Rick Jeffery joined the Canadian Wood Council in February 2022 as the President and CEO. Rick served on the CWC board for 14 years and was the Interim President and CEO from April 2018 to October 2019. During that time, he was responsible for running CWC and Wood WORKS! and conducted a full strategic review of the organization as well as developed a new Strategic Plan and Blueprint for moving forward. The Plan and Blueprint were unanimously adopted by the CWC Board.

Rick Jeffery is a seasoned executive with over 30 years of proven leadership in the natural resources sector with 20 years of Association leadership.