TAPPI Board of Directors Elections Begin December 2014

 

TAPPI's Board of Directors Elections are scheduled to begin in December 2014.

 
 

The 2014 TAPPI Nominating Committee has announced the 2015 TAPPI Board Slate.  The nominees are:
 
Chair
 
Chris Luettgen
Professor of the Practice in the School of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering and Associate Director
Renewable Bioproducts Institute

Vice Chair
 
Robert A. Feeser
Executive Vice President
Global Operations
MWV

Directors
 
Medwick V. Byrd
Director Undergraduate Programs
North Carolina State University
                        
Anitra Collins
Mill Manager
International Paper

Marko Hakovirta
Senior Vice President, Innovation
Stora Enso, Renewable Packaging
Stora Enso AB
          
Other Nominations
 
Per TAPPI’s Bylaws, the Association’s membership has until Dec.1, 2014, to submit other nominations to the President and CEO of TAPPI, Larry N. Montague, at lmontague@tappi.org. 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, 2014, and conclude Jan. 15, 2015. Contact Mary Beth Cornell, + 1 770-209-7210, or mcornell@tappi.org with questions.  

TAPPI Nominating Committee 2014 

The TAPPI Nominating Committee members for 2014 are:

Norman Marsolan, Renewable Bioproducts Institute (Chair)

Roger Brear, Domtar
Glenn Hanson, Industrial Kiln & Dryer Group 
Chris Luettgen, Kimberly Clark
James Haeffele, SCA Tissue North America
Larry N. Montague, TAPPI
Janet Neighbors, International Paper
Nicki Slusser, Jackson Paper

All TAPPI members are encouraged to vote. Members will receive election notices in early December. Results of the election will be reported on www.tappi.org in mid-January 2015 and in the March 2015 issue of Paper360 magazine.

Retiring Directors as of March 2015:
 
Michael Exner
Clayton Teague
 
Returning Directors:

Peter R. Augustine
Fabio Perini North America
2014 - 2016

Daniel D. Cappell
AstenJohnson
2013 - 2015

Kirt J. Cuevas
International Paper
2013 - 2015

Christopher A. Krumm
CorrChoice, Div. of Greif LLC
2014 - 2016

Larry N. Montague
TAPPI

Frank J. Sutman
Solenis
2013 - 2015
 
Paul R. Durocher
Sappi Fine Paper North America
2014 - 2016

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