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November 4, 2026
Press Release

AF&PA Promotes Jesse Levine to Vice President, Public Policy

Levine joins senior leadership team and will lead AF&PA’s regulatory advocacy

WASHINGTON — The American Forest & Paper Association (AF&PA) today announced the promotion of Jesse Levine to Vice President, Public Policy. In this role, he will lead the association’s regulatory advocacy.

“Jesse knows the policy issues and what they mean for our members,” said AF&PA President and CEO Heidi Brock. “I’m excited to have him bring that perspective and more than 15 years of experience to this role. We’re working every day to make sure pulp, paper, packaging and tissue manufacturers can invest and compete. Jesse will play a key role in that work.”

Levine previously served as AF&PA’s Senior Director, Energy and Environmental Policy, where he advanced the association’s water and energy regulatory priorities and led its sustainability initiative, Better Practices, Better Planet 2030. Before joining AF&PA, he worked at the U.S. Tire Manufacturers Association and Crowell & Moring. His experience also includes service with the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency and the U.S. House Committee on Energy and Commerce.

“Regulatory policy must recognize how mills operate and what they need to compete,” said Levine. “I look forward to working with our members to continue bringing that understanding to policymakers. Science-based rules, efficient permitting and affordable, reliable energy help mills plan and invest for the future.”
 

The American Forest & Paper Association (AF&PA) serves to advance public policies that foster economic growth, job creation and global competitiveness for a vital sector that makes the essential paper and packaging products Americans use every day. The U.S. forest products industry employs more than 925,000 people, largely in rural America, and is among the top 10 manufacturing sector employers in 44 states. Our industry accounts for approximately 4.7% of the total U.S. manufacturing GDP, manufacturing more than $435 billion in products annually. AF&PA member companies are significant producers and users of renewable biomass energy and are committed to making sustainable products for a sustainable future through the industry’s decades-long initiative — Better Practices, Better Planet 2030.