6th Annual 2025 Conference
“Evening Social Event” Thursday, September 25, 2025 - 6:00 pm - 8:30 pm
To be held at the Holiday Inn Express & Suites, located at 2513 Cattle Farm Road, Latta, SC 29565
Drinks and Hor d’oeuvres will be served. Here is your chance to
network, socialize, unwind, relax, eat, drink, and get to know other women in our industry!
Great Woods Companies Logging Job Tour
Friday, September 26, 2025 - 8:00 am until 5:00 pm
Friday will consist of an onsite logging job tour with Great Woods Companies hosted by Bob Lussier!
Great Woods Companies office is located at 556 Marlboro Road, Bennettsville, SC
We will also have a planned “activity” that will prove how we are all connected as women in this industry!
Our annual conference will feature 4 incredible Guest Speakers! Read more below about them!
If you would like to attend our upcoming 2025 conference, complete the Registration Form!
Just click on link below and email to Lori Walker at lori@carolinawomenintimber.org to save your spot!
Simone Handfield Nuveen Natural Capital Portfolio Analyst Charlotte, NCSPONSORS NEEDED!
The Carolina Women In Timber organization is seeking out sponsors to help fund the 2025 Conference! Click on a sponsor button below if you would like to help sponsor our event!
Featuring Our 2025 Guest Speakers
Checks can be made payable to:
Carolina Women In Timber Mail to: Lori Walker, 1167 Southfield Street, Inman, SC 29349
Or to make payment by ACH, call Lori for details!
814-203-1000
These events are made possible by our Sponsors!
Nadaya Butler Bosslady Trucking 1, LLC Owner Bennettsville, SC
Cosmetologist pivots career path and deliberately pursues a profession in the logging industry! Hear this inspiring story of what led her to this remarkable career change. Nadaya will motivate you and teach us why it’s never too late to do what you Love!
Simone will be sharing her journey as a young woman breaking into the forestry sector. How curiosity, asking questions, and embracing the unknown led her from portfolio strategy to transactions in this unique and evolving field. Simone tells us how a career is never linear – you just have to adapt to what you have!
Jen Goodnow JPH III Logging Equipment Operator Cheraw, SC
Learn about Jennifer and hear her story about growing up in the logging industry. Be inspired by listening to her ability to operate logging equipment! Currently a shovel loader and truck driver, she shares her passion with us for working outside every day!
Brandy Gammon Seven Hills Forestry, Inc. President Rome, GA
Discover how a small-town job posting almost 25 years ago for a Spanish translator unexpectedly set Brandy on a path to becoming president of a thriving reforestation business. In her talk, Brandy will be sharing her inspiring journey from secretary to a leader in the forestry industry, reminding us that no matter where you begin, “there’s always room to grow.”
Great Woods Companies
Bob & Cindy Lussier, Owners
"2016 Outstanding Logger of the Year" awarded by the Forestry Association of SC
"2017 Gene Collins Logger Activist Award" awarded by the SC Timber Producers Assocation
"2022 Timber Harvesting National Logging Business of the Year" awarded by Hatton-Brown Publishers
