MANAGEMENT TEAM

Jeff Hunt
Founder, President and CEO
Wood is in Jeff Hunt's blood. Growing up in Connecticut, Jeff enjoyed nothing more than to lace up a pair of hiking boots and go trekking through the local woods. Jeff's treks these days take him to more exotic locales. Central America, South America, Europe, Southeast Asia, Australia and New Zealand. Places where he can source popular woods and lesser-known, secondary species that are harvested in environmentally, economically and socially responsible ways. Under Jeff's leadership, EarthSource Forest Products has maintained strong growth, a steadfast commitment to improving and preserving the world's forests and rainforests, and made significant contributions to the survival of indigenous communities.

Marion Hunt
Vice President of Corporate Communications
Marion is EarthSource Forest Products' brand ambassador. Her talents in listening, processing, and responding effectively to the needs of employer, employee, customer, and community alike have helped to enhance the quality and image of our company. Marion's 25 years in the field of education and writing have supplied the background for working within the company on Public Relations issues, encouraging open lines of communication between employees at all three branches, and bringing the EarthSource brand name to the public through a variety of marketing strategies and her involvement in community activities.

Marion accompanies her husband, Jeff, on journeys around the globe to source sustainable forest products and to educate herself with compassion about the environment and living conditions of people in communities very different from our own.

Garfield Oleson
General Manager
Garfield Oleson has been employed at PALS/EarthSource since November of 1996. He has been all around the company, managing the Oakland branch first-the San Jose branch a few years later. He now works directly under Jeff Hunt to oversee operations in all three branches of the company.

Among a large group of our nation's first baby boomers, Garfield says he has no interest in retirement. He'd rather work. "I like to keep my mind sharp, and stay healthy," he says. Though he keeps himself occupied at home with golf, games, and gardening, Garfield enjoys tackling the organizational challenges EarthSource provides him. Garfield's goal is to improve our bottom line by increasing sales, getting inventory in line, keeping our warehouses stocked, facilitating a group cooperative effort, and continuing to increase EarthSources' green presence in the industry and within our communities. Garfield sees sustainable practices as the future of the industry. "It's the future of everything," he adds.