Dave C. Zumeta, Minnesota Forest Resources

Dave Zumeta is Executive Director of the Minnesota Forest Resources Council, a position he has held since 2001. He previously spent 20 years with the Minnesota Department of Natural Resources in various managerial, supervisory, and senior staff capacities, including 13 years as Forest Planning Supervisor. Earlier in his career he worked as a Forest Planner for the State of Indiana, a Research Planner for the U.S. Forest Service in California, and a Wildlife Ecologist for a private consulting firm in Pennsylvania. Dave earned a PhD in Forest Policy from the University of Minnesota in 1995, an M.S. in Forestry from the University of California, Berkeley in 1977, and a B.A. in Environmental Studies from Haverford College in Pennsylvania in 1973.