William R. Corbin

Bill Corbin joined Weyerhaeuser Company on July 29, 1992. In November 1998 he was elected executive vice president, Wood Products, leading the company’s hardwood and softwood lumber, oriented strand board, plywood, Building Materials Distribution, appearance wood, composite products and export chip operations. Corbin also oversees the company’s timberlands and wood products operations in southern Mississippi and Louisiana. Prior to assuming his current position, Corbin served as executive vice president, Timberlands and Distribution, from 1995 to 1998 and executive vice president, Wood Products, from 1992 to 1995.

Corbin began his career in Seattle, Wash., in the forest products consulting business. In the early 1970s, he was vice president of operations for Vancouver Plywood Co. Inc. In 1974, he joined Crown Zellerbach Corp., where he served as vice president of Southern timber and wood products, senior vice president of timber and wood products, and group president - a position he held until the company’s takeover in 1986.

In late 1986, Corbin became chief executive officer and president of Superstill Technology Inc., an emerging medium technology company in Redwood City, Calif. In 1989, he rejoined the wood products industry as vice president of operations for Redwood Empire. In 1991, he joined International Paper Company as vice president and general manager of land and timber, and president of IP Timberlands Ltd.

Corbin graduated from the University of Washington with a bachelor of science degree in forest products in 1964 and received a master of forestry degree emphasizing industrial administration from Yale University in 1965.

Corbin serves on the board of directors of Weyerhaeuser Canada Ltd., is a member of the management board of the World TimberFund, is a trustee and executive committee member of the Weyerhaeuser Company Foundation, and is a member of the company’s policy committee. He is an advisory board member of both the University of Washington’s School of Business Administration and College of Forest Resources. He serves as vice president and an executive committee member of The Mountains to Sound Greenway Trust. Corbin is a charter member of the International Advisory Board of the Institute for Environment and Natural Resource Research and Policy at the University of Wyoming.