Fred Cubbage teaches, performs research, and provides service in natural resource policy, forest economics, and agroforestry disciplines. He has authored or co-authored more than 570 papers and articles, as well as four books, including Natural Resource Leadership and Management, published by Routledge in 2022 . Fred was a professor at the University of Georgia for 10 years, and a scientist and project leader at the USDA Forest Service for 5 years. He then advanced to become Professor and Department Head of Forestry and Environmental Resources at NC State for 10 years, and he was the Founder and Co-Director of the Southern Forest Resource Assessment Consortium (SOFAC) for 25 years. After service as Head, Fred was a Fulbright Scholar for six months in Argentina and Uruguay, and consulted for the World Bank and has cooperated with scientists in Latin America, Vietnam, Laos, and China as a forest economist for two decades. He leads many research projects and graduate students in natural resource policy and forest economics. He was President of the Society of American Foresters in 2017 and served as a member of its governing board from 2005 to 2008 and from 2016 to 2018.