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Saltchuk Welcomes Daniel S. Fulton to Board of Directors

April 3, 2014

Saltchuk is  pleased to welcome Daniel S. Fulton to the Saltchuk board of directors, effective April 1, 2014.

Dan served as CEO and director of Weyerhaeuser Company from 2008 through 2013, when he retired after nearly 38 years with the company. Prior to becoming Weyerhaeuser’s CEO, he served in a number of finance and real estate related positions, including president and CEO of Weyerhaeuser Real Estate Company, and president of Weyerhaeuser Realty Investors.

During his Weyerhaeuser career, Dan served on numerous boards related to the forest products and homebuilding industries. He is an executive fellow and past chair of the Policy Advisory Board of the Joint Center for Housing Studies at Harvard University, a member and past-chair of the Washington Roundtable, past-chair of the United Way of King County, and is a member of the Advisory Board for the Foster School of Business at the University of Washington.

Dan holds a BA in Economics from Miami University (Ohio), an MBA in finance from the University of Washington, and he completed the Stanford University Executive Program. From 1970 to 1974 he served on active duty as an officer in the U.S. Navy Supply Corps.

Dan fills the board position made available by John Rindlaub’s retirement in March. Other members of the Saltchuk board are Denise Tabbutt (Primary Shareholder), Eugene Voiland (Retired President & CEO of Aera Energy LLC), Fred Goldberg (Founding Saltchuk Shareholder), James Jiambalvo (Dean of the UW Foster School of Business), Mark Tabbutt (Chairman of Saltchuk), Robert Felton (Director Emeritus of McKinsey & Company), Stan Barer (Founding Saltchuk Shareholder), Stein Kruse (CEO of Holland America Line) and Tim Engle (President of Saltchuk).