Slate Announced for 2017 TAPPI Board of Directors and Officers
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TAPPI’S 2016 Nominating Committee has made the following selections for the TAPPI Board Slate.
For TAPPI Officers
Chair Vice Chair
Paul Durocher, Sappi North America Peter Augustine, Fabio Perini North America
Currently TAPPI Board Vice Chair Currently TAPPI Director
For TAPPI Director
Fernando Bertolucci Jim Cooper Don Haag
Fibria Celulose Dow Chemical Co. Packaging Corp. of America
Other Nominations
Per TAPPI’s bylaws, the association's membership has until Nov. 1, 2016, to submit other nominations to the President and CEO of TAPPI Larry N. Montague. Such nominations must be signed by at least 1% 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, 2016, 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 Co.
Larry Montague, TAPPI
Lew Shackford, GL&V USA Inc.
TAPPI Board
Retiring Officers as of March 2017:
Chris Luettgen
Renewable Bioproducts 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
