TAPPI Announces New Officers, 2021 Board Of Directors TAPPI, the leading association for the worldwide pulp, pa- per, packaging, tissue and converting industries, installed new officers and directors to its Board during a virtual meeting on March 2. New Chair James R. Haeffele, Essity, and new Vice Chair, Donald Haag, Retired-Packaging Corporation of America (PCA), will serve two-year terms. New directors appointed for three-year terms are Karyn Biasca, Univer- sity of Wisconsin-Stevens Point; Suzanne Blanchet, S.L.B. Inc.; and David Buchanan, Voith Paper North America. Haeffele, who served as Vice Chair on the Board during 2020, ran unopposed for the 2021 chair. He is Vice Pres- ident Technology, Material Breakthrough at Essity. Haag served as a director on the board in 2020 and ran unop- posed as Vice Chair in this election. He formerly worked with PCA as VP of Manufacturing Services and is retired. Buchanan is president of Voith Paper North America since 2016, and has business line responsibility for Prod- ucts and Services out of Appleton, Wisconsin. Blanchet worked for Cascades Inc. for more than 30 years, including as President up until June 2017, and serves as a strategic advisor for different public and pri- vate corporations. Biasca is a professor and Chair of the University of Wis-
consin – Stevens Point Paper Science and Chemical Engi- neering Department. These new members will join the following directors who will continue to serve on the TAPPI Board: Garnet Bremner, Nalco Water an Ecolab Company; Peter Hart, WestRock; Andy Jones, International Paper; Mark Keaten, GAF; Larry N. Montague, President and CEO, TAPPI; Kim Nelson, GranBio; and Rory Wolf, ITW Pillar Technologies. Nelson joins Jim Haeffele and Don Haag as a member of TAPPI’s Executive Committee. Doss Named TAPPI/PIMA Executive Of The Year TAPPI has announced that Michael Doss, President and CEO of Graphic Packaging International, has been named TAPPI/PIMA Executive of the Year. Graphic Packaging, headquartered in Atlanta, is a leading provider of pa- per-based packaging solutions to food, beverage, food- service, and other consumer products companies. “Under Michael’s guidance, Graphic Packaging has made environmental, social and corporate governance a top priority, earning them a spot on Newsweek’s 2021 list of America’s Most Responsible Companies,” said TAPPI President and CEO Larry N. Montague. “He has champi- oned the organization’s efforts to develop diversity and inclusion programs and is a big supporter of the TAPPI/ PIMA Student Summit.”
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