Relentless for our partners

We help build tomorrow. When a home is built in the US, there’s a strong chance we helped buy or sell the material or product.

This is all made possible by our holistic view of markets, openness to change, efficiency, and drive to innovate.

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Built on a foundation of trust

Our companies help market or purchase building products, but ultimately we are in the relationship business. Customer service is of great importance to us.

For the past 60 years, our company has been powered by people who don't make promises lightly. Our respected reputation has been built on years of keeping our word and valuing our customers.

Learn more about how FCTG managed to become America's best wholesale building products distributor from day one.

Leading good people to do great things

Board of Directors   

Craig Johnston+
  • Executive Chairman of FCTG Board of Directors
  • Retired from FCTG in 2024 after 42 years of climbing the ranks from Trader to President to CEO
  • Biggest University of Oregon Ducks fan you will ever meet
  • Enjoys traveling, fishing, skiing, anything outdoors and spending time with his wife, 2 sons and 2 dogs
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Craig Johnston
Executive Chairman
Derrick Coder+
  • Started at FCTG in 2007 serving as CFO and COO
  • Previously worked at Deloitte and Touche and had key roles at Avista Energy and Shell Energy
  • Brings extensive expertise in commodity trading and risk management
  • Passionate Washington State Cougars fan
  • Enjoys the outdoors, exercising, and spending time at the lake with his family in North Idaho
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Derrick Coder
President and Chief Executive Officer, FCTG
David Cox+
  • Been with Richmond International since 1989, became President in 2012
  • Was previously a Mill Manager for Union Camp Corp
  • Is a gentleman farmer/rancher and loves archery and golf
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David Cox
President, Richmond International Forest Products, LLC
Rich Callahan+
  • FCTG Board of Directors member since 2022
  • Previously a partner with KPMG and Arthur Andersen
  • Has worked with FCTG in various capacities dating back to the company's spin-off from Forest City Enterprises
  • Enjoys family time, traveling, golf, exercise, and is an avid sports fan
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Rich Callahan
Member, Board of Directors
Mike Neill+
  • FCTG Board of Directors member since 2024
  • Currently the CTO for CH Robinson
  • Has been at CH Robinson for 22 years and has spent 30+ years in technology and logistics
  • Enjoys golfing, fishing, and boating
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Mike Neill
Member, Board of Directors
Brian Shepley+
  • Lumber and Panel Trader for Richmond International Forest Products since 2005
  • Was a Sales Manager for Southern Yellow Pine Sawmill
  • Attended Virginia Tech for 6 years and earned a BS and MS degree in Wood Science and Forest Products Marketing
  • Enjoys hunting, fishing, boating with family and friends, and riding his Harley
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Brian Shepley
Trader Representative, Board of Directors
Tom Hamilton+
  • President of Viking since 2019
  • Started as a Trader at Viking after graduating from U of M in 2007, went on to build the crane mat department
  • Avid sports fan, particularly the Minnesota Gopher Wrestling...SKOL and SKI-U-MAH! 
  • Loves hunting, fishing, golfing, skiing, and going on adventures with his family
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Tom Hamilton
Member, Board of Directors
Keith Butcher+
  • FCTG Board of Directors member since 2008
  • Co-founder of both ButcherJoseph & Co. and Mosaic Capital Partners
  • Leading advocate for employee ownership and inclusive capitalism
  • Initiatives have enabled more than 400 companies to establish broad-based employee ownership, benefitting more than a million employees by allowing them to share in the equity they help generate
  • Avid (perhaps rabid) fan of collegiate and international wrestling
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Keith Butcher
Member, Board of Directors

Corporate Leadership

Derrick Coder+
  • Started at FCTG in 2007 serving as CFO and COO
  • Previously worked at Deloitte and Touche and had key roles at Avista Energy and Shell Energy
  • Brings extensive expertise in commodity trading and risk management
  • Passionate Washington State Cougars fan

  • Enjoys the outdoors, exercising, and spending time at the lake with his family in North Idaho
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Derrick Coder
President and Chief Executive Officer
Jacob Twain+
  • CFO of FCTG since 2023
  • Started working at FCTG in 2014
  • Previously worked at KPMG where FCTG was one of his clients
  • Grew up working in an entrepreneurial 3rd generation family business
  • Enjoys spending time with his family, traveling, and being active
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Jacob Twain
Chief Financial Officer
JoDee Keegan+
  • General Counsel of FCTG since 2019
  • Has had roles as outside and in-house general counsel for 20+ years and represented trading firms for almost 25 years
  • Big Ted Lasso fan and loves travel, golfing, reading, cooking, and hiking
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JoDee Keegan
VP, General Counsel
Scott Elston+
  • VP of Business Development since 2008

  • Over a decade of experience from roles in finance and sales at Willamette and Weyerhaeuser
  • Has a knack for building relationships at industry events and exploring new business opportunities
  • Former football safety at Pacific Lutheran University
  • Enjoys golfing, hiking, and reading
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Scott Elston
VP, Business Development
Jennifer Hogge+
  • VP of Human Resources since 2023
  • Built a career focused on conceptualizing, building and leading strategic human resource functions ranging from small private to fortune 500 across Professional Services, Semiconductor, and PR/Marketing industries
  • Was once a professional Christmas Tree Decorator
  • Enjoys taking advantage of the PNW outdoors, snowshoeing, skiing, paddleboarding, and hiking
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Jennifer Hogge
VP, Human Resources
Kerry Cakebread+
  • Started in 1993 at American International Forest Product and moved to the FCTG HQ office in 2002
  • Has an MBA from the University of Portland
  • Learned his first programming language, Apple Basic, in 1989
  • Enjoys sailboat racing, traveling, hiking with his wife and their dog
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Kerry Cakebread
VP, Information Technology and Systems

Operating Company Leadership

Chris Vaughan+
  • Started as a Trader then Floor Leader at Richmond International Forest Products in 1998
  • Grew up in Maine and makes a point to visit there several times a year
  • Enjoys boating and fishing when he finds free time
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Chris Vaughan
President, Affiliated Resources LLC
David Cox+
  • Been with Richmond International since 1989, became President in 2012
  • Was previously a Mill Manager for Union Camp Corp
  • Is a gentleman farmer/rancher and loves archery and golf
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David Cox
President, Richmond International Forest Products, LLC
Troy Bailey+
  • Started as a Trader at Plateau Forest Products in 2004 and has been President since 2020
  • Entire career has been trading lumber and running a lumber trading floor
  • Played college football for the Oregon Ducks and was signed and cut by seven different NFL teams without ever playing a regular season game
  • Enjoys coaching high school football, riding his mountain bike, and fishing
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Troy Bailey
President, Plateau Forest Products, LLC
Gerry Pankratz+
  • President of Olympic Industries since 2008 after 9 years of being a Lumber Trader
  • Previously worked for family’s lumber remanufacturing business
  • Excited, more than ever, about the industry’s future and views new challenges as an opportunity to overcome with partners
  • Free time is spent boating and fishing around Vancouver with family and friends
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Gerry Pankratz
President, Olympic Industries, ULC
Jim Dermody+
  • President of Seaboard International since 2009
  • Started with FCTG right out of college (UNH)
  • Was a Trader Assistant before joining the Eastern SPF department and then co-founding the Southern Yellow Pine department
  • Devoted hockey coach for high school and NE prep players
  • Enjoys spirited drives and spending time with his wife, kids, and their dog at the beach
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Jim Dermody
President, Seaboard International Forest Products, LLC
Sam Barranco+
  • Started his career in 1995 as a Southern Yellow Pine Trader, became a Senior Trader, and then Vice President
  • Was an Elected Trader Rep to the FCTG Board of Directors
  • Lifelong Alabama fan. ROLL TIDE!
  • Enjoys spending quality time with his loved ones and pursuing his passions for fishing, football, and hockey
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Sam Barranco
President, Tampa International Forest Products, LLC
John Vranizan+
  • Was a Trader for 21 years before becoming President of American International
  • Served as FCTG Trader Representative to the FCTG Board of Directors in 2009 and 2010
  • Is inspired through team training
  • Enjoys golfing, yoga, and chasing after his German Shorthair Pointers
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John Vranizan
President, American International Forest Products, LLC
Matt Vaughan+
  • Considers himself an FCTG lifer
  • Grew up in the Portland, Maine area and, ironically, now lives in the Portland, Oregon area
  • Loves to spend as much time on the Oregon Coast as possible with his family and his dogs
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Matt Vaughan
President, Buckeye Pacific, LLC and Buckeye Mats
Shane Naish+
  • Started at BIFP as a Trader in 1996
  • Known for knowledge of useless quotes from ‘80s comedies
  • Enjoys spending time with his family, long days at the lake, golfing, fishing, walking and hiking with his wife and their retrievers
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Shane Naish
President, Birmingham International Forest Products, LLC
Tom Hamilton+
  • President of Viking since 2019

  • Started as a Trader at Viking after graduating from the U of M in 2007, went on to build the crane mat department
  • Avid sports fan, particularly the Minnesota Gopher Wrestling...SKOL and SKI-U-MAH!

  • Loves hunting, fishing, golfing, skiing, and going on adventures with his family
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Tom Hamilton
President, Viking Forest Products, LLC and Viking Mats
Michael Kassouf+
  • President of SMT since October 2023
  • Previously a Trader at Birmingham International Forest Products since 1996
  • Graduate of the University of Alabama in Birmingham with a degree in Marketing
  • Enjoys people watching at the airport
  • Spends free time thinking about starting this whole golf thing
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Michael Kassouf
President, Southern Mississippi Trading, LLC
Business Conduct Guidelines
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Stewards of sustainability

We are honored to trade one of the most sustainable materials in the world. The "manufacturing facility" to produce wood is a forest that provides animal habitats and actually cleans the air instead of polluting it. Once harvested and put to use, timber contributes to the capture and sequestering of CO2 instead of releasing it into the atmosphere. Processing wood uses less energy and produces less pollution than other major manufactured building materials.

Environmental Statement
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Giving back and getting involved

We invest in the communities where we live and work. We do so by actively participating in charitable initiatives, we pay for employee time to do volunteer work and we match their contributions.

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