Fleiner Elects to Retire; Paugh Promoted to President - Gypsum

ATLANTA, Jan. 22 /PRNewswire/ -- Georgia-Pacific LLC today announced that
Dave Fleiner, president - Gypsum, has elected to retire effective Feb. 29,
2008. Brent Paugh, vice president of sales for gypsum, will assume the role
of president - Gypsum upon Fleiner's retirement. Paugh will report to Jim
Hannan, CEO and president, and have leadership responsibility for the
company's gypsum and chemical businesses.
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Craig Jacks, currently gypsum Eastern U.S. sales manager, is being
promoted to vice president of sales for gypsum, filling the vacancy created by
Paugh's promotion.
"I want to thank Dave for his 37 years of dedication, commitment and
leadership to our company," said Hannan. "He's been a passionate leader and a
strong business mentor for many Georgia-Pacific employees. His contributions
have added a lot of value to our gypsum and chemical businesses. I have been
fortunate to learn so much about these businesses from Dave and to have him as
a valuable member of our leadership team. Likewise, Dave has built a strong
gypsum leadership team, and I look forward to working with Brent to continue
growing the business and making it an even greater success."
"I have so much confidence in our company and its future, the team in our
gypsum and chemical businesses, and in Brent's leadership, the time is right
for me to retire," Fleiner added. "I'm looking forward to spending a lot more
time with my wife at our home on Hilton Head Island, S.C.; traveling; doing
some serious fishing; getting my golf game back into shape; and generally
enjoying my family."
During his career with Georgia-Pacific, Fleiner served in sales leadership
roles for several building products businesses, as business vice president for
both structural panels and gypsum, and since 2000 as president of gypsum.
Under his leadership, the GP Dens(TM) brand of value-added gypsum products
revenue more than quadrupled. In 2006, the chemical business was aligned
under Fleiner's leadership. In addition to numerous past national
affiliations, he currently serves as a board member for the Gypsum Association
and HomeAid America.
Paugh joined Georgia-Pacific in the company's building products
distribution division in 1978. He moved to the gypsum business in 1992 and
was promoted to vice president of sales for that business in 2002. Paugh
received his bachelor's degree in marketing from the University of Alabama.
Headquartered at Atlanta, Georgia-Pacific is one of the world's leading
manufacturers and marketers of building products, tissue, packaging, paper,
cellulose and related chemicals. The company employs approximately 50,000
people at more than 300 locations in North America, South America and Europe.
Georgia-Pacific has long been among the nation's leading manufacturers and
suppliers of building products to lumber and building materials dealers and
large do-it-yourself warehouse retailers, with brands such as Plytanium(R),
Ply-Bead(R) and Wood I Beam(TM) offered by Georgia-Pacific Wood Products LLC
and DensArmor Plus(R), DensGlass Gold(R) and ToughRock(R) offered by Georgia-
Pacific Gypsum LLC. The familiar consumer tissue brands of Georgia-Pacific
Consumer Products LP include Quilted Northern(R), Angel Soft(R), Brawny(R),
Sparkle(R), Soft 'n Gentle(R), Mardi Gras(R), So-Dri(R) and Vanity Fair(R).
Dixie Consumer Products LLC, a Georgia-Pacific company, manufactures the
Dixie(R) brand of disposable cups, plates and cutlery. For more information,
visit www.gp.com.
SOURCE Georgia-Pacific LLC

James C. Malone, +1-404-652-6031, or Julie Davis, +1-404-652-6878, both of
Georgia-Pacific LLC