Full Name
Buck Vandersteen
Job Title
Executive Director
Company
Louisiana Forestry Association
Speaker Bio
Executive Director of the Louisiana Forestry Association, a private trade association representing landowners, loggers, and forest industry.
Vandersteen is a professional Forester and Tree Farmer.
His responsibilities include: public relations, governmental affairs, membership development and education, promoting industry and the practice of sustainable forestry in Louisiana.
Vandersteen received a Bachelor of Science degree in Forestry from the University of Massachusetts and a Master’s in Business Administration from Louisiana Tech University. He is also a graduate of the Institute of Organizational Management in non-profit management through the U.S. Chamber of Commerce and a graduate of the LSU Agricultural Center’s Agricultural Leadership Program.
Vandersteen is involved in the forest products industry in various capacities, including growing, harvesting, and using forest resources. He has served with the Peace Corps in Liberia, West Africa, as an advisor to that government in forestry-related matters. Vandersteen received the Distinguished Service to Forestry Award in 1996 from the Louisiana Society of American Foresters and became a Fellow in the Society of American Foresters in 2004. In 2005, he was awarded an Honorary State FFA Degree in the Louisiana FFA Association and Honorary Membership in the LSU Forestry, Wildlife, and Fisheries Alumni Association. In 2008 and 2019 he was awarded the Presidential Award by the Louisiana Society of Association Executives. In 2013 he received the Presidential Award for Leadership by the Louisiana Society of American Foresters. He was inducted into the Louisiana Agricultural Hall of Distinction in 2017.
Vandersteen is a professional Forester and Tree Farmer.
His responsibilities include: public relations, governmental affairs, membership development and education, promoting industry and the practice of sustainable forestry in Louisiana.
Vandersteen received a Bachelor of Science degree in Forestry from the University of Massachusetts and a Master’s in Business Administration from Louisiana Tech University. He is also a graduate of the Institute of Organizational Management in non-profit management through the U.S. Chamber of Commerce and a graduate of the LSU Agricultural Center’s Agricultural Leadership Program.
Vandersteen is involved in the forest products industry in various capacities, including growing, harvesting, and using forest resources. He has served with the Peace Corps in Liberia, West Africa, as an advisor to that government in forestry-related matters. Vandersteen received the Distinguished Service to Forestry Award in 1996 from the Louisiana Society of American Foresters and became a Fellow in the Society of American Foresters in 2004. In 2005, he was awarded an Honorary State FFA Degree in the Louisiana FFA Association and Honorary Membership in the LSU Forestry, Wildlife, and Fisheries Alumni Association. In 2008 and 2019 he was awarded the Presidential Award by the Louisiana Society of Association Executives. In 2013 he received the Presidential Award for Leadership by the Louisiana Society of American Foresters. He was inducted into the Louisiana Agricultural Hall of Distinction in 2017.
