Directors

Wayne Tucker

Wayne Tucker is the current Executive Director for the Mississippi Institute for Forest Inventory. He has a B.S. Degree from Oklahoma State University in Forest Management. Wayne has worked for Georgia-Pacific in various positions related to forest management and asset acquisition for 28 years. After leaving Georgia-Pacific he spent three years with the Forest Resources Association working throughout eight states in the South Central Region of the United States. Wayne started with the Mississippi Institute for Forest Inventory at its inception in December of 2003. He has been married to Mary Jane for 34 years, they have one son Andy; and he is a the proud grandfather of Emma Claire. His primary goal is to provide the best forest inventory information on the forest resources of the State of Mississippi for economic development purposes.