{"id":19269,"date":"2014-02-10T19:25:58","date_gmt":"2014-02-10T19:25:58","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/162.217.168.59\/?p=19269"},"modified":"2023-03-22T14:08:01","modified_gmt":"2023-03-22T18:08:01","slug":"anne-giardini-joins-sfi-board","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/forests.org\/fr\/anne-giardini-joins-sfi-board\/","title":{"rendered":"Anne Giardini Joins Sustainable Forestry Initiative Board of Directors"},"content":{"rendered":"

OTTAWA, ON<\/strong> \u2013 Business executive, author and community leader Anne Giardini has been elected to the\u00a0independent Sustainable Forestry Initiative\u00ae Inc. (SFI\u00ae) Board of Directors as a member of the Economic\u00a0Sector.<\/p>\n

\u201cAnne Giardini is not only a respected leader in the forest industry but a published author, educator and\u00a0philanthropist,\u201d SFI President and CEO Kathy Abusow said. \u201cHer insights and perspective will enhance\u00a0our Board and aid SFI\u2019s efforts to secure a healthy future for our forests. We look forward to welcoming\u00a0her to her first Board meeting this week.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cI have the greatest respect for the work SFI does to build future forests,\u201d Giardini said \u201cI look forward\u00a0to working with the other members of the board, all of them committed to research, conservation,\u00a0communities, training and education to sustain a wide range of forest values.\u201d<\/p>\n

Currently President of Weyerhaeuser Company Limited in Canada, Giardini has been with the company\u00a0for 20 years. She is a past or present board member of several organizations, including the Board of\u00a0Governors for Simon Fraser University, the Vancouver Board of Trade, UniverCity and the Forest\u00a0Products Association of Canada. She has also published two novels and a variety of articles and papers.\u00a0She was named BC Queen\u2019s Counsel in 2010.<\/p>\n

In 2013, she was honoured with a Queen Elizabeth II Diamond Jubilee Medal for her efforts to raise\u00a0funds for Plan Canada\u2019s international \u201cBecause I\u2019m a Girl\u201d campaign. She was also named one of\u00a0Canada\u2019s Top 25 Most Influential Lawyers by Canadian Lawyer Magazine in 2011.<\/p>\n

SFI Inc.\u2019s 18-member board represents environmental, social and economic sectors equally to meet the\u00a0many needs of forests and communities. The board members include representatives of public and\u00a0private landowners, manufacturers of forest products, conservation groups, academia, aboriginal\u00a0interests, community organizations and government officials.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div>

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