Guild leadership
Officers
President (2024-2026)
It is such an honor for me to serve on the board and to help the Guild thrive and expand in a positive and productive way. Our Guild community has meant so much to me for more than two decades. Read More »
Vice President (2025-2027)
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 Western conference and one Eastern since ’97, and kept up on best practices through our excellent publications. Read More »
Treasurer (2024-2026)
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 the ancient timber and stone structures that surrounded me. Read More »
Clerk & TIMBER FRAMING Editor (2023–2025)
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 and cutting new structures. Read More »
Community Building Projects Program 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. Read More »
Directors at Large
2024-2026
I was first introduced to the extraordinary community that is the Guild back in April 1999. The previous year I happened upon a radio wave drying technology that appeared to be well suited to drying Douglas fir timbers. Read More »
2025-2027
I come from a long line of woodworkers, representing the fourth generation of Loveland carpenters. Before eventually finding my career in timber framing, I sampled all aspects of the building trades, and I've had my hands on almost every aspect of home building. Read More »
2024-2026
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 even grew up in a barn (no timbers though)! Read More »
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 hands and excels at solving problems but says he prefers materials “more dimensionally stable than wood.” Read More »
2025
I grew up in the Hudson River Valley in New York with aspirations of being an architect, tirelessly obsessed with Lincoln Logs and Knex projects. I went on to study structural engineering in college, but yearned to also work with my hands and feel those calculations embodied in a material form. Read More »
2025-2027
I live and breathe timber framing. I remember my first conference at Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute in 1990. 620 of my fellow timber framers also attended that conference. Read More »
arron@preservationtimberframing.com
2024-2026
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 build a fort or up a tree for a Swiss family Robinson house. Read More »
2025-2027
I am a registered architect and timber frame business co-owner in Powell, Wyoming. I was first introduced to the Guild in 2002 when I participated in a project run by Rick and Laura Brown. Read More »
Staff
Executive Director
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 western Washington - from there I learned and grew, graduated from the ATP, and became a journeyworker. Read More »
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. Read More »
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. Read More »
Social Media Coordinator
TIMBER FRAMING Editor
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