​​Great Lakes Kiln Drying Association

Directors 2025


Director - Logan Wells
Northcentral Technical College
Wood Science Instructor
312 Forrest Avenue
Antigo, WI 54409
Tel: (715) 348-7794

Director - Scott Bowe
Professor of Wood Products
Kemp Natural Resources Station
College of Agricultural and Life Sciences
University of Wisconsin-Madison
9161 Kemp Road
Woodruff WI 54568
Tel: (715) 892-0391

Director - Jim Higgins
SII Dry Kilns
280 Kenwood Road
Chambersburg, PA 17201
Tel: (814)335-1839


Director - Chris Fehr
Miller Wood Trade Publications
5175 Elmore Road, Suite 23
Memphis, TN 38134

Tel: (800) 844-1280
Cell: (716) 853-9270

Director – Craig Albright
Messersmith Biomass Boiler Systems
2612 F Road
Bark River, MI 49807
Tel: (906) 466-9010


Director - Mike Schulke

Granite Valley Forest Products

P.O. Box 320

500 Cty. Hwy S

New London, WI 54961

Tel: (920) 982-2542



Contact the Great Lakes Kiln Drying Association Administrative Coordinator at 906.875.3720 or via email at office@glkda.org

Officers 2025


President - John Gehringer 
Devereaux Sawmill
2872 North Hubbardston Rd.
Pewamo, MI 48873
Tel:  (989) 593-2552


Vice President – Marcus Grooms 
Ohio Wood Connection
8805 Lancaster Avenue
 Cincinnati, OH 45242
Tel: (513) 581-0361

Secretary/Treasurer - Scott Lyon 
WI DNR Division of Forestry
2984 Shawano Avenue
Green Bay, WI 54313-6727
Tel: (920) 360-3722