Members of AICC – The Independent Packaging Association elected the following slate of officers and directors at the Association’s annual meeting, September 25-27 in Las Vegas, Nevada. The slate was approved by acclamation during the general session held Wednesday, September 27.
Al Hoodwin, President of Michigan City Paper Box in Michigan City, Ind., was elected as AICC’s first “non-corrugated” chairman. Michigan City Paper Box is a maker of rigid set-up boxes, although Hoodwin, in his opening remarks, noted that he now used F-flute corrugated in many of his rigid box designs, so he is, indeed, a “corrugated converter.”
The voting members of the Board of Directors are officers or employees of AICC’s regular-member companies, and AICC’s Associate (supplier) members are represented by one voting member. AICC’s Officers and Directors for 2017-2018 are: (NOTE: SP=Sheet Plant; CP=Corrugator Plant SS=Sheet Supplier; RB=Rigid Box; FC=Folding Carton)
OFFICERS
| Chairman Al Hoodwin Michigan City Paper Box (RB) Michigan City, Indiana |
John Forrey Specialty Industries/Krafcor/NuPack Printing (SP/FC/RB/SS) Red Lion, Pennsylvania |
| First Vice Chairman Joseph M. Palmeri Jamestown Container Cos. (SP) Macedonia, Ohio Vice Chairmen |
Jana Harris Harris Packaging/American Carton (SP/FC) Haltom City, Texas |
| Jay Carman Stand Fast Packaging Group (SP) Carol Stream, Illinois |
Immediate Past Chairman Tony Schleich American Packaging Corp. (SP) Hutchinson, Kansas |
| Chairman, Past Chairmen’s Council Mark Williams Richmond Corrugated (SP) Richmond, Virginia |
Region Five Gary Brewer Package Crafters (SP) High Point, North Carolina |
| President A. Steven Young AICC Headquarters Alexandria, Virginia Secretary/General Counsel |
Region Six Guy Ockerlund OxBox (SP) Addison, Illinois |
| David P. Goch Webster, Chamberlain & Bean Washington, DC |
Region Seven Mike Schaefer Tavens Packaging & Display (SP) Bedford Heights, Ohio |
| Counsel Emeritus Paul H. Vishny, Esq. Chicago, Illinois |
Region Eight Joe Hodges Mid-Atlantic Packaging Inc. (CP) Montgomeryville, Pennsylvania |
ADVISOR(S) TO THE CHAIRMAN
| Kim Nelson Royal Containers Ltd. Brampton, Ontario CANADA |
Region Nine Larry Grossbard President Container Group (CP) Middletown, New York |
| Ed Gargiulo Equipment Finance Corp. Alpharetta, Georgia |
Region Ten Peter Hamilton Rand Whitney Group (CP) Lancaster, Massachusetts |
REGIONAL DIRECTORS
| Region One Doug Rawson Superior Lithographics (FC) Los Angeles, California |
AICC Canada John Franciosa McLeish/Corr-a-Box (SP) Rexdale, Ontario, Canada |
| Region Two David DeLine DeLine Box Co. (CP) Denver, Colorado |
AICC Mexico Pedro Aguirre Martinez Tecnología de Cartón (SP) Querétaro, Mexico |
| Region Three Justin Mathes Vanguard Companies (SP) Kansas City, Missouri |
OVERSEAS DIRECTOR
| Kim Nelson Royal Containers Ltd. (SP) Brampton, Ontario, Canada |
DIRECTORS AT LARGE
| Finn MacDonald Independent II (SP) Louisville, Kentucky |
Secretary Pat Szany American Corrugated Machine Corp. Indian Trail, North Carolina |
| Eric Elgin Oklahoma Interpack (SP) Muscogee, Oklahoma |
Immediate Past Chairman, Associate Members Jeff Pallini Fosber America Green Bay, Wisconsin |
| Kevin Ausburn SMC Packaging Group (CP) Springfield, Missouri |
Director Joe Morelli Huston Patterson Printers Decatur, Illinois |
| Matt Davis Packaging Express (SP) Colorado Springs, Colorado |
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| Marco Ferrara Cartones Sultana (CP) Monterrey, Mexico |
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| Nelva Walz Elegant Packaging (RB) Cicero, Illinois |
ASSOCIATE MEMBER DIRECTORS
| Chairman Ed Gargiulo Equipment Finance Corp. Alpharetta, Georgia |
Vice Chairman David Burgess JB Machinery Weston, Connecticut |