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American Forest & Paper Association (AF&PA), the Paper and Packaging Board, and WestRock. He earned a Bach- elor of Arts degree in economics and mathematics from Northwestern University and a Master of Business Admin- istration degree from the University of Virginia Darden School of Business. Mark Lewis Mark Lewis, CEO of Sustainable Fiber Technologies
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(SFT) and Phoenix Pulp and Polymer, was announced as the winner of the prestigious Gunnar Nicholson Gold Medal Award, which is the highest honor TAPPI bestows on a person. After founding Sustainable Fiber Technologies (SFT) in 2015, Lew- is guided the Renton, Washington
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based company through development of the Phoenix Pro- cess, an environmentally friendly method for pulping non- wood biomass materials. The Phoenix Process has been licensed by a number of facilities to produce sustainable packaging, molded products, tissue and toweling, and more. Today, Lewis is CEO of both SFT and Phoenix Pulp and Polymer. Lewis began his education in pulping non-woods 40 years ago, pulping corn stover alongside Dr. Herb Schro- eder at Colorado State University. His corporate career started at the Weyerhaeuser research department in Longview, Washington. He joined TAPPI in 1978 and within a year was involved in the various testing division com- mittees. He finished his Weyerhaeuser tenure in the Pa- permaking Research Group working on the Extended Nip Project and felt development and prediction models. After a stint with Noram Testing Equipment, Lewis went back into research as a papermaking research manager for a precipitated calcium carbonate manufacturer, a job that took him to fine paper mills across North America. Lewis spent 17 years at the University of Washington teaching papermaking, fiber physics, and pulping and bleaching. There, he renewed his research work in nonwood pulp- ing, knowing as a papermaker that if he could have good fibers, he could make good paper. In 2015, Lewis left the university to start SFT and develop the Phoenix Process. Today, ten of his former students work for SFT, and the Phoenix Process is being used on a number of biomass materials in North America. Lewis has been an active TAPPI member and served as TAPPI Student Chapter Faculty Advisor at the University of Washington from 1999-2014. He served TAPPI’s Pacific Local Section and now chairs the Nonwood Committee. Gordon Bugg Gordon Bugg was named the recipient of TAPPI’s Her- man L. Joachim Distinguished Service Award. Established in 1983, the TAPPI Herman L. Joachim Distinguished Ser- vice Award is the highest honor that the Association can
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