Slate Announced for Election of 2016 TAPPI Board of Directors
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TAPPI’s 2015 Nominating Committee presents a slate of candidates for three directors on the TAPPI Board. The candidates are: Richard Berry, VP and CTO, CelluForce; James R. Haeffele, director of technology, Tissue Americas Supply Chain, SCA Americas; and Tony Lyons, technical director, Imerys. Per the TAPPI bylaws, members of the organization have until Nov. 1, 2015, to review the slate. Learn more about the slate and election process.
TAPPI Board of Directors Elections Begin December 2015
The 2015 TAPPI Nominating Committee announces the 2016 TAPPI Board Slate.
For TAPPI Director
Richard Berry James R. Haeffele, Tony Lyons
Vice President Director of Technology Technology Direcftor
Chief Technology Office Tissue Americas Supply Chain Imerys
CelluForce SCA Americas
Other Nominations:
Per TAPPI’s bylaws, the association's membership has until Nov. 1, 2015, to submit other nominations to the President and CEO of TAPPI Larry N. Montague. Such nominations must be signed by at least one percent of the voting members, and each voting member may sign for only one such nomination. Each such nomination must be accepted in writing by the nominee. The name of each such nominee so submitted, signed, and accepted shall be placed on the election ballot. The election ballot shall give voters the options of voting for or against the entire slate or for or against the individual candidate(s) for each position.
Elections will begin Dec. 1, 2015, and conclude Jan. 15, 2016. Contact Mary Beth Cornell, + 1 770-209-7210, with questions.
TAPPI Nominating Committee 2015
Chair, Tom Garland, Quad Graphics
Members:
Rosy Covarrubias, Buckman
Gordon Bugg, Kemira
Paul Durocher, Sappi North America
Don Guay, Verso
Sandra LeBarron, Finch Paper
Larry N. Montague,TAPPI
All TAPPI members are encouraged to vote. Members will receive eballots in early December and will again have the option of voting electronically. The results of the election will be reported on www.tappi.org in mid-January 2016 and in the March 2016 issue of Paper 360.
Retiring Directors as of March 2016:
Robert A. Feeser
WestRock
2013-2015
Frank J. Sutman
Solenis
2013-2015
Clayton Teague
2012-2015
Returning Directors and Officers:
Chair (April 2015-March 2017) Chris Luettgen
Renewable Bioproducts Institute
Georgia Tech
Vice Chair (April 2015-March 2017) Paul R. Durocher
Sappi North America
Directors
Peter R. Augustine
Fabio Perini North America
(2014 – 2016)
Medwick V. Byrd
NCSU - Paper Science and Engineering
(2015—2017)
Anitra Collins
International Paper (2015—2017)
Kirt Cuevas
International Paper (2013-2016)
Marko Hakovirta
Stora Enso, Renewable Packaging
Stora Enso AB (2015—2017)
Christopher A. Krumm
CorrChoice, Div. of Greif LLC (2014 – 2016)
Larry Montague
TAPPI
