Boise Cascade announces officer promotions and retirements

Boise, ID, Jan. 22, 2019 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- For Immediate Release:  January 22, 2019

Boise Cascade announces officer promotions and retirements

BOISE, Idaho – Boise Cascade Company (Boise Cascade) (NYSE: BCC) today announced the promotion of four company officers and the retirements of two veteran industry leaders.  

Nate Jorgensen has been named chief operating officer, responsible for overseeing the Wood Products and Building Materials Distribution divisions. Jorgensen has 32 years of experience in the industry, including past positions in engineering, product development and distribution operations. He joined Boise Cascade in 2015, most recently leading the engineered wood products (EWP) sales and marketing organization. Jorgensen holds a bachelor’s degree in civil and environmental engineering from the University of Wisconsin and participated in an executive education program through the Tuck School of Business at Dartmouth College.  

Mike Brown has been promoted to executive vice president and will lead the Wood Products division, as the successor to Dan Hutchinson who is retiring on April 1 with nearly 39 years of service. Brown joined the company in 1999, serving in several leadership roles including guiding our Brazilian operations and the southeastern U.S. region. He relocated to Boise, Idaho, in 2015 to assume the position of vice president for Wood Products manufacturing operations. Brown has a bachelor’s degree in forestry from Australian National University and an MBA from Cranfield University in the U.K.

Erin Nuxoll has been promoted to senior vice president of human resources. She rejoined the company in 2016 after serving as SVP of HR for a global, privately-held company for ten years. Prior to that, Nuxoll had a 23-year tenure at Boise Cascade following her graduation from Washington State University with a forest management degree. She also earned a master’s degree in organizational leadership from Gonzaga University.

Jill Twedt, vice president of legal, has been promoted to general counsel and she also currently serves as corporate secretary. Twedt joined the company as senior counsel in 2007 after several years at a mid-sized law firm. She holds a B.A. in political science from the College of Idaho and a J.D. from the University of Idaho College of Law.

Nuxoll and Twedt will be assuming the responsibilities held by Senior Vice President of Human Resources and General Counsel John Sahlberg, who is retiring on March 1 after 37 years with Boise Cascade.   

“I want to personally offer a heartfelt thank you to Dan and John for their significant contributions over nearly four decades. Both of them leave a lasting legacy at Boise Cascade in many ways, including helping to develop our next generation of leaders,” said CEO Tom Corrick. “We have been intentionally planning for these transitions for several years and I am pleased we’ve been able to fill these roles with internal talent. This continuity of leadership enables us to continue to live our values and successfully execute our business strategy to best serve our customers, suppliers and shareholders into the future.”

About Boise Cascade

Boise Cascade is one of the largest producers of engineered wood products and plywood in North America and a leading U.S. wholesale distributor of building products. For more information, please visit our website at .

Forward-Looking Statements

This press release includes statements about our expectations of future operational and financial performance that are forward-looking statements within the meaning of the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995. The accuracy of such statements is subject to a number of risks, uncertainties, and assumptions that could cause our actual results to differ materially from those projected, including, but not limited to, prices for building products, the effect of general economic conditions, mortgage rates and availability, housing demand, housing vacancy rates, governmental regulations, unforeseen production disruptions, as well as natural disasters. These and other factors that could cause actual results to differ materially from such forward-looking statements are discussed in greater detail in our filings with the Securities and Exchange Commission. Forward-looking statements speak only as of the date of this press release. We undertake no obligation to revise them in light of new information. Finally, we undertake no obligation to review or confirm analyst expectations or estimates that might be derived from this release.

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