Paper Meets LIVE! 2026 Suite and Meeting Room Hosts
Check back frequently for the current list of confirmed suite and meeting room hosts.
Suite and private meeting room access is by appointment only. Contact each company directly to make appointments, as they maintain their own schedules.
Conference registration is required for ALL event attendees, including customers, merchants/distributors, mills/converters, industry service providers. etc. Individuals without badge credentials may not participate in any Paper Meets LIVE! 2026 hosted meetings or activities.
Billerud Americas Corporation
Tim Johnson, Sales Operation Manager
Email: timothy.johnson3@billerud.com
Phone: 715-422-9629
Brian Boland, Deputy President, Senior Vice President-Sales & Marketing
Steven Gentner, Director, Marketing
Todd Grossman, Director, Midwest
Aaron Haas, Senior Vice President, Marketing
Kevin Kelly, Director, South & West
Tim Nordin, Director, Brand and Product Management
Kevin Riordan, Director, Publication Print
Peter Ross, Director, Northeast & Canada
1101 Perimeter Drive Suite 875
Schaumburg, IL 60173
Website: billerud.com
Billerud makes high performance packaging materials for a low carbon society. We are a global leader in paper and packaging materials made from cellulose fibers, and we are passionately committed to sustainability, quality, and customer value. We serve customers in more than 100 countries through nine production units in Sweden, USA, and Finland and around 5,800 employees in 19 countries.
Billerud is listed on the Nasdaq Stockholm. In the United States, Billerud operates out of a regional head office in Miamisburg, Ohio, two mills in Michigan's Upper Peninsula, a converting operation in Wisconsin and numerous distribution centers. We are a leading supplier of high-quality graphic and label papers, packaging materials, and market pulp.
To learn more about our complete product offering, please visit billerud.com.
Boise Paper, A division of Packaging Corporation of America
Paul LeBlanc, Vice President, Paper
Renata Bateman, Sales Manager
Email: renatabateman@boisepaper.com
Phone: 847-909-3579
Tina Cruz, Director of Marketing & Customer Service
Email: tinacruz@boisepaper.com
Phone: 312-330-0837
1 North Field Court
Lake Forest, IL 60045
Website: boisepaper.com
Boise Paper is a leading producer of uncoated freesheet in North America. Our team is dedicated to providing high-quality products, outstanding customer service and industry-leading supply chain performance, with a product portfolio that includes office papers and printing and converting papers.
CTI Paper USA
John Kelly, President
Email: kelly@thepapermill.com
Phone: 608-358-3492
Jonathan Stone, Sales & Promotion Manager, Central Region
Email: jstone@thepapermill.com
Phone: 651-485-3543
121 S. Bristol Street
Sun Prairie, WI 53590
Website: thepapermill.com
CTI Paper USA is one of North America’s largest suppliers of premium papers & boards for the commercial & digital print markets along with packaging and converting applications. CTI Paper brands include ultra-luxury, cast-coated Kromekote®; translucent Glama Natural®; metallic and pearlescent Aspire Petallics® papers and authentic recycled kraft – Glama Kraft®. CTI Paper USA has also partnered with myCordenons a leading Italian manufacturer of luxury specialty papers for printing, converting, and packaging papers in North America. CTI Paper USA stocks and services the myCordenons brands: AstroKing, Canaletto, Leatherlike, Natural Evolution, Monnalisa, Moondream, Plike, Reef, Slide, So…Silk, Stardream, Stardream 2.0, and Wild. CTI Paper USA is Forest Stewardship Council chain-of-custody certified.
Domtar
Leigh Lloyd, Customer Events & Engagement
Email: leigh.lloyd@domtar.com
Phone: 773-386-1656
100 Kingsley Park Dr,
Fort Mill, SC, 29715
Website: domtar.com
Domtar offers a wide range of fiber-based products, including commercial printing papers, publishing papers, converting papers, technical papers, specialty papers, market pulp, and airlaid nonwovens. With about 6,100 employees in over 50 countries, we're dedicated to converting sustainable wood fiber into everyday essentials. Our main executive office is in Fort Mill, South Carolina. Learn more at www.domtar.com.
Leader Paper Products
Jason Anderson, Director of Sales and Marketing
Email: jason.a@leaderpaper.com
Phone: 414-303-3962
Steve Hipp, President & CEO
Email: steve.h@leaderpaper.com
Phone: 414-870-1553
901 South Fifth Street,
Milwaukee, WI 53204
Office Phone: 414-645-5760
Website: leaderpaper.com
Leader Paper Products offers envelope manufacturing, printing and specialty packaging services.
Mohawk/Fedrigoni
Gregory Boisson, General Manager
Email: gregory.boisson@fedrigoni.com
Phone: 770-861-6634
Tom Barnhorst, VP Sales Merchant Channel
Phone: 847-612-2810
465 Saratoga Street
Cohoes, NY 12047
Office Phone: 518-237-1740
Website: mohawkconnects.com
At the intersection of craftsmanship and innovation, Mohawk and Fedrigoni unite to redefine the future of premium paper. As two of the most respected names in the global paper industry, Mohawk (USA) and Fedrigoni (Italy) bring together a shared legacy of excellence, sustainability, and design-forward thinking.
Since 1931, Mohawk has been based in upstate New York, is renowned for its commitment to quality, environmental stewardship, and pioneering spirit in digital printing and fine paper. Fedrigoni, with over 135 years of heritage, is a global leader in specialty papers and self-adhesive materials, known for its Italian craftsmanship and innovation across luxury packaging, publishing, and labeling.
Together these brands push creative boundaries while meeting the highest standards of performance and sustainability.
At Paper Meets, Mohawk and Fedrigoni showcase not just paper—but possibility. Their partnership is a celebration of material excellence, global reach, and a shared vision for elevating print in a digital world.
Monadnock Paper Mills
Lisa Taylor, Executive Vice President, Sales & Marketing
Email: ltaylor@mpm.com
Phone: 770-402-9533
Julie Brannen
Email: jbrannen@mpm.com
Phone: 919-599-7996
117 Antrim Rd
Bennington, NH 03442
Office phone: 603-588-3311
Website: mpm.com
About Monadnock Paper Mills, Inc.
Founded in 1819 and based in Bennington, NH, Monadnock Paper Mills, Inc., works with the world's leading brands to craft and customize environmentally responsible performance papers for commercial printing, packaging, and technical applications. Monadnock is committed to responsible environmental stewardship and maintains that fiber-based alternatives to plastic can be cost-efficient, environmentally sensitive, and beautiful. For more information about Monadnock Paper Mills, go to www.mpm.com. or call customer service at (800) 221-2159.
FSC® C018866 – The mark of responsible forestry.
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Neenah, A Mativ Brand
Michelle McDermott-Pautz, Sr. Manager, Sales
Email: michelle.mcdermott-pautz@mativ.com
Cell: 920-540-2453
Office Phone: 920-721-1358
100 Kimball Place Suite 600
Alpharetta, GA 30009
Website: neenahpaper.com
Nekoosa
Joe Leddy, Director of Sales
Phone: 773-339-3159
Guy Leigh, President
Email: gleigh@nekoosa.com
Phone: 267-614-6711
Laura Slovensky, Segment Manager
Email: lslovensky@nekoosa.com
Dan Garrity, Director of Commercial Print
Email: dgarrity@nekoosa.com
825 E Wisconsin Ave
Appleton, WI 54911
Office Phone: 877-258-6046
Website: nekoosa.com
Nekoosa is a premier manufacturer of specialty print media, with a 65-year legacy of innovation. We've built upon the foundation of Nekoosa Coated Products by acquiring brands like RTape, Catalina Graphic Films, Mojave Digital Media, ClingZ®, NCR PAPER*, and CET Films. Today, Nekoosa's expertise spans coating, converting, and custom plastic extrusion capabilities, with a product offering that includes application tapes, pressure sensitive films, specialty synthetics, carbonless papers, dye sublimation transfer papers, and extruded films for wide format and commercial printing.
*NCR PAPER* is a registered trademark of NCR Voyix Corporation licensed to Nekoosa Coated Products, LLC.
NORPAC Paper Company
Tom Tarpey, Sales Manager
Phone: 561-516-1723
Tom Crowley, Co-President
Kelly Dudgeon, Sales Manager
Henric Wallen, Sales Manager Orca Grades
Jean Buckwalter, Sales Manager Packaging
Office Phone: 800-426-0866
Website: norpacpaper.com
NORPAC, North Pacific Paper Company, is an independent paper company based in Washington State. From its world-class manufacturing facility, NORPAC delivers a broad range of high-quality, low carbon graphic papers and lightweight recycled packaging papers to customers across the United States and around the world. 100% recycled Packaging papers include corrugating medium, linerboard, bag/specialty Kraft papers and solid white linerboard. NORPAC’s graphic papers lineup includes copy paper, offset papers, book papers, super brite and high brite groundwood papers, uncoated freesheet and newsprint.
Roosevelt Paper Company
David Kosloff, President
Email: dkosloff@rooseveltpaper.com
Phone: 856-303-4202
Saul Kosloff, Sales
Email: skosloff@rooseveltpaper.com
Phone: 856-303-4275
1 Roosevelt Drive
Mount Laurel, NJ 08054
Office Phone: 856-303-4100
Website: rooseveltpaper.com
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Sappi North America
Bob Forsberg, VP Sales Northeast
Email: robert.forsberg@sappi.com
Phone: 914-261-2945
255 State Street
Boston, MA 02109
Office Phone: 617-423-5431
Website: sappi.com
Sappi North America, Inc., headquartered in Boston, is a market leader in converting wood fiber into superior products. Our four businesses – Packaging and Specialty Papers, high-quality Graphic Papers, Dissolving Pulp, deliver premium products and services with consistent quality and reliability. We deliver sustainable Packaging for luxury packaging, folding carton applications and Specialty Papers for the food and label industries. Our high-quality Coated Printing Papers are used for high-end print advertising, magazines, catalogs, books, and direct mail. We are a leading manufacturer of Dissolving Pulp, used in a wide range of products, including textile fibers and household goods. We are one of the leading suppliers of Casting and Release Papers. Sappi North America is a subsidiary of Sappi Limited (JSE), headquartered in Johannesburg, South Africa, with over 12,000 employees and manufacturing operations in seven countries on three continents, and customers in 150+ countries.
Smurfit Westrock
Tanya Pipo, Director Marketing, NA Paper Sales
Email: tanya.pipo@smurfitwestrock.com
Phone: 614-560-3870
Ryan Hawthorne
Phone: 206-225-0670
Kelly Xydis
Phone: 267-634-0377
Leesa Kraemer, Admin Support (not attending)
Phone: 804-263-7338
1000 Abernathy Road NE,
Atlanta, GA 30328
Website: smurfitwestrock.com
Smurfit Westrock, a global leader in sustainable paper and packaging with operations in 40 countries, 500+ packaging converting operations, and 62 paper mills, offers a wide array of innovative packaging solutions made from renewable, recyclable or recycled materials. Our high-quality paperboards provide effective converting and excellent printability for a diverse portfolio of applications. Commercial printers rely on our Tango® SBS portfolio for excellent quality, runnability and printability combined with our reliable service platform for timely shipping and availability. To learn more about Tango products, visit smwrk.com/tango or contact us at 1.844.347.9975
Streco Fibres Inc.
John Strelitz, President
Porter Hardy, COO
168 Business Park Drive, Suite 200
Virginia Beach, VA 23462
Office Phone: 757-473-3720
Website: streco.com
Streco Fibres helps many paper product manufacturers worldwide to achieve a sustainable competitive advantage by taking on an active role in supply chain management. Customers enjoy value-added services such as sourcing, financing, and logistics so they have more time running day-to-day business operations and serving their customers. Streco collaborates closely with paper mills globally promoting their products to untapped markets and fulfilling sourcing needs of existing customers. Streco's strong financial strength and excellent credit rating help suppliers reduce excess capacity by buying in bulk quantities. The portfolio includes parent rolls of industrial paper, specialty papers, tissue, toweling, and board grades.
Sylvamo Corporation
Jim Montague, Director, Converting & Specialty Papers N.A.
Email: jim.montague@sylvamo.com
Phone: 901-603-2551
Gerry Klug, Director, Converting & Specialty Papers
Phone: 901-490-6985
6077 Primacy Parkway
Memphis, TN 38119
Website: sylvamo.com
North America produces a variety of uncoated papers used in large and small businesses, home offices and commercial printing operations. From commercial printing presses to home printers, our customers rely on our signature paper brands including Hammermill®, Accent® Opaque, Springhill® and Williamsburg. We are also a premier source for converting papers with an extensive portfolio of forms, filing and envelope papers, as well as other specialty uncoated papers for applications such as food packaging, shopping bags, release liner and wallboard tape.