No real-time, private-sector timber market data exists. Except in one place…the heads of foresters, loggers, and timber buyers.

We at Timber Market Watch are changing that. Valuable market data will be compiled and displayed in real-time by county, species, and timber quality across the United States. Here’s how we’re making it happen, together:

• Timber Market Watch has an online data entry screen available to participating foresters and loggers all over the country.
• These qualified contributors enter current market data as they complete their sales.
• Timber Market Watch compensates contributors for their data from subscription revenue.
• Subscribers pay on an annual basis and receive year-long access to the only real-time timber market data and analysis available in the world.

Timber Market Watch was founded on the premise that there is hidden value in the private sector data supply chain.  We at Timber Market Watch believe that private-sector foresters, loggers and forestry companies rightfully should benefit from additional value realized as a superior market data system is created and implemented.

Join Timber Market Watch…as a contributor, or as a subscriber. There is value for all.

Dr. Charles D. “Chuck” Ray, Sr. is the principal of CD Ray & Associates. A graduate of the Stephen F. Austin School of Forestry and Texas A&M University, Chuck created and guided the Applied Research Center of Temple-Inland Forest Products Corporation in the 1990’s, helping that company develop industry-leading operational and market analysis under a team of twenty scientists, engineers, statisticians, and computer programmers. At Louisiana-Pacific Corporation in the early 2000’s, Chuck served as Director of Quality Assurance for over one-hundred manufacturing operations. For the past twenty-one years, Chuck has been a forestry and wood products professor at the Pennsylvania State University, where among other things, he produced the Pennsylvania Timber Market Report for the last five years.

Chuck lives in State College, Pennsylvania.

Lily Ray Womack helps plan and execute multi-channel campaign initiatives with an emphasis on media budgeting processes. She has a Bachelor’s Degree in French and Business from Penn State University, and a Master’s degree in Corporate Communication with a specialization in Integrated Marketing Communication from Duquesne University.

Along with media activations across standard display, paid social, and search, Lily specializes in the execution of Trade media processes with an emphasis on lead generation and cost per lead programs. She has worked on media efforts for a wide variety of companies including PPG Industries, SAE International, DailyPay, Subert, Kriete, and Medela. Her goal with Timber Market Watch will be to ensure that the company and product sends a clear, strong message to the U.S. forest industry, investors, and landowners, and to identify brand and product extensions as they arise.

Lily lives near Camp Lejeune, North Carolina.

Derek Struble’s expertise is in internet research and customer/client screening, cultivation and recruitment. His goal will be to ensure that Timber Market Watch subscribers are found, contracted, and given the level of personal support and service they expect.

Derek lives in State College, PA.

Charles D. “Charlie” Ray, Jr. is a licensed social worker who works with homeless veterans. A combat medic in Afghanistan, Charlie received the Purple Heart for injuries sustained in battle in 2013. After the Army, Charlie went on to earn a Bachelor’s degree in psychology at Penn State and a Master’s degree in Social Work at the University of Pittsburgh. Charlie’s interpersonal skills make him a great liaison between Timber Market Watch and the Forester and Logger communities, and his goal is to build Timber Market Watch into a brand that American forest operators can be proud to be associated with.

Charlie lives in Pittsburgh, PA.

Lynda is a native of Salina, Kansas and has been Chuck’s fellow traveler since 1987. She manages real estate rental property and leads frequent bible study sessions and programs locally.

Lynda is responsible for project tracking, scheduling, and human resource management. She is also a member of TMW’s Sales and Marketing team with Lily and Derek.

Wesley is a recent graduate of State College High School and is supporting Timber Market Watch in web and database development and maintenance.