Port Townsend Paper Corp., Port Townsend, Wash., USA, has named Robert P. Hagan, long time member of PIMA and current PIMA executive council chair, its new president, effective May 1. Hagan, a 35-year veteran of the paper and packaging industry, will assume all financial, operational, and external communications responsibilities, according to Dale Stahl, the company's executive chairman to whom Hagan will report.
Roger Loney, who served as president since 2008, announced his resignation as president last month to return to the East Coast, and is remaining in Port Townsend to help Hagan with a "quick and seamless transition of company leadership," Stahl said.
Hagan has been working as VP, operations at Zilkha Biomass Energy/Fuels in Houston, Texas, for the past year. He has managed six different mills during his 35-year career, including RockTenn's Solvay mill in New York, the Hodge mill in Louisiana, and the Stevenson Mill in Alabama. He holds a B.S. degree in pulp and paper technology from the University of Washington, and a M.S. degree from the Institute of Paper Science and Technology in Atlanta, Ga.
Port Townsend Paper is owned by Port Townsend Holdings, which is owned and operated by GoldenTree Asset Management, a New York–based equity investment firm.
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