Reporting Assignments: Western S-P-F; Southern Plywood.
Jon Anderson joined Random Lengths in 1974. He was named president and publisher in 1984-1985. Anderson graduated from Cornell University, Ithaca, N.Y., in 1971 with a bachelor’s degree in economics. He and his wife have a son in grade school and two grown children from his first marriage. Anderson was a competitive long distance runner from 1966-1984, and was a member of the U.S. Olympic Team in 1972 and won the Boston Marathon in 1973. Anderson’s hobbies include golf, skiing, jogging, and travel. He currently serves on the University of Oregon Foundation Board of Trustees and has been involved in alumni support activities for Cornell University.
Shawn Church has been covering markets for Random Lengths since 1990. Before joining the company, he was a business reporter covering the timber and wood products industry in Roseburg, Oregon. He is a 1983 graduate of Oregon State University, with a bachelor’s degree in journalism and a minor in resource conservation. He was named editor of Random Lengths in 2003 following the retirement of veteran editor Burrle Elmore. He is married with three children of high school and college age. He is a sports fan (Oregon State Beavers, especially), youth basketball coach, and big-game hunter.
Joe Heitz has been with Random Lengths since 1989. Prior to joining Random Lengths, Heitz was a newspaper reporter and editor for 10 years. He also did a two-year stint as a commercial fisherman on the Oregon Coast. He holds a bachelor’s degree from the University of Missouri-Columbia. Away from the office, Heitz lives and works with his wife on a small farm outside Eugene, Oregon. They have three grown children. In his spare time, Heitz enjoys cruising Oregon’s back roads on his motorcycle.
Reporting Assignments: Eastside & Central SYP, Treated SYP, OSB South.
News: Trade with Canada; Futures; Yardnotes.
Jeff Redd joined Random Lengths in 1995. Previously he was a newspaper reporter, most recently as sports editor for The Olympian, Olympia, Washington. He has a bachelor’s degree in journalism from the University of Oregon. Jeff is married and has five children. In his free time, he enjoys playing golf and is an avid college football fan (especially of the Oregon Ducks).
Editor, INTERNATIONAL.
Reporting Assignments: Boards; Shop; Euro Boards; Particleboard and MDF. News: Imports/Exports.
Pete Malliris joined Random Lengths in January 2000. Previously he worked for 13 years as a reporter and editor for several newspapers in Oregon. Malliris graduated from the University of Oregon with a bachelor’s degree in journalism in 1984. Pete is married and has four grown daughters. He enjoys golf, swimming, fishing, and being outdoors with his Labrador Retrievers.
Tim Cochran joined Random Lengths in 2002 after more than 10 years as a newspaper and magazine journalist. He is a native Oregonian with a bachelor’s degree in mass communications and business from Linfield College, McMinnville, Oregon. He gets his sports fix from Oregon State University athletics. He also is an active runner, high school track official, bicyclist, and fair-weather golfer.
Jeff Redd
Associate Editor
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Reporting Assignments: Western S-P-F; Southern Plywood. 
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Reporting Assignments: Eastside & Central SYP, Treated SYP, OSB South.
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