Officers
Jackson DuBois (2022-2024)
President
I live in Central New York, building and designing custom timber frames and working on old houses in the area. But I began my timber framing career on a handshake in the driveway of a project that was wrapping in... read more »
president@tfguild.org
Chris Koehn (2021-2023)
Vice-President
I joined the Timber Framers Guild in the late 1980s, just in time to participate in the Habitat for Humanity project in Pennsylvania. In the early ‘80s while studying in England and working in Germany, I came to deeply admire... read more »
Rene Allen (2022-2024)
Treasurer
I have been in construction for over two decades, working with my family business in Colorado and Oregon, and an active member of the Guild for more than a decade, attending as many Guild events as possible.
I bring to the... read more »
Michael Cuba (2023–2025)
Clerk
Michael's career in restoration timber framing began while working at the Institute for Social Ecology with Seth Kelley. After a few years in the field, they founded Knobb Hill Joinery, focusing on preservation and restoration timber framing while occasionally designing... read more »
cuba@tfguild.org
Directors at Large
Sandy Bennett (2019-2024)
My first introduction to timber frames was when I was a teenager whose summer jobs included putting up hay and straw (there is a difference) in the lofts of some massive local barns. I didn't really appreciate the work these... read more »
Jim DeSantis (2022-2024)
The Timber Framers Guild has been an essential part of my life since I joined in 1997. Since then I have counted on the Guild for inspiration, camaraderie, and education. I have volunteered and instructed on Guild projects, attended every... read more »
Bo Foard (2019-2023)
In the spring of 1985, I toured an open house of a new timber frame home in Annapolis, Maryland. That singular experience led me to hit the road in a '68 travel trailer, going from job site to job site all over... read more »
Julie Hildebrand (2023-2025)
Julie Hildebrand grew up learning carpentry from her dad, working with him in the renovation world: from filling dumpsters to filling nail holes, and everything in between. Seeking cleaner work in the great outdoors, she registered in the Heritage Carpentry... read more »
Brad Morse (2021-2023)
I’m from the Berkshire region of western Massachusetts. I grew up in the world of construction—my father was an architect and a contractor, my mother a realtor, and I was surrounded by workers and tools, and houses needing work. I... read more »
Grigg Mullen (2023-2025)
While not a timber framer, Grigg has been in, around, and involved with the Guild for most of his life: he attended his first conference in 1996 and has missed very few since. As a machinist, he works with his... read more »
Bill Sturm (2021-2023)
My father introduced me to the possibilities of wood and construction as a kid. You could often find me at a homebuilding site as school let out raiding the waste piles for materials to haul off into the woods to... read more »
Kieran McLaury Taylor (2023-2025)
Kieran McLaury Taylor started timber framing in Maine in 2004 with Rockport Post and Beam and continued in Oregon in 2012 with Swiftsure Timberworks and then Ashland Post and Beam. He’s also been a "gun for hire" for The Cascade Joinery,... read more »
Staff
Allison Aurand
Communications Director
Allison has worked with the Guild since 2016, producing the member magazine, Scantlings, and providing support for events, community building projects, and workshops, along with member support and services. Prior to coming to the Guild, she worked as a self-employed... read more »
allison@tfguild.org
Gretchen Snow
Business Manager
Gretchen has been a lifelong resident of Cheshire County, New Hampshire. She has pursued many interests over the years, from building energy assessments to organic gardening, both personally and professionally. Gretchen has many years of experience in the building industry,... read more »
gretchen@tfguild.org
Cate McAnulty
Director of Special Projects
Cate is a recent law school graduate who previously worked on a range of policy issues, including environmental and healthcare issues, as the Chief of Staff for a state legislator at the Massachusetts State House. While in law school, she... read more »
cate@tfguild.org
Steve Lawrence
Community Building Projects Director
I have had a varied career. Starting with an apprenticeship in metal working as a fabricator and machinist, I moved into logging and arborist work before starting my timber framing career with Carpenter Oak & Woodland in 1990. I am co-owner... read more »
projects@tfguild.org
Michael Cuba
TIMBER FRAMING Editor
Haycock, Pennsylvania
cuba@tfguild.org
Adam Miller
TIMBER FRAMING Editor
Newbury, Vermont
rangeradammiller@gmail.com
The Guild
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