Ohio Valley Lumber Drying Association (OVLDA)
Ohio Valley Lumber Drying Association (OVLDA)

Directors

Directors

Directors

Ohio Valley Lumber Drying Association Executive Directors
Jim Higgins

Jim Higgins, President

SII Dry Kilns
280 Kenwood Rd
Chambersburg, PA 17201
814.335.1839
JimHiggins@SIIdrykilns.com

John Johnson

John Johnson, Vice president

HAVCO
150 Oak Hill Ln,
Vonore, TN 37885
901.767.9126
jjohnson@havco.com

Chad Niman

Chad Niman, Secretary Treasurer

University of Kentucky 
Department of Forestry and Natural Resources
214 TP Cooper Bldg.
Lexington, KY 40546
859.257.1360
Chad.Niman@uky.edu

 

Joe Earley

Joe Earley, Director

MacBEATH Hardwood
320 North Kyle Street
Edinburgh, IN 46124
812.526.9743
jearley@macbeath.com

Carroll Fackler

Carroll Fackler, Director

University of Kentucky (ret.) 
2590 Fackler Rd.
Webster, KY 40176 
270.547.6830 
cfackler@uky.edu

Dr., Rado Gazo

Rado Gazo, Director

175 Marsteller
West Lafayette, IN 47907
765.494.3634
Gazo@purdue.edu

Mark Haessly

Mark Haessly, Director

Haessly Hardwood Lumber
25 Sheets Run Rd.,
Marietta, OH 45750
740.373.6681
mark.haessly@haesslylumber.com

Jeremy Pitts

Jeremy Pitts, Director

12 Stevens Rd.
Brewer, ME 04412
800.777.6953 ext. 225
jpitts@nyle.com

Billy Perry

Bill Perry, Director

Powell Valley Millwork
PO Box 665
Clay City, KY 40312
606.663.0974
bill@pvmillwork.com

Adam Taylor

Adam Taylor, Director 

University of Tennessee
2506 Jacob Dr.
Knoxville, TN. 37996-4570
865.946.1125
adamtaylor@utk.edu

Bill Withers

Paul Withers, Director

Somerset Hardwood Flooring
371 Wilson Rd.
Somerset, KY 42503
606.305.9551
withersfarm371@gmail.com

John Yokley

John Yokley, Director

Roy Anderson Lumber Company
PO Box 275
1115 Columbia Avenue
Tompkinsville, KY 42167
270.407.2068
jyokley@ralumber.com

Contact Information

Bobby Ammerman
Secretary Treasurer

130 Robinson Road Jackson, KY 41339

+1 (606) 666-2438 ext.256

bammerma@uky.edu