The affairs of the Recycled Paper Technical Association are managed by a Board of Trustees representing member companies. Eight members meet regularly during the year to set policy, oversee special projects, and determine the annual dues and budget.
President, Board of Trustees
Cathy Foley
Pratt Industries, Inc.
Vice President, Board of Trustees
Kenneth Knipschild
Smurfit WestRock
Ex-Officio
Paul J. Schutes
President, RPTA
Ex-Officio
Kate McGlynn
Executive Director, RPTA
The technical agenda of the Recycled Paper Technical Association is managed by the RPTA Operating Board. Made up of primarily technical directors from member companies, the Operating Board identifies technical projects and studies to be undertaken by the Association and creates the agenda for the yearly Production-Technical Seminar. The Operating Board also oversees the development of the Roundtable/Webinar educational program series that RPTA holds three times per year geared toward mill technical, production, and energy experts.
Chair
Mike Gunderson
Smurfit WestRock
Vice Chair
Eric Charette-Bechamp
Cascades Containerboard Packaging
RPTA's Product Stewardship and Environmental Task Force promotes knowledge of regulatory requirements and responsible care for the safety and health of users of recycled paperboard products and consumers of products packaged in recycled paperboard. The Task Force accomplishes this through appropriate technical discussions, literature dissemination, training sessions, and research projects into the raw materials, and the methods and processes by which recycled paperboard products are produced.
This Task Force also oversees activities to maintain the "RPTA Comprehensive Program for Food-Contact Paperboard Made from Recycled Fiber." In addition, the Task Force promotes environmental compliance and stewardship.
Chair
Ebba Hansen
Packaging Corporation of America
Vice Chair
Erin Underwood, P.E.
Pratt Industries, Inc