TAPPI Announces Newly Elected Officers To Board Of Directors TAPPI has announced the election of three new officers to its Board of Directors (BOD). Representing a broad swath of industry segments, TAPPI’s volunteer BOD has success- fully guided the policies and general affairs of the Asso- ciation throughout the course of its 111-year history. The Board consists of a Chair, Vice Chair, and nine Directors. Its past and present list of Directors spotlights a long line of industry icons. Todd Grace is the President of ANDRITZ Pulp & Paper North America, where he is responsible for overall opera- tions, strategy, and performance across the region. He has been actively engaged in industry leadership and gover- nance. Grace previously served as a board member for the
Association of Suppliers to the Paper Industry (ASPI) and currently serves on the ANDRITZ U.S. and Canadian retire- ment benefits committees. He is also on the Board of Directors for three AN- DRITZ legal entities. Over the course of his 35-year career with ANDRITZ, he has held a wide range of positions in process engineering, R&D, techni- cal sales, and management, across all areas of the pulp & paper industry. A trained Engineer, Grace is an inventor on 14 U.S. patents. D. Keith Hamilton is the President of Georgia-Pacific Corrugated where he has responsibility for operations and business performance across GP’s entire corrugated portfolio. In his 30-year career, Hamilton has led a number of diverse businesses and has an extensive operations background including time with General Motors Corpora- Todd Grace
tion and Goodyear Tire and Rubber Compa- ny prior to joining Georgia-Pacific. He cur-
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rently sits on the Board for TAPPI’s Corrugated Packaging Council and the Association of Man- ufacturing Excellence (AME) and is a member of the Fibre Box Associ-
D. Keith Hamilton
ation (FBA) Safety Committee. He is a Unit- ed States Navy veteran and holds a bach- elor’s degree in mechanical engineering from Florida State University and master’s degrees in mechanical engineering and management from Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute. James McDonald is Chief Sustainability Officer for Sylvamo. He is responsible for
developing and coordi- nating Sylvamo’s global ESG strategy, sustain- ability, community en- gagement programs, Sylvamo’s 2030 goals and key customer ini-
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tiatives. Prior to this role, McDonald worked with International Paper for 24 years, most recently as director of the global citizenship department, where he supported the cre- ation of several enterprise wide programs, including setting the Vision 2030 goals. He also worked in the environment, health and safety organization where he held various positions dealing with workers’ health, environmental regulations, health and safety programs and sustainability ini- tiatives. TAPPI would like to thank Directors Bill Edwards, Kelly Frey, Greg Jones and Leslie Petrie for completing terms in March 2026.
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