Jerry Richards

Jerry Richards is the Senior Vice President and CFO of Saltchuk, with overarching responsibilities for accounting, financial reporting, treasury management, income tax reporting, and risk management across the company. He also collaborates closely with Saltchuk’s Chairman and President on acquisitions and capital expenditure allocation and approval.

Prior to joining Saltchuk in 2023, Jerry held the position of CFO at PotlachDeltic, a publicly traded company based in Spokane, for a decade. He also worked at Weyerhaeuser for eleven years before that, including serving as the company’s Chief Accounting Officer for three years.

Jerry hails from a small timber town in Oregon and attended Lewis & Clark College in Portland. He and his family are outdoor enthusiasts who call Western Washington home.