TAPPI elects three to join Board of Directors in 2007

TAPPI members have elected three individuals to the TAPPI Board of Directors for the 2007-2009 term:

Carlos Augusto Lira Aguiar, President & CEO, Aracruz Celulose S.A.—Brazil
Jukka Tiitinen, President, Metso Paper North America
Mark T. Watkins, Senior Vice President, MeadWestvaco Corporation

These new TAPPI directors will begin their terms of office following the TAPPI Annual Meeting and Awards Ceremony, March 15, 2007 in Jacksonville, Florida. In addition, terms of service are ending for the Board’s top two officer positions. The incoming Chairman is Mark R. McCollister, Paperchine Inc.; Jeffrey J. Siegel, president of Mica Corporation, will assume McCollister’s former role as vice chairman.