The American Forest & Paper Association (AF&PA) elects International Paper Chairman & CEO Mark Sutton as the new AF&PA Board Chair and released its 2020 slate of AF&PA Board Officers.
Sutton became chairman of the International Paper Board of Directors on January 1, 2015, and CEO on November 1, 2014. Immediately prior to becoming CEO, he served as president and chief operating officer with responsibility for leading the company’s global businesses. Sutton has been with the company his entire career, having joined International Paper in 1984, as an engineer at the Pineville, La., mill.
The additional elected officers are: Michael Doss, President & CEO, Graphic Packaging International, Inc. (first vice chair) and Christian Fischer, President & CEO, Georgia-Pacific LLC (second vice chair). Pete Watson, President & CEO, Greif, Inc. and 2019 AF&PA Board Chair, will serve as Immediate Past Chair.
Also beginning a new term as an AF&PA Board member in 2020 is Michael Haws, President & CEO, Sappi North America.
The American Forest & Paper Association serves to advance a sustainable U.S. pulp, paper, packaging, tissue and wood products manufacturing industry through fact-based public policy and marketplace advocacy.
