Jon J. Tweedale
Jon Tweedale has
spent his entire career in the Pacific Northwest Forest Products industry
in a variety of management positions. Jon has over 25 years experience
having held senior-level positions in regional and corporate businesses
managing both the domestic and international marketing departments as
well as broad experience in senior management positions. Jon has also
led several corporate strategic acquisitions and new business ventures.
After spending 18 years with (ITT) Rayonier, a publicly traded company
with more than $1 billion in sales annually, he has recently joined the
Menasha Corporation, a privately held company also with sales of $1 billion
dollars annually.
With Menasha, Jon was Manager of Strategic Business Development, within
the Forest Products Group, responsible for assisting in the development
and implementation of business growth strategies throughout the world.
Menasha had embarked upon an ambitious goal for growth through acquisitions,
internal business development of green field businesses and existing
business development to grow the corporation into the next millennium.
While at Menasha, Jon led the business planning and implementation of
a private timberland investment business venture.
Now with the Department of Natural Resources, as Assistant Division Manager,
Jon heads the state-wide trust-land marketing program which includes
both forest products and commercial real estate investment program for
the State of Washington Lands. As a public trust, Washington State provides
over $200 million per year to public trusts, 95% generated from timber
and commercial real estate investments.
Jon has an MBA from the University of Washington, Executive MBA program
and a Bachelor of Science Degree from the University of Minnesota Natural
Resources Management program. He also has completed the Executive Business
degree program at the Yale University School of Organization and Management.