New Georgia Forestry Commission chief named

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Gov. Brian Kemp recently appointed Georgia forestry veteran Timothy M. Lowrimore to serve as state forester and director of the Georgia Forestry Commission. Following a swearing- in ceremony that was Monday at the state Capitol, Lowrimore will assume his new duties Jan. 16, according to a news release.

“It is especially fifitting that Tim Lowrimore rejoins the GFC family in the year of our agency’s centennial,” said Georgia Forestry Commission Board Chairman Larry Spillers. “Tim is a UGA grad who began his career as a forester at GFC. Since then he has held a number of leadership positions with a diverse group of public and private forest industry partners. He will be instrumental in setting the tone for 2021 and guiding GFC into the next 100 years.”

Lowrimore is a registered forester with the Georgia Board of Foresters who has more t han 20 years of forestry and professional experience. Most recently, he served as public a ff ff ff ff ff ff airs manager for Inter for, one of the largest lumber producers in the world. There, he worked with all levels of government regulatory agencies and community and economic development offifficials to promote and protect operations and sustainability initiatives. Lowrimore was a senior account executive at Davis- Garvin Insurance Agency, servicing a national portfolio of forestry business; resource manager of Eastern Forest Resources at Rayonier; and director of forest policy at the Georgia Forestry Commission, after rising from forester to senior forester at the agency.

Lowrimore has served several professional organizations and has been recognized for numerous achievements. He is current chairman of the Georgia Paper and Forest Products.