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“We wanted to ensure the needs of the foundation were very well aligned with the needs of the association and having the executive committee being the board of the new foundation would help guarantee that it would occur,” said Hoodwin. Explosive Growth “The Packaging School online is our most utilized ed- ucational tool and since it became included with the cost of AICC membership in April 2017, the annual utilization numbers have been growing. And as they have been growing, obviously, the pressure to produce more courses has risen,” said D’Angelo, who provided data to support the claim: since April 2017, AICC individual members have completed 5,685 courses via The Packaging School, with an average of 865 log-ins per month. “Whenever we survey our members, the two top bene- fits we hear are number one, networking, and number two, education, said Hoodwin. “We now have over 100 online courses, 20 of which have been translated into Spanish, and with more courses going online this year, the board wanted to ensure on a year-to-year basis that we would always have the funds needed to keep this benefit going and growing.” D’Angelo said that AICC has more than 50 webinars planned through September of 2021 and that the large number is partially due to the pandemic and the ongoing challenges of in-person learning, but there is still a cost to CONTINUED ON PAGE 24
that AICC’s education programming, particularly AICC’s Packaging School online, has achieved. Members want to ensure and sustain growth in curricula for industry employ- ees by providing a reliable, enduring financial basis. Thus, the Foundation for Packaging Education was born.” “It really comes down to the sustainability of the AICC’s educational benefit,” said Al Hoodwin, Chairman of the
AICC’s Past Chairman’s Council and one of the board members, who along with Joseph M. Palmeri of Jamestown Container and Jana Harris of Harris Packaging and American Carton Company, brought up the concept of a sec- ond foundation at AICC’s winter board meeting. The three were
Al Hoodwin
also responsible for helping to develop the business plan for the foundation along with D’Angelo, AICC Ambassador Steve Young, and the entire AICC staff. Hoodwin will serve as the Chairman of the Foundation for Packaging Education’s Board of Directors, with the rest of the board being comprised of AICC’s Executive Com- mittee: Jay Carman, Chairman; Gene Marino, Vice Chair- man; Jana Harris, First Vice Chair; Matt Davis, Second Vice Chair; Gary Brewer, Third Vice Chair; and Joe Palmeri, Im- mediate Past Chair of AICC Advisors.
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