BUFFALO, N.Y., June 16, 2020 – Merchants Mutual Insurance Company is pleased
to announce that Jeffrey S. Meyer has been named to its Board of Directors.
Mr. Meyer is President and CEO of Baillie Lumber, one of North America’s largest
hardwood lumber manufacturers, distributors and exporters. He graduated from
Wheaton College in 1982 and Harvard Law School in 1985, and practiced law from 1985
to 1990 at Kirkland and Ellis in Chicago. Since 1990, Mr. Meyer has worked in various
capacities at Baillie Lumber, serving as CEO for the past 16 years. He has served on the
boards of several non-profit organizations, including Wheaton College, Opportunity
International, Cabrini-Green Legal Aid Clinic, Talanton, the Nichols School, National
Hardwood Lumber Association, Hardwood Manufacturers Association and his local
church. Mr. Meyer has three adult sons and he resides in Buffalo, New York