Board Member Profile

Edward G. Wright – Clarence, NY

Graduated from the University of Wisconsin at Superior with a B.S. degree in 1970.

President of W. J. Cox Associates, Inc, an insurance and risk management firm specializing in the forest products industry. Currently serves as Chairman of the Board of the Empire State Forest Products Association.

Board member of the Forest Resource Association (FRA) and FRA’s Timber Harvesting and Transportation Safety Foundation.

Member of the Sustainable Forestry Initiative NY State Implementation Committee.

Member of the Board of Advisors of the Center for Woodlands Education.

Secretary and Administrator of the New York Lumbermen’s Insurance Trust Fund.

Active in several not-for-profit community organizations.

Resides in Hamburg, NY.