Catherine Mater: Academy of Distinguished Engineers - 2007

Catherine Mater graduated with a master’s in civil engineering in 1984, and is now president of Mater Engineering in Corvallis, Oregon. She also serves as a Senior Fellow to the Pinchot Institute for Conservation based in Washington, D.C. where she provides expertise based upon her experience in the development of new engineering technologies and marketing strategies for secondary wood products. Most recently, she assisted softwood and hardwood product manufacturers in identifying markets for sustainably harvested “green certified” wood products, and served as project manager for all certification pilot projects conducted on public forestlands in the United States. Working with the John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation, Mater has co-authored a series of textbook case studies documenting the commercial viability of sustainable forest practices throughout the world.