John C. Gordon

Dr. John C.
Gordon, Chairman of Interforest, LLC, a sustainable forestry consulting firm, and a founder of the Candlewood Timber Group, Inc., a sustainable forestry company with forestland and operations in Argentina.
Dr. Gordon is the Pinchot Professor Emeritus of Forestry and Environmental Studies at the Yale School of Forestry and Environmental Studies, where he was Dean from 1983-1992, and again in 1997-98.
Before that he was Head and Professor, Department of Forest Science, Oregon State University, Professor of Forestry at Iowa State University, and Principal Plant Physiologist in the Pioneering Project in Wood Formation, USDA Forest Service, Rhinelander, Wisconsin.
Dr. Gordon’s primary expertise is in the biological basis of forest productivity, the management of research, and forest policy and management.
He has consulting experience with public and private organizations, including forest product firms, the Intertribal Timber Council, the World Bank and the United Nations Development Programme.
He has authored, coauthored or edited over 150 papers and books, including "Environmental Leadership: Developing Effective Skills and Styles" (Island Press) and "Environmental Leadership Equals Essential Leadership" (Yale Press) both with Joyce Berry.
He has overseas experience in a variety of places, including India, Pakistan, China, Costa Rica, Brazil, Argentina, Finland and Scotland.
Dr. Gordon has a B.S.
(forest management) and a Ph.D.
(plant physiology and silviculture) from Iowa State University, and has been a Fulbright Scholar in Finland (University of Helsinki) and India (GKVK State Agricultural University, Bangalore).