Rolling Meadows, Illinois – June 21, 2007 – Gregg Riley, President of Bloch Lumber Company, Chicago, IL, was recently elected Chairman of the North American Wholesale Lumber Association (NAWLA) at the group’s 115th Executive Conference.

Gregg Riley was elected to the NAWLA Board of Directors in 2003 and was appointed to their Executive Committee in 2005. He has had extensive committee and industry involvement during his time with NAWLA, most recently serving on its Globalization Task Force Committee. In the past, Riley has served as chair for the NAWLA Traders Market® and is also a member of the NAWLA Meetings Committee.

Riley holds a B.S. in Economics and Finance from Southern New Hampshire University. He has also attended the NAWLA Management School and the NAWLA Executive Management Institute.

Also elected to officer positions include: First Vice Chairwoman Susan Fitzsimmons, Snavely Forest Products, Pittsburgh, PA; Second Vice Chairman George G. (Buck) Hutchison, Hutchison Lumber & Building Products, Adams City, CO; Secretary/Treasurer Bill Barnett, Marathon Forest Products, North Vancouver, BC and President and CEO Nick Kent of NAWLA, Rolling Meadows, IL.

The North American Wholesale Lumber Association, headquartered in the Chicago, Illinois metropolitan area, is an international trade association of over 650 leading forest products and building material industry wholesalers, manufacturers and industry affiliated companies throughout the United States, Canada and the world. NAWLA, where supply and distribution meet, brings value to the distribution function through networking, education and leadership.

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