State & Locals
Lumber Person of the Year
The Lumber Person of the Year award is one of the highest honors given by one’s peers in the
lumber and building material industry and is awarded annually.
Paul Koenig, Keonig Cedar Company
2023 VRLDA Lumber Person of the Year Award Recipient
To learn more about Paul, please click here.
Lifetime Achievement Award
The Lifetime Achievement Award honors an individual for their cumulative contributions to the lumber industry.
Sherry Pfenning, BlueLinx
2023 VRLDA Lifetime Achievement Award Recipient
To learn more about Sherry, please click here.
VRLDA Past Lumber Persons of the Year
1985-2022
1985 Carl H. Larson
1986 John B. Durfee
1987 H. Chandler Parker Jr.
1988 Robert Gallagher
1989 Wesley Carroll
1990 Walter Lacillade
1991 Chester Greenwood III
1992 Dick Miles
1993 Roy Rotella
1994 Malcolm “Red” Mackenzie
1995 Paul Dean
1996 Eric Durfee
1997 James Lacillade
1998 Edward Couture
1999 Edward Gartner
2000 Jeff Larson
2001 John O’Brien & George Ray
2002 Bill Evasick
2003 Alan Dueso
2004 Steve Larrabee
2005 Peter Poulin
2006 Scott Vasquezi & Carl Dirkes
2008 Lang Durfee
2009 *T. Niblo Creed
2010 Dennis Charron
2011 Norman Greenberg
2012 Steve Churco
2013 The Allen Family
2014 Tim Branstetter
2014 *Richard Wright
2015 Cory Poulin
2015 *Doug Britton
2016 Joe Miles
2016 *Sterling Golder
2017 Ed Druke
2017 *John Durfee
2019 Brenda Beanland
2019 *Ken Ferris
2021 Scott Flynn
2021 *Ron Warner (posthumously)
2022 *Josh Druke (posthumously)
*Lifetime Achievement Award Recipient