TAPPI Names 2023 Woman Of The Year Award Recipients
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TAPPI announced that Beth Cormier, Vice President of Re- search, Development and Sustainability for Sappi North America, and Jennifer Piercy, Assistant Dean for Advance- ment in the College of Natural Resources and President of the Natural Resources Foundation at North Carolina State University (NCSU), have been named winners of the Wom- en In Industry Division’s 2023 Woman of the Year Award. A member of Sappi North America’s leadership team, Cormier is focused on driving sustainability initiatives that help Sappi contribute more fully toward a circular econ- omy. She also directs continuous improvement initiatives
through the Lean Six Sigma disci- pline and is globally involved with management of new technology platforms for innovative new paper and packaging products. Cormier is a member of TAPPI and serves on the Women in In- dustry Executive Committee and
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the International Research Management Committee. She also serves on the Board of the Bio-renewable Develop- ment Consortium and is Board Chair for the University of Maine Pulp and Paper Foundation. She is a member of the USDA Paper and Packaging Board focused on educating consumers on the industry’s positive sustainability story to drive more use of fiber-based packaging. Prior to being named Assistant Dean, Piercy served ten years as NCSU’s Director of Student Recruiting for the Pa- per Science and Engineering program and the Executive Director of the Pulp & Paper Advisory Board. Piercy holds bachelor’s degrees from NCSU in Pulp & Paper Technology and Chemical Engineering. In the paper industry, she previously worked for Willamette Industries, Wilcopy and then Procter and Gamble as a process engi- neer, machine manager and department manager. In high-
er education, Piercy worked at the graduate business schools of both the University of Virginia and Univer- sity of North Carolina at Chapel Hill before coming “home” to NCSU in 2012. She is a member of TAPPI and dedicates her time to the Women
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in Industry Division, student chapters and the TAPPI/PIMA Student Summit. She is also the Career and Personal De- velopment advisor to the Chi Omega Fraternity chapter at NCSU. The Women in Industry Division’s Woman of the Year award recognizes women who have demonstrated excel- lence in leading, motivating, and developing others within the pulp, paper, packaging and supporting industries. The awards were presented at TAPPICon held April 22-26 in Atlanta, Georgia.
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