Leadership Award; and Allen Plaster, Chair's Special Recognition Award.

2023 SAF Golden Member Award

Susan Guynn (left) presents 50-year SAF member Albert Coffey (right) with the SAF Golden Member Award.

2023 APSAF Distinguished Service to Forestry Award

Mark Megalos (center) receiving the award from 2022 APSAF Chair Susan Guynn (left) and the 2022 recipient, Barry New (right).

Members Tara Dickson (L) and Blair Allman (R) posing in front of "Ruby" at the stop in Kinston, NC.

NC Division Chair, Nathan Gatlin, at Arbor Day Event

2023 SAF Golden Member Award

Susan Guynn (left) presents 50-year SAF member Richard Braham (right) with the SAF Golden Member Award.

Croatan Chapter

Ed Zimmer, 2023 APSAF Chair, presenting Tara Dickson, 2023 NC Past Chair, with a framed APSAF 100-Year Proclamation

Each state chair who helped get the proclamation passed was recognized with a copy of the proclamation framed with virgin American chestnut wood.

U.S. Capitol Christmas Tree presentation at New Bern, NC.

SAF members pose for a picture with Smokey Bear and Woodsy Owl.

SAF members Dakota Wagner (L), Greg Cooper (M), Tara Dickson (R) at the SAF information booth/ornament making station at the Harvest Celebration kick-off stop in Fletcher, NC.

Croatan Chapter Adopt-A-Highway

The Croatan Chapter adopted a section of US-17 near the Hofmann Forest in Onslow County.

NC Business Meeting at the APSAF Winter Meeting

Columbia, SC