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Thomas F. Gideon was named senior vice president of Containerboard Packaging and Recycling in March 2007. From 2005 to 2007 he held the position of senior vice president, Timberlands.
Gideon joined Weyerhaeuser in 1978, working at NORPAC as an employee representative for the SW Washington region. He held several labor relations and human resources positions, becoming the human resources, and then sales manager, at the Elkin, N.C., Structurwood facility. He held several human resources jobs in Wood Products before moving into Western Timberlands in 1996. In 1998 Gideon assumed the role of director of sales and marketing for Western Timberlands. From 2003 to 2005 he held the position of vice president for Western Timberlands where he was responsible for managing approximately 2.2 million acres of certified managed forests in Oregon and Washington.
Gideon graduated in 1974 with a bachelor of arts degree in business administration from the University of Washington. In 1978 he received an MBA in Labor Relations and a Juris Doctor, Law, also from the University of Washington.
He has served on several special assignments and projects, including the Labor Principles team (1994 95); the team leader for the Western Timberlands Design and Implementation Team (1996); the Western Labor Council Chairman (1996 through 2004); Western Wood Products and Timberlands team leader for the Willamette integration; and as the team lead for the Support Alignment Human Resources effort. He has been a recipient of the President’s Award (1994).
Gideon is a member of the Washington State Bar Association and a former board member of the Oregon Forest Industry Council.
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