Ledbetter Receives Leadership And Service Award At Corrugated Week TAPPI’s longtime employee and Corrugated Division Man- ager Kristi Ledbetter was presented with the Association’s Leadership and Service Award during TAPPI/AICC’s Corru- gated Week on September 20 in San Antonio, Texas.
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Ledbetter retired recently after taking on TAPPI’s Cor- rugated Division responsibilities as the Technical Program Manager before moving into the Division Manager role in Larry Montague presented Kristi Ledbetter with TAPPI’s Lead- ership and Service Award at Corrugated Week.
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