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Corporate Structure
The corporation has a board of directors in Costa Rica consisting of a chairman, secretary and treasurer. This Board of Directors carries out the company business in Costa Rica. The Chairman of the Board is the legal representative of the corporation and holds the legal powers of the corporation.
Chairman ‑ Ken Gallatin
Mr. Gallatin received a Bachelor of Science Degree in Forestry from the University of Missouri‑Columbia in 1985. Since then he has worked as a Forestry Extensionist for the Peace Corps in Costa Rica, was a founder of the Compañia de Reforestación el Lomo de Osa, a Costa Rican timber plantation corporation, and is that corporation's President and Forester, was a forester for Fondo de Desarrollo Forestal, a government native species reforestation project, in the Peninsula de Osa of Costa Rica, and is founder of the Ralmar Ecoforestry Corporation. (See the section "Resume of Ken Gallatin" for more information.)
Secretary ‑ Rodolfo Prado Chinchilla
Mr. Prado, a native of Costa Rica, received a Forestry Sciences Degree, equivalent to a B.S. in Forestry in the U.S., from the Instituto Téchnologico de Costa Rica, a Costa Rican university, in 1989. He worked for four years as Supervising Forester of Reforestation Projects for the Centro Agícola Cantonal de Pérez Zeledón, a Costa Rican agriculture/forestry firm, before becoming an independent consulting forester. As a consulting forester he has designed many timber plantations and guides their management. Treasurer ‑ Alexis Quiros Solis
Mr. Quiros, also a native of Costa Rica, is a Forestry Technician trained through a program administered by Conservation International, Amisconde. Amisconde is a project in a rural area of Costa Rica which aims to facilitate sustainable development in harmony with the natural environment through education and technical and financial assistance. Mr. Quiros is Amisconde's Forestry Technician.
Ken Gallatin is also President of the corporation and the corporation's Plantation Manager. As President, Mr. Gallatin administrates company business in Costa Rica and as Plantation Manager he plans and executes all field operations in the timber plantations.
The President is subject to the Board of Directors and the Board of Directors is subject to a U.S. supervisory committee made up of shareholders elected by the Assembly of Shareholders. The function of the Supervisory Committee is to act as auditors of the corporation and assure that company business is carried out according to the corporation's constitution and the approved company business plan.
The Assembly of Shareholders is the ultimate authority of the corporation. The Assembly appoints the members of the Board of Directors and the Supervisory Committee and must approve the annual business plan. Any decisions made by a simple majority vote of the Shareholder's Assembly are legally binding (except that a 75 percent majority is needed to change the corporation's charter).
The supervisory committee is elected to serve a three year term.
1997 to 2000 Term
President: John Arnold
Vice President: Eric Nelson
Treasurer: Don McCollom
Secretary: Karen Harris (Leigh)
Voting Member: Don Jennings
Changed in December 1997 due to Don McCollom's moving.
President: John Arnold
Vice President: Don Jennings
Treasurer: Eric Nelson
Secretary: Karen Harris (Leigh)
Voting Member: Don McCollom
2001 to 2003 Term
President: Charles Prince
Vice President: Don Jennings
Treasurer: Eric Nelson
Secretary: Karen Leigh
Voting Member: Robert Hafer
2004 to 2006 Term
President: Charles Prince
Vice President: Don McCollom
Treasurer: Eric Nelson
Secretary: Karen Leigh
Voting Member: John Carlson
2006 to 2009 Term
President: Charles Prince (till 2008), then Don McCollom
Vice President: Don McCollom (till 2008), then John Carlson
Treasurer: Eric Nelson
Secretary: Karen Leigh
Voting Member: John Carlson (till 2008), then vacant
2009 to 2011 Term
President: Don McCollom
Vice President: Don Jennings
Treasurer: Eric Nelson
Secretary: Karen Leigh
Voting Member: Phillip Brock
