People: Wausau Paper Corp (WPP)


WPP on New York Consolidated

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18 Jun 2013
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Summary

Name Age Since Current Position

Thomas Howatt

63 2012 Chairman of the Board

Henry Newell

55 2012 President, Chief Executive Officer, Director

Sherri Lemmer

45 2012 Chief Financial Officer, Senior Vice President

Curtis Schmidt

55 2012 Senior Vice President - Human Resources

Patrick Medvecz

48 2012 Senior Vice President - Operations

Michael Nelson

46 2011 Senior Vice President - Paper

Matthew Urmanski

40 2012 Senior Vice President - Tissue

Michael Burandt

64 2012 Independent Director

Londa Dewey

52 2011 Independent Director

Gary Freels

64 1996 Independent Director

Charles Hodges

61 2012 Independent Director

G. Watts Humphrey

68 2007 Independent Director

John Kvocka

66 2013 Independent Director

George Murphy

60 2013 Independent Director

Perry Grueber

Director - Investor Relations

Biographies

Name Description

Thomas Howatt

Mr. Thomas J. Howatt serves as Chairman of the Board of Wausau Paper Corp. Previously he was the Senior Vice President, Printing & Writing (1997-2000), Vice President and General Manager, Printing & Writing Division (1994-1997), Vice President and General Manager, Wausau Papers of New Hampshire (1993-1994), Vice President Operations, Brokaw Division (1990-1993), and prior thereto, Vice President, Administration, Brokaw Division.

Henry Newell

Mr. Henry C. Newell serves as President, Chief Executive Officer, Director of Wausau Paper Corp. Mr. Newell joined the Company in 2007 as Vice President-Business Development. He was subsequently promoted to the position of Senior Vice President-Specialty Products (in January 2009) and, later, Senior Vice President –Paper (in January 2010), before being promoted to Executive Vice President – Chief Operating Officer on March 1, 2011. Prior to joining the Company in 2007, Mr. Newell served as Vice President and Chief Financial Officer for several portfolio companies of Atlas Holdings LLC, an industrial holding company with portfolio investments that included companies in the wood products and paper and packaging sectors.

Sherri Lemmer

Ms. Sherri L. Lemmer serves as Chief Financial Officer, Senior Vice President of Wausau Paper Corp. Previously, Vice President, Finance and Information Technology (2012).

Curtis Schmidt

Mr. Curtis R. Schmidt serves as Senior Vice President - Human Resources of Wausau Paper Corp. Previously, Corporate Vice President, Human Resources (2009-2011) and Vice President Human Resources, Printing & Writing (1998-2009).

Patrick Medvecz

Mr. Patrick J. Medvecz serves as Senior Vice President - Operations of Wausau Paper Corp. Previously, Vice President, Manufacturing and Technology (2007-2011).

Michael Nelson

Mr. Michael W. Nelson serves as Senior Vice President - Paper of Wausau Paper Corp. He joined the Company in 2007 as Vice President—Sales and Marketing for the Company’s specialty products business unit. Mr. Nelson was promoted to Vice President—Sales and Marketing for the Paper segment in 2010. Prior to joining the Company in 2007, Mr. Nelson served as Vice President, Sales and Marketing for the Printing and Carbonless Papers division of Glatfelter Corporation.

Matthew Urmanski

Mr. Matthew L. Urmanski serves as Senior Vice President - Tissue of Wausau Paper Corp. Mr. Urmanski joined the Company in 2000 and has most recently served as Vice President—Administration for the Company’s Tissue segment, where he was responsible for strategy, finance, and supply chain operations. Prior to that, Mr. Urmanski served as the Company’s Vice President—Financial Analysis and Business Support at its corporate headquarters in Mosinee, Wisconsin, a position held by Mr. Urmanski since February 2006.

Michael Burandt

Mr. Michael C. Burandt serves as an Independent Director of Wausau Paper Corp. He is is President and CEO of Cantina Holdings LLC, an operator of upscale Mexican restaurants in the Atlanta, Georgia, market, a position he has held since September 2007. Previously, from July 1988 until May 2007, Mr. Burandt held various executive positions with Georgia Pacific Corporation, a manufacturer of tissue products, fine paper, building products, containerboard, packaging pulp, and DIXIE® brand products. From November 2000 until May 2007, Mr. Burandt was Georgia Pacific’s Executive Vice President of North American Consumer Products, which includes the at-home and away-from-home tissue businesses, fine paper business, bleached board business, and the DIXIE® brand businesses.

Londa Dewey

Ms. Londa J. Dewey serves as an Independent Director of Wausau Paper Corp. She is President of QTI Management Services, Inc., d/b/a The QTI Group, a human resources and staffing company. She was formerly President of the Private Client Group and Market President of U.S. Bank. Ms. Dewey is a director of MGE Energy, Inc., a publicly-traded utility holding company; a director of American Family Insurance, a mutual insurance company; and a director and immediate past Chair of the Board for Meriter Health Services, Inc., an integrated health services organization and the parent company of Meriter Hospital.

Gary Freels

Mr. Gary W. Freels serves as an Independent Director of Wausau Paper Corp. He is President and Chief Executive Officer of Alexander Properties, Inc. (investment management). Mr. Freels has experience in the areas of investment management, audit, and finance.

Charles Hodges

Mr. Charles E. Hodges serves as an Independent Director of Wausau Paper Corp. He has been the President of The Hodges Group LLC, an operations effectiveness consulting company providing process improvement consulting to the pulp and paper industry, since September 2011. Mr. Hodges was previously a principal of that company from January 2006 until March 2008. From March 2008 until August 2011, Mr. Hodges served in various positions, including President, Chief Executive Officer, and Chief Operating Officer, at Port Townsend Paper Company, a provider of kraft paper, containerboard, and unbleached kraft pulp as well as packaging products in British Columbia.

G. Watts Humphrey

Mr. G. Watts Humphrey, Jr., serves as an Independent Director of Wausau Paper Corp. He President of GWH Holdings, Inc. (private investment company), Chairman of IPEG, Inc.(International Plastics Equipment Group, Inc.), Chairman of Centria (metal building systems), and owner of Shawnee Farm (thoroughbred breeding/racing). Mr. Humphrey is also a Lead Independent Director of Churchill Downs Incorporated.

John Kvocka

Mr. John S. Kvocka serves as an Independent Director of Wausau Paper Corp. He has been the President and Chief Executive Officer of JSK Associates, an entrepreneurial and consulting entity, since May 1999. He has been the Senior Advisor to Apex Resource Technologies, Inc., a medical device manufacturing company, since August 2012, and has served on its Board of Directors since November 2012. Mr. Kvocka also serves as Senior Advisor to Garnet River LLC, an IT services and business consulting firm, a position he has held since September 2011. Prior to that, Mr. Kvocka served as Vice President and Chief Financial Officer of Finch Paper LLC, from February 2009 until his retirement in September 2011, and as Vice President Business Development of SCA Tissue North America, a global Swedish paper and packaging company, from March 2001 until November 2004.

George Murphy

Mr. George P. Murphy serves as an Independent Director of Wausau Paper Corp. He has been the Senior Operating Partner of Hudson Ferry Capital LLC, a private equity firm, since January 2007 and has served as a member of the Executive Team of Advisors of Mason Wells, a private equity company, since December 2005. Previously, he served on the Board of Directors of Converting, Inc., a manufacturer of high quality, disposable food service products and one of Mason Wells’ portfolio companies, from January 2009 until April 2010 when the company was sold. Mr. Murphy also served as a Strategic and Operational Advisor and a member of the Board of Directors of Advanced Modern Technologies Corporation, a designer and manufacturer of innovative, high quality washroom automation systems, accessories, and water saving devices, from May 2008 to January 2011.

Perry Grueber

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