The Paperboard Packaging Council recently announced the speaker lineup for its 2017 Spring Outlook and Strategies Conference, March 29-31 in Charlotte, North Carolina.
Speakers include: Ron Sasine, principal of Hudson Windsor and former packaging executive with Walmart and MeadWestvaco (now WestRock); Shawn Rhodes, president of Shoshin Consulting and former Marine Corps war correspondent; and Alan Beaulieu, noted economist and president of ITR Economics.
Other presenters include Carolyn Lee, senior director of tax policy at the National Association of Manufacturers; Matt Sharp, chief digital officer of Advance 360; Joan Sahlgren, director of public relations at the Paper and Packaging Board; and Paul Schutes, executive director of the Recycled Paperboard Alliance/Recycled Paperboard Technical Association.
In addition, James Gordon, president of PPC member Winston Packaging, will share the history of Winston Packaging. The story begins in 1911 with AG Gordon, a traveling bookbinder who opened a small print shop in what is now Winston-Salem, NC. Four generations later, Winston Packaging is a thriving folding carton converter, serving the eastern U.S. in the food, health/beauty, photo finishing, and tobacco segments. The Spring Meeting will also include several special interest breakout sessions, a best practices workshop around employee personality assessments, the announcement of the top achievers in PPC’s plant safety data program, as well as a reception at the NASCAR Hall of Fame.
For more information, visit paperbox.org/spring
James Gordon
Ron Sasine
