Jim Paul was named the NEW Executive Directed by the OFRI Board of Directors on August 25. He just started yesterday on September 15 and seems eager to plunge ahead in his new role. He comes to OFRI from the Oregon Department of Corrections where he was the Assistant Director of the Administrative Services Division but, Paul is no stranger to forestry and the timber industry. He actually began his career at the Oregon Department of Forestry in 1996 as a hydrologist and found himself serving in leadership roles with the Department over time. He ended up as Division Chief of two of the three operational Divisions at ODF while at the Department. Paul’s career journey also landed him at the Department of State Lands where he was the Director before joining the Department of Corrections.
Paul holds a bachelor’s degree in political science from Whitman College, attended Duke University’s College of Forestry and he received a master’s degree in forest hydrology from the College of Forest Resources at the University of Washington.
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