Garner Robinson, president of the New Orleans-based Robinson Lumber Company, recently became the youngest board member of the National Hardwood Lumber Association in the trade group's 117-year history at the age of 33.
Robinson is part of the fifth-generation of family leadership at the company, which has participated in NHLA since close to its founding, so he understands the importance of the association to the company and industry, he said in a statement.
“I am honored to join the NHLA board of managers,” he said. “The board is vital to our industry, setting the standards that govern the hardwood lumber business worldwide.”
Since its founding in 1898, the NHLA has grown to represent more than 1,200 American companies that produce, use and sell North American hardwood lumber or provide services to the hardwood industry.
