Treeboard's founder Will Mauldin fell in love with trees and wooden objects in his early childhood.
For years he worked as a journalist, mainly at The Wall Street Journal in Washington and Moscow. After a family tragedy struck in 2019, Will returned to his love of nature and began cutting up an already-fallen oak tree near his family's house in Maryland, launching a hobby and side job. He discovered that natural, solid slabs of hardwood can turn into lovely cutting boards, bowls and other products, with only a limited role for humans or machinery to bring out the natural beauty. The new venture Treeboard eschewed particle board, plywood and laminated strips of wood—which they also contain glue and petroleum products.
Since then, Treeboard has been to making pure wooden products for your kitchen and home, while helping preserve North American forests. Will left journalism in 2024 to work on Treeboard and his other pursuits full time.
Naqib, our woodworker, loves the beauty of cherry wood and the rust-colored heartwood of hard maple. Born and educated in Afghanistan, Naqib escaped with his family to Turkey in 2016, where he began working as a cabinet and furniture make. Naqib brings tremendous energy to the workshop, singlehandedly producing quality cutting boards and other products. He lives in Bethesda, Md., with his wife and four children.
Treeboard is also indebted to Alberto, our recently departed woodworker, and especially to Clinton, who before leaving Maryland helped build the company from a basement experiment to a successful business.