Slate Announced for 2017 TAPPI Board of Directors and Officers

Slate Announced for 2017 TAPPI Board of Directors and Officers

TAPPI’S 2016 Nominating Committee has made the following selections for the TAPPI Board Slate...

For TAPPI Officers:

Chair

Paul Durocher, Sappi North America

Currently TAPPI Board Vice Chair

Vice Chair

Peter Augustine, Fabio Perini North America

Currently TAPPI Director

For TAPPI Director

Fernando Bertolucci

FibriaCelulose

Jim Cooper

Dow Chemical Company

Don Haag

Packaging Corp. of America

Other Nominations:

Per TAPPI’s bylaws, the association's membership has until November 1 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 December 1 and conclude Jan. 15, 2017. Contact Mary Beth Cornell, + 1 770-209-7210, with questions.

TAPPI Nominating Committee 2016:

Chair, Tom Garland, Quad Graphics

Members:

Paul Durocher, Sappi North America

Elizabeth Etheridge, WestRock

Charles E. Hodges, Hood Container

Bob Morgan, Geo. M. Martin Company

Larry Montague,TAPPI

Lew Shackford, GL&V USA Inc.

TAPPI Board

Retiring Officers as of March 2017:

Chris Luettgen

RenewableBioproducts Institute

Georgia Tech

Chair (April 2015-March 2017)

Paul R. Durocher

Director, Coated Paper Development

Sappi North America

Vice Chair (April 2015-March 2017)

Retiring Directors as of March 2017:

Peter R. Augustine

Fabio Perini North America (2014 – 2016)

Kirt Cuevas

International Paper (2013-2016)

Christopher A. Krumm

CorrChoice, Div. of Greif LLC (2014 – 2016)

Returning Directors:

Richard M. Berry

CelluForce (2016-2018)

Medwick V. Byrd

NCSU - Paper Science and Engineering (2015—2017)

Anitra Collins

International Paper (2015—2017)

James R. Haeffele

SCA AMERICAS (2016-2018)

Marko Hakovirta

North Carolina State University (2015—2017)

Tony Lyons

Imerys Technology Center (2016-2018)

Larry N. Montague, TAPPI

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