Sean Ross, a Managing Director and Partner at The Lyme Timber Company, is a professional forester with over 20 years’ experience in forestland management. Since 2004, Sean has served as Director of Forestry Operations, working with a small team of professionals to source, evaluate, place capital, and manage timberland investments. He assumes the lead role in developing ownership goals and objectives, drafting forest management plans, securing and monitoring third-party forest certification (both Forest Stewardship Council and Sustainable Forestry Initiative), and ensuring that forest management complies with applicable forest management plans, conservation easements, and investment objectives on the company’s 750,000 acres of investment property in the US.

Sean is passionate about forestland stewardship, values collaboration and teamwork, and feels that open and transparent communication with stakeholders is critical to success of the forest products industry. Prior to working in timberland investments, Sean worked as a consulting forester for a small firm in Vermont, assisting private landowners with the management of their properties. He earned a B.S. in Forest Resource Management from The University of Vermont in 1997, is a licensed forester in New Hampshire, and is a member of the Society of American Foresters and the Forest Stewards Guild.