Bob Izlar, Founding Director, Harley Langdale, Jr. Center for Forest Business, University of Georgia
Bob Izlar was founding director of the University of Georgia Harley Langdale, Jr. Center for Forest Business from 1998 until he retired in 2022. He also has 24 years of operational forestry experience in forest industry. He was the Chair of the Board of Directors for the Forest History Society for 2021-2023 and is Immediate Past Chair for 2024-2025. He is a Fellow of the Society of American Foresters and the Swedish Royal Academy of Agriculture and Forestry.
Izlar is a retired United States Army Colonel with 36 years’ service. He is an international forestry consultant.