Partners

The Sloan Foundation Forest Industries Center receives funding and support from the Alfred P. Sloan Foundation, the USDA. Forest Service, corporations in the forest industries, and industry trade associations. 

The Alfred P. Sloan Foundation, a philanthropic nonprofit institution, was established in 1934 by Alfred Pritchard Sloan, Jr., then President and Chief Executive Officer of the General Motors Corporation. The Foundation's support of industry studies is organized in several ways. At the program's core are the Sloan Industry Centers, each of which consists of a group of faculty and students from a variety of disciplines, such as business, engineering, economics, etc., who study many aspects of a single industry. The Sloan Industry Centers comprise a unique national network. Housed in many of the nation’s most prestigious universities, they listen to the current concerns of industry – attentive to the needs of business, and relying on the accumulated experience of business leaders – as they address solutions. Together with their partners in industry, Sloan Industry Center researchers work to increase knowledge of the complex influences that shape business enterprises, from new technologies to workforce issues, to the impact of globalization.

The Wood Education and Resource Center, located in Princeton, WV is a USDA Forest Service facility with offices, training facilities, and a rough mill. The WERC mission is to facilitate interaction and information exchange with the forest products industry to enhance opportunities for sustained forest products production in the eastern hardwood forest region of the United States. The Wood Education and Resource Center supports managerial and technical innovation to keep businesses competitive. It provides state-of-the-art training, technology transfer, networking opportunities, applied research, and information. WERC serves the primary and secondary hardwood manufacturing industries located in the 35 states of the eastern hardwood forest region.