MARK D. MCHUGH

PRESIDENT & CHIEF EXECUTIVE OFFICER, RAYONIER, WILDLIGHT

Rayonier's merger with Washington state-based PotlatchDeltic was completed in January, creating a land resources real estate investment trust (REIT) with 4.2 million acres of timberland, mostly in the Southeast with about a quarter in the Pacific Northwest. It is one of the country's largest publicly traded timber and wood-products companies, operating six sawmills and an industrial-grade plywood mill. McHugh remains CEO of the company, a position he earned in 2024 after a decade as CFO. Rayonier's corporate headquarters is moving to Atlanta after the merger, but the company will maintain a regional office in Wildlight, which is northeast of Jacksonville.

EDUCATION: University of Central Florida (BS, BA), Harvard Law School (JD)