TimberFest 2026
Speakers
Kim Chandler
Award-winning author Kim Varney Chandler is a researcher, photographer, amateur genealogist, bird watcher, and dog lover. A two-time graduate of the University of New Hampshire (’91, ’96G), Kim balances her passion for history with her work as a high school counselor and... read more
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Ben Brungraber
Fire Tower Engineered Timber
Ben Brungraber, Ph.D., P.E., holds a Master of Science from Colorado State in Timber Structures and a Ph.D. in Mortise and Tenon Joinery from Stanford University. In his early years, Ben worked in the construction industry after acquiring his civil engineering degree... read more
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Ariel Burns
Ariel Burns has been finding a home in the building world since her introduction to it in 2012, while living in the mountains of North Carolina. She has explored the different realms of construction: backyard DIY natural building, home renovations, high-performance &... read more
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Sarah Highland
Highland Artisan
Sarah Highland is the founder and principal of Highland Artisan, an educational home building and timber framing organization. She is also a boatbuilding instructor at the Carpenter’s Boat Shop (Pemaquid, Maine) and a lead facilitator at Cornell University’s Team and Leadership Center,... read more
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Liz Johndrow
Earthen Endeavors Natural Building
Liz Johndrow is the founder of Earthen Endeavors Natural Building, with a focus on natural and earthen construction: straw bale house and timber framing, natural plasters and earthen floors, and cob and adobe construction. She works on homeowner building projects, teaches natural... read more
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Jan Lewandoski
Jan Lewandoski is a timber framer and preservationist living in Northern Vermont. He and his crew specialize in the restoration of wooden bridges, church trusses and steeples, and other historic heavy timber, and have done so for over 40 years. He devoted... read more
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Scott Northcott
Northcott Wood Turning
Scott and Judy Northcott have been married for more than 50 years and raised four children in Walpole, New Hampshire. They’re now the proud grandparents of five grandchildren. Scott and Judy launched Northcott Wood Turning in 1974 and made their first pegs... read more
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Jack Sobon
Jack A. Sobon is an architect, builder, and teacher specializing in timber framed buildings. Since 1980, he has devoted his life to understanding the craft of timber framing. Using only traditional hand tools and often starting right in the forest, he has... read more
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Arron Sturgis
Preservation Timber Framing
Arron Sturgis lives in Maine with his wife Michele, and a gaggle of wild cats. He is a Guild board member. He has run Preservation Timber Framing Inc. for over 35 years. Now with a crew of more than 20 diverse individuals,... read more
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Eliot Lothrop
Building Heritage
Eliot Hays Lothrop is passionate about historic barns and has been restoring them in Vermont for almost 25 years. Lothrop started the company in 2004 after getting his master's degree from the University of Vermont in Historic Preservation and working in the... read more
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