WestRock Announces Position Changes At Covington VA Mill
dustries in 1991 and spent time as an electrical engineer and a field service technician. In 2006, Elmore went to work as his own boss as co-owner of Alleghany Electric and Automation. He joined WestRock in 2008 as an E&I journeyman. Rusty Barnette has accepted the position of Recovery Training Coordinator. In this position, he will be responsi-
WestRock’s Alleghany Highlands Operations in Covington, Virginia has announced personnel position changes that were internally announced in May and June 2022.
ble for coordinating training material and procedures for all operators and keeping training records up to date. He will work with department leader- ship to drive safety and update and implement new policies and proce- dures while ensuring operators are trained appropriately and that all
Tim Elmore has accepted the po- sition of Reliability Engineer in the E&I department. In this role he will be the technical lead supporting pro- duction, maintenance, and engineer- ing on projects related to continuing process improvement and reliability. Elmore earned an A.A.S. in Elec-
Rusty Barnette
trical Engineering Technology from DSLCC in 1989, and his B.S. in Electronic Engineering Technology from West Virginia Institute of Technology in 1991. He joined Gala In- Tim Elmore
jobs have multiple opportunities for step up coverage. In addition, Barnette will utilize daily and weekly work as an opportunity to reinforce operators’ initial training.
Barnette graduated from Covington High School. He joined Creative Fabrication after graduation and was hired onto the Westvaco Extra Board in 1995. He moved to Recovery as a laborer in 1996 and moved to second assis- tant in 2005. Barnette became assistant oper- ator in Recovery in 2016. Zach Dressler has accepted the position of E&I Planner in the paper mill. In this position, he is responsible for reliability centered E&I activities and projects which include planning
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and support duties in the paper mill area while ensuring adherence to safe work practices and guidelines. Dressler graduated from Covington High School in 2015 and ob-
Zach Dressler
tained an A.A.S. degree from New River Com- munity College in 2018. He began his career with AirGas in plant maintenance in 2018. Dana Aherron has accepted the position of Process Engineer in Analytical Services. Aher- ron will be focused on process improvement projects in the Recovery department to im-
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prove safety, quality, and costs. She will manage the evaporator and NCG system, plan evaporator outages, and drive con- tinuous improvement. Aherron received her B.S. in Chemical
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Dana Aherron
50 East Court Mandeville, La 70471
Ph: 985-875-7777 Fx: 985-875-7778
Engineering from Virginia Tech this year. She worked as a validation engineering intern with Voyant Beauty from May to August 2020 in Roanoke, Virginia, and as a product develop-
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