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 |
Basic Compensation
| Name | Fiscal Year Total |
|---|---|
Thomas Howatt |
3,468,650 |
Henry Newell |
1,885,150 |
Sherri Lemmer |
441,831 |
Curtis Schmidt |
-- |
Patrick Medvecz |
687,431 |
Michael Nelson |
676,032 |
Matthew Urmanski |
611,444 |
Michael Burandt |
-- |
Londa Dewey |
-- |
Gary Freels |
-- |
Charles Hodges |
-- |
G. Watts Humphrey |
-- |
John Kvocka |
-- |
George Murphy |
-- |
Perry Grueber |
-- |
As Of 30 Dec 2012
Options Compensation
| Name | Options | Value |
|---|---|---|
Thomas Howatt |
701,000 | 1,319,840 |
Henry Newell |
0 | 0 |
Sherri Lemmer |
0 | 0 |
Curtis Schmidt |
0 | 0 |
Patrick Medvecz |
0 | 0 |
Michael Nelson |
0 | 0 |
Matthew Urmanski |
0 | 0 |
Michael Burandt |
0 | 0 |
Londa Dewey |
0 | 0 |
Gary Freels |
0 | 0 |
Charles Hodges |
0 | 0 |
G. Watts Humphrey |
0 | 0 |
John Kvocka |
0 | 0 |
George Murphy |
0 | 0 |
Perry Grueber |
0 | 0 |
| Name | Shares Traded | Price |
|---|---|---|
STARBOARD VALUE L P |
50,000 | $9.92 |
STARBOARD VALUE L P |
62,145 | $9.96 |
STARBOARD VALUE L P |
62,855 | $9.67 |
STARBOARD VALUE L P |
25,000 | $9.71 |
KUESTER DENNIS J |
27,778 | $0.00 |
MEDVECZ PATRICK J |
1,517 | $0.00 |
NELSON MICHAEL W |
1,715 | $0.00 |
NEWELL HENRY C |
1,343 | $0.00 |
CRAKER SHERRI L |
38 | $10.17 |
URMANSKI MATTHEW L |
42 | $10.17 |
MEDVECZ PATRICK J |
57 | $10.17 |
NEWELL HENRY C |
104 | $10.18 |
NELSON MICHAEL W |
42 | $10.18 |
KVOCKA JOHN S |
775 | $9.00 |
NELSON MICHAEL W |
2,206 | $0.00 |
SCHMIDT CURTIS R |
1,864 | $0.00 |
CRAKER SHERRI L |
1,422 | $0.00 |
URMANSKI MATTHEW L |
1,877 | $0.00 |
MEDVECZ PATRICK J |
2,321 | $0.00 |
NEWELL HENRY C |
6,320 | $0.00 |
NEWELL HENRY C |
114 | $7.61 |
CRAKER SHERRI L |
45 | $7.62 |
MEDVECZ PATRICK J |
66 | $7.62 |
NELSON MICHAEL W |
48 | $7.61 |
URMANSKI MATTHEW L |
49 | $7.62 |

