Division Officers

TAPPI Division Officers

For more information or to get involved in any of our Divisions, Committees or Local Sections please contact the division officers below or our Member Connection Center


Coating and Graphic Arts 

Division Chair:  Greg Welsch, Trinseo

gwwelsch@trinseo.org or (989) 495-4804

Division Vice Chair: Brian Einsla, Dow Chemical Company              

beinsla@dow.com or (610) 244-6479


Corrugated Packaging

Division Chair: John Semenske, BW Papersystems

john.semenske@bwpapersystems.com

Division Vice Chair: Gregory Arvanigian, Arvco Container Corporation

boxhunter@msn.com


Engineering 

Division Chair: Danny S. Tandra, Clyde Industries Inc.

danny.tandra@us.cbpg.com or (770) 557-3612

Division Vice Chair:  Matthew Tunnicliffe, FPInnovations


International Flexible Packaging and Extrusion

Division Chair: Scott Weber, LyondellBasell

Scott.weber2@lyondellbasell.com

Vice Chair: Michael Biscoglio, The Dow Chemical Company

 biscogmb@dow.com


Nanotechnology 

Division Chair: Johan Foster, University of British Columbia 

johan.foster@ubc.ca

Division Vice Chair: Maria Soledad Peresin, Auburn University

soledad.peresin@auburn.edu


NET

Division Chair: Srihari Ramkumar, Texas Tech University

s.ramkumar@ttu.edu or (806) 885-4567

Division Vice Chair: Brian George, Thomas Jefferson University 

brian.george@jefferson.edu or (215) 951-2782


Paper and Board

Division Chair: Dale Midyette, Jacobs

dale.midyette@jacobs.com or (864) 676-5715

Division Vice Chair: Scott Rosencrance, Kemira

scott.rosencrance@kemira.com or (678) 978-2795


PIMA Management 

Division Chair: Kurt Mehlberg, Domtar

kurt.mehlberg@domtar.com or (715) 241-6534

Division Affiliate Chair: Robert White, Pulmac Systems International


Process and Product Quality 

Division Chair: Walter Rantanen, SGS Integrated Paper Services, Inc.

Walter.Rantanen@sgs.com or (920) 749-3040 x127

Division Vice Chair: 


Process Control

Division Chair: David Worzalla, International Paper

david.worzalla@ipaper.com or (843) 545-2453

Division Vice Chair: Brian Mock, Event Capture Systems

brian.mock@ecsuptime.com or (919) 349-9001

Pulp Manufacturing 

Division Chair: Tom Mullen, Process Innovations                                            

Division Vice Chair: Mathias Lindstrom, International Paper

mathias.lindstrom@ipaper.com or (523) 833-1496


Tissue

Division Co-Chair: Andy Chorney, Essity

andy.chorney@essity.com or (256) 710-6927

Division Co-Chair: Tim Patterson, Solenis

tfpatterson@solenis.com or (302) 440-1141


Women in Industry  

Division Chair: Maja Mejsner, Valmet

maja.mejsner@pmpgroup.com or (860) 677-6887

1st Vice Chair: Sarah Loner, Solenis, LLC

sloner@solenis.com


Young Professionals

Division Chair: Brennan Augst, Voith Paper

brennan.augst@voith.com

Division Vice Chair: Lena Sharesky, Packaging Corporation of Americ

LenaSharesky@packagingcorp.com

Member Connection Contact Info

United States:

800.332.8686

Canada:

800.446.9431

International:

+1.770.446.1400