TAPPI Selects Fellows, Outstanding Young Professionals For 2020 TAPPI has announced it will bestow the title of Fellow on nine members and name five individuals as this year’s re- cipients of the Young Professional of the Year award. Fellow is an honorary title bestowed upon a small per- centage of TAPPI’s membership and is given to individuals who have made extraordinary technical or service contri- butions to the industry and/or the Association. The following individuals have been named 2020 TAP- PI Fellows. • John Bergin, Owner, Technical and Investor Consulting, LLC • Fernando Bertolucci, Chief Technology and Innovation Officer, Suzano • Jim Brewster, Retired. Former Senior Project Advisor, Irving Pulp & Paper, Limited. • Donald Haag, Vice President of Manufacturing Ser- vices, Packaging Corporation of America • Mark Lewis, CEO of Sustainable Fiber Technologies (SFT) and Phoenix Pulp and Polymer; recipient of the 2020 Gunnar Nicholson Gold Medal Award • Przemyslaw Pruszynski, Ph.D., Consultant, Pruszynski Paper Chemistry Consulting, LLC. • Jack Tippett, Ph.D., Consultant, EnTech Engineering, PC • Roland J. Trepanier, Ph.D., President, OpTest Equip- ment Inc. • Angela Wensley, Ph.D., P.E., Retired. Former Consul- tant, Angela Wensley Engineering Inc. Each year, the Association may elect members as TAP- PI Fellows in recognition of meritorious service to the Association and the industry. The title Fellow is also con- ferred upon TAPPI Board chairs, vice chairs, and directors at the end of their terms of office, and upon Gunnar Nich- olson Gold Medal Awardees and Herman L. Joachim Dis- tinguished Service Recipients. The Young Professional of the Year is an annual contest that identifies aspiring young leaders in the global forest products, pulp, paper, tissue, packaging and associated industries. Eligible nominees are age 35 or younger with less than 10 years of industry experience. The winners of the 2020 TAPPI Young Professionals of the Year awards are: • Peyton Clifton, Mechanical Project Engineer, Domtar • John DeJarnette, Senior Researcher, WestRock Corpo- ration • John Edwards, Operations Superintendent, Domtar • Natasha Melton, Senior Researcher, WestRock Corpo- ration • Nika Wanserski, Shift Supervisor, Neenah, Inc. The award recognizes Young Professionals who have made significant contributions to the forest products in- dustries in the following areas: Leadership, Community CONTINUED ON PAGE 24
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