PPC Leadership & Staff
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EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE
BOARD OF DIRECTORS
COMMITTEES
STAFF
PPC Executive Committee
Steven Levkoff The Standard Group
Board Chair
John Best Graphic Packaging International, Inc.
Board Vice Chair
Robert D. Neff Neff Packaging Solutions
Treasurer
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David Ellis Ellis Packaging Group
At-Large Member
Stephen Scherger MeadWestvaco
At-Large Member
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Joel Zaas Apex Paper Box/BOXit Corporation
At-Large Member
John Zeiser Southern Champion Tray, LP
At-Large Member
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PPC Board of Directors
Steven Levkoff The Standard Group
Board Chair, member of Executive Committee
John Best Graphic Packaging International, Inc.
Board Vice Chair, member of Executive Committee
John Zeiser Southern Champion Tray, LP
at-large member of Executive Committee
Marc Anderson Walter G. Anderson, Inc.
Chair, Audit Committee
Kyle Eldred Frankston Packaging Corporation
Audit Committee
Steven Felici Imperial Packaging Corp.
Thomas Garland PaperWorks Industries
Douglas Gayman Cascades
Benjamin Graham Bell Incorporated
Al Hoodwin Michigan City Paper Box Co.
Kevin Kollman Dixie Printing and Packaging
Joshua Levinson Brick & Ballerstein Inc.
Glenn Maile EMMECI USA
Associate Member Representative
Robert D. Neff Neff Packaging Solutions
Keith Robinson Diamond Packaging
Audit Committee
Katherine Roehlke F. M. Howell & Company
Ken Smott Atlas Die
Associate Member Representative
Charles Stay Bert-Co
Janet Steiner Thoro Packaging
Jeff Sziklai BellWyck Packaging Solutions
Peter Traeger Artistic Carton Company
Michael (Mike) Ukropina AGI - Shorewood
Edward Zumbiel Zumbiel Packaging
PPC Board of Directors - Emeriti
Mark Graham Bell Incorporated
George Howell F. M. Howell & Company
A. Newth Morris III. Dixie Printing and Packaging Corp.
Robert Neff Neff Packaging Solutions
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PPC Committee Leadership
Associate Members
Chair: Ken Smott Atlas Die LLC
PPC Staff Liaison: Lou Kornet
Carton Competition
Chair: Dennis Bacchetta Diamond Packaging
PPC Staff Liaison: Kim Guarnaccia
Financial Executives Institute
Chair: Mark Hopkinson Artistic Carton
PPC Staff Liaison: Ben Markens
Government Affairs
Chair: Benjamin Graham Bell Incorporated
Canadian Chair: Robert Bruce Boehmer Box LP, CANAMPAC ULC
PPC Staff Liaison: Lou Kornet
Human Resources
Chair: TW Francescon, Southern Champion Tray, LP
PPC Staff Liaison: Lou Kornet
Industry Information
Chair: Bill Bloom MeadWestvaco
Marketing & Communications
Chair: Open
PPC Staff Liaison: Kim Guarnaccia
New Generation Leaders
Chair: Open
PPC Staff Liaison: Jennie Markens
Rigid Box
Chair: Joshua Levinson Brick & Ballerstein
PPC Staff Liaison: Lou Kornet
Sustainability Task Force
Co-Chair: Andy Johnson Graphic Packaging International
PPC Staff Liaison: Kim Guarnaccia
Technical & Production
Chair: Larry Patterson Jones Packaging
PPC Staff Liaison: Ben Markens
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PPC Staff
Ben Markens
President
Direct: 413.686.9181
Cell: 413.531.7567
Email: ben@ppcnet.org
Lou Kornet
Vice President - Chief of Staff
Direct: 413.686.9180
Email: lou@ppcnet.org
Kim Guarnaccia
Director of Marketing & Communications
Direct: 413.686.9183
Email: kim@ppcnet.org
Susan Martins
Controller
Direct: 413.686.9192
Email: susan@ppcnet.org
Jennie Markens
Director, New Generation Leaders
Direct: 413.686.9191
Email: jen@ppcnet.org
Emily Rae
Marketing Communications Manager & Director of Member
Services
Direct: 413.686.9185
Email: emily@ppcnet.org
Brian Chaisson
Director of Industry Benchmarking
Direct: 413.686.9184
Email: brian@ppcnet.org
For General Membership Assistance
Michelle Perlman
Administrative Coordinator
Direct: 413.686.9183
Email: michelle@ppcnet.org
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