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TAPPI Announces Board of Director Election Results

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Congratulations to TAPPI's new Board of Directors: Robert A. Feeser (MeadWestvaco), Kirt Cuevas (International Paper), and Daniel D. Cappel (Asten Johnson). Elected to begin a three-year term in March 2013, they will join Thomas J. Garland and Chris Luettgen, who will serve as TAPPI chair and TAPPI vice chair, respectively.

Fesser (right) is SVP of MeadWestvaco (MWV) and is responsible for the company's global food packaging business, and all of MWV's business operations in Asia Pacific. He has a long and distinguished career, including responsibility for mill-based manufacturing businesses in the U.S. and in Brazil, and a number of sales, marketing, and management roles during his 25 years with MWV.

Cappell (left) is president and CEO of Asten Johnson. He started at Asten in 1984 as a technical service engineer before moving into senior management at Asten, which later became Asten Johnson.

Cuevas (right) is VP of manufacturing for International Paper's Printing and Communications Papers and is responsible for all manufacturing operations. He has held leadership positions in the company's Technology organization as well as the Industrial Packaging, Consumer Packaging, and Papers divisions. He joined the company in 1983 and has more than 29 years of manufacturing experience.

Fesser, Cappell, and Cuevas will join the following directors who will continue to serve on the TAPPI Board of Directors: Michael Exner, Markku A. Karlsson (VTT Technical Research Centre of Finland), Sandra L. LeBarron (Finch Paper LLC), Steven Shifman (Michelman Inc.), Robert A. Snyder (Orchids Paper Products Co.) and Clayton Teague.

 

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