Staff
Michael Pierce
Position: Forester/President
Mike joined our staff in 1999 and is currently serving as President of the company. He graduated from the University of Arkansas at Monticello with a B.S. in Forestry. He is an Arkansas Registered Forester and has completed the Arkansas Timber Producers Association Professional Logger training course. He is also an active member of the Society of American Foresters.
Harold Smith
Position: Forester
Harold joined our staff in 1981 and has served as President of the company. He graduated from the University of Arkansas At Monticello with a B.S. in Forestry. He is an Arkansas Registered Forester and has completed the Arkansas Timber Producers Association Professional Logger training course. He is a member of the Society of American Foresters and serves on the Board of Directors for Simmons Bank.
Jay Hilton
Position: Forester/Treasurer
Jay joined our staff in 1982 and has served as Vice President, Secretary, and now Treasurer. He graduated from the University of Arkansas at Monticello with a B.S. in Forestry. He is an Arkansas registered Forester and has completed the Arkansas Timber Producers Association Professional logger training course.
Dennis Young
Position: Forester
Dennis joined our staff in 1986 and has served as Corporate Secretary. He has completed the Arkansas Timber Producers Association Professional logger training course and has many years of experience in forestry in Southeast Arkansas.
Alan Bickford
Position: Forester/Corporate Secretary
Alan joined our staff in 2006 and is serving as Secretary. He graduated from the University of Arkansas at Monticello with a B.S. in Forestry. He is an Arkansas Registered Forester and has completed the Arkansas Timber Producers Association Professional Logger training course.
Jeff Barton
Position: Forester/Vice President
Jeff joined our staff in 2006 and is serving as Vice President. He graduated from the University of Arkansas at Monticello with a B.S. in Forestry. He is an Arkansas Registered Forester and completed the Arkansas Timber Producers Association Professional Logger training course.
Andrew Hilton
Position: Forester
Andrew joined our staff in 2008. He graduated from the University of Arkansas at Monticello with a B.S. in Forestry. He is an Arkansas Registered Forester and has completed the Arkansas Timber Producers Association Professional Logger training course.
Sam Denison
Position: Forester
Sam joined our staff in 2014. He has gained many years of experience in forestry with various management companies in south Arkansas. This experience includes forest management, real estate, GIS, and marketing.
Brandy Pennington
Position: Road Foreman
Brandy joined our staff in 2012. He has many years of experience on all types of heavy machinery and maintains all of the timber access roads we use throughout the year. He has experience in using Arkansas Best Management Practices for constructing and maintaining roads and uses this to reduce the amount of erosion to as little as possible.
Meghan Scogin
Position: Office Manager/Administration
Meghan joined our staff in 2007. She graduated from the University of Arkansas at Monticello with a B.S. in Computer Information Systems. She is responsible for keeping our entire office operating smoothly and efficiently along with maintaining our finances.
Karla Pace
Position: Accounts Payable-Landowners/Administration
Karla joined our staff in 2015. She graduated from the University of Arkansas at Monticello with a B.S. in History and worked for several years at the university as an administrative specialist. She is responsible for ensuring all of the landowners we work with a are compensated correctly and on time.
Kristen Hill
Position: Accounts Receivable/Administration
Kristen joined our staff in 2011. She has many years of experience working for a local accountant and is responsible for ensuring that the mills we do business with have compensated Silvicraft correctly and on time.
Jennifer Arrington
Position: Accounts Payable-Contractors/Administration
Jennifer joined our staff in 2014. She graduated from the University of Arkansas at Monticello with a B.S. in Business Management. She is responsible for ensuring that all of the contractors we work with have been compensated correctly and on time.