Family businesses are different because they have a purpose, an underlying commitment to trust, authenticity, and a drive to flourish for future generations & serve our local communities. 

FamilY and Community First

The Texas Urban Sawmill is a small family owned business and a Texas public Benefit company. As a benefit company, we hold ourselves to a higher standard for accountability and transparency than a traditional for-profit business, and aim to use our business as a force for good. We are diverse team full of passion with an immense desire to have an impactful positive change. Our team consists of two engineers, a school teacher, an ex-professional athlete, an Army military veteran, a certified arborist, all our kids, and some fantastic sawmill dogs.

People operating a large wood-cutting saw machine outdoors, cutting a log, with a few children watching.
Four people, three men and one woman, pose on fallen logs in a wooded outdoor area during daytime, with trees and blue sky in the background.

Meet the Team

  • A man with a beard wearing sunglasses, a baseball cap, and a white shirt, sitting outdoors against a gray fence.

    Devin Ginther

    FOUNDER & CEO, PROJECT MANAGEMENT PROFESSIONAL (PMP), R&D ENGINEER

  • Sarah Ginther

    FOUNDER & CFO, PROCUREMENT MGR, LEAD SAWYER

  • A man with a beard wearing a light gray cap and a white T-shirt with mountain graphic and sunset stripes, standing outdoors with green trees in the background.

    Jesse Mahoney

    PRODUCTION MGR, KILN OPERATIONS, R&D ENGINEER

  • Texas Urban Sawmill employee

    Chris Copple

    OPERATIONS MGR, FORESTRY & WUI FIRE MITIGATION

  • A young man smiling and taking a selfie on a grassy field during sunset. He is wearing a baseball cap backwards and a baseball-themed t-shirt. In the background, there are trees, a chain-link fence, and two people standing on the field, with a partly cloudy sky overhead.

    Eric Wilder

    ISA CERTIFIED ARBORIST, WILDER TREE CARE OPERATIONS

  • Two men standing outdoors in a park with trees in the background, both wearing plaid shirts and jeans, smiling at the camera.

    Tyler & Brian Nash

    SUSTAINABLE LAND IMPROVEMENT SERVICES

  • The Texas Urban Sawmill is a socially and environmentally responsible company that serves to promote the circular benefits of tree health, tree planting and tree reuse. We believe passionately in the power of building functional and beautiful wood products from locally fallen and dead trees to inspire community involvement, job creation, and positively influence attitudes, lives and, ultimately, our environment.

  • Our vision is to directly influence and help promote the industry growth and increased utilization of this highly sustainable form of non-traditional lumber. We imagine a world with less reliance on traditional lumber, improved forest health, reduced CO2 emissions, underserved community job opportunities, and a more prosperous and healthier world for our future generations.