Board Converting News, March 24, 2025

TAPPI Announces Fellows, Young Professional Award Recipients TAPPI announced it will bestow the title of Fellow on sev- en members and also named this year’s recipient of the Young Professional of the Year award. The Fellow is an honorary title bestowed upon a small percentage of TAPPI’s membership and is given to indi- viduals who have made extraordinary technical or service contributions to the industry and/or the Association. The following individuals have been named 2025 TAP- PI Fellows: • Tim Bradley, Technical Sales Representative, MiniFI- BERS, Inc. • Michael J. Farrell, Executive Vice President, Mills Divi- sion, Graphic Packaging International • Michael Forbes Ph.D., Engineering Fellow, Honeywell Process Solutions • Orlando Rojas, Ph.D., Professor, University of British Columbia • Cathy Ridgway, Head of Surface & Optical Characteri- zation, Research and Development Services, Omya • Gregory W. Welsch, Binders, Global Innovation and TS&D Leader, Trinseo LLC • David M. Zerr, Vice President Research and Develop- ment, Pulmac Systems International CONTINUED ON PAGE 6

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