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Patricia M. Bedient

Patricia M. Bedient, 59, has been executive vice president and chief financial officer since 2007. She was senior vice president, Finance and Strategic Planning, from February 2006 to 2007. She served as vice president, Strategic Planning, from 2003, when she joined the company, to 2006. Prior to joining the company, she was a partner with Arthur Andersen LLP (Independent Accountant) from 1987 to 2002 and served as the managing partner for the Seattle office and as the partner in charge of the firm’s forest products practice from 1999 to 2002. She is on the Board of Directors for Alaska Air Group and also serves as Treasurer and Board member of Overlake Hospital Medical Center. She is a CPA and member of the American Institute of CPAs.

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Lawrence B. Burrows

Lawrence B. Burrows, 59, has been senior vice president, Wood Products, since October 1, 2010. Prior to becoming senior vice president Wood Products, Mr. Burrows served as served as president of Weyerhaeuser Real Estate Company, a subsidiary of the company, from 2008 to 2010. He was president of Winchester Homes Inc., a subsidiary of the company, from 2003 to 2008; its executive vice president from 1998 to 2003; and held various leadership positions at Winchester Homes from 1989, when he joined the company, until 1998. Prior to joining the company, he was vice president and regional manager for Dickinson Heffner (real estate development) from 1986 to 1988; and project manager and vice president of Oliver T. Carr & Co. (real estate development) from 1982 to 1986.

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Srinivasan Chandrasekaran

Srinivasan Chandrasekaran, 63, has been senior vice president, Cellulose Fibers, since 2006. He was vice president, Manufacturing, Cellulose Fibers, from 2005 to 2006; vice president and mill manager at the Kamloops, British Columbia, Cellulose Fibers mill from 2003 to 2005; and vice president and mill manager at the Kingsport, Tennessee, paper mill from 2002 to 2003. He joined Weyerhaeuser in 2002 with the company's acquisition of Willamette Industries Inc. "Shaker" began his career in the pulp and paper industry in 1972 and migrated to the United States in 1980. He held a number of leadership positions in Mead Corporation and Willamette Industries Inc. He is on the Board of Trustees for the Pulp & Paper Foundation, Miami University, Oxford, Ohio.

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Miles P. Drake

Miles P. Drake, 62, has been senior vice president, Research and Development, and chief technology officer since 2006 when he joined the company. He was vice president, research and development and chief technology officer of Air Products and Chemicals Inc. (Industrial Gases) from 2001 until October 2006 and held numerous other leadership positions with Air Products and Chemicals Inc. from 1986 until 2001.

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Daniel S. Fulton

Dan Fulton was elected chief executive officer and a member of the board of directors in April 2008. He has been president of Weyerhaeuser Company since January 2008. From May 2001 until March 2008 he was president and chief executive officer of Weyerhaeuser Real Estate Company, a wholly owned subsidiary of Weyerhaeuser Company.

Mr. Fulton is on the board of NAREIT (the National Association of Real Estate Investment Trusts). He is chair of the Washington State Roundtable, a member of the Business Roundtable, and the chair of the Business Roundtable’s Housing Subcommittee. Dan is also a member of the Advisory Board for the Foster School of Business at the University of Washington, and past chair of the Policy Advisory Board of the Joint Center of Housing Studies at Harvard University.

Fulton graduated with a bachelor of arts degree in economics from Miami University (Ohio) in 1970. He received a master of business administration degree in finance from the University of Washington in 1976, and he completed the Stanford University Executive Program in 2001.

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Thomas F. Gideon

Thomas F. Gideon, 60, has been executive vice president Timberlands, since October 1, 2010. Prior to becoming executive vice president Timberlands, Mr. Gideon served as executive vice president, Forest Products, from 2008 to 2010; and as senior vice president, Containerboard, Packaging and Recycling, from 2007 until its disposition in 2008. He was senior vice president, Timberlands, from 2005 to 2007; vice president, Western Timberlands, from 2003 to 2005; and director of Sales and Marketing for Western Timberlands from 1998 to 2003. He joined Weyerhaeuser in 1978 and held numerous human resources and sales management positions in Wood Products before moving into Western Timberlands in 1996.

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John A. Hooper

John A. Hooper, 57, has been senior vice president, Human Resources, since July 2008. He was vice president, Human Resources Operations, from 2006 to 2008; Human Resources director from 2003 to 2006; and strategic projects consultant from 2001, when he joined the company, until 2003. Prior to joining the company, he was a management consultant specializing in leadership effectiveness, human resources strategy and change management from 1986 to 2001. From 1979 to 1986, he held leadership positions in Eaton Corporation (diversified power management) and Techtronix (testing and measurement equipment).

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Sandy D. McDade

Sandy D. McDade, 60, has been senior vice president and general counsel since September 2006. He was senior vice president, Industrial Wood Products and International, from 2005 to 2006; senior vice president, Canada, from 2003 to 2005; vice president, Strategic Planning, from 2000 to 2003; and corporate secretary from 1993 to 2000. He joined Weyerhaeuser in 1980 and worked as a corporate and transaction lawyer until 2000.

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Peter M. Orser

Peter M. Orser, 55, has been president, Weyerhaeuser Real Estate Company, a subsidiary of the company, since October 1, 2010. Prior to becoming president, Weyerhaeuser Real Estate Company, Mr. Orser was president, Quadrant Corporation, a subsidiary of the company, from 2003 to 2010. He was executive vice president, Quadrant Corporation, from 2001 to 2003; residential senior vice president, Quadrant Corporation, from 1996 to 2001; vice president, Community Development, from 1992 to 1995; and held various leadership positions with Quadrant Corporation from 1987, when he joined the company, to 1992.

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