Key Note Speaker: Willis J. Potts, Jr. is vice president and general manager at Inland Paperboard and Packaging in Rome, Georgia and a vice president for TAPPI.

Potts began his career with Union Camp in 1969 as an industrial engineer and worked his way through various operational and management positions, including Resident Manager of the Union Camp mill in Prattville, Alabama before returning to the Savannah mill as General Manager and Senior Vice President in 1992. Potts joined Inland Paperboard and Packaging in 1999.

He holds a bachelor's degree in industrial engineering from the Georgia Institute of Technology and completed the Executive Program at the University of Virginia.

Potts served as PIMA president in 1995, and remains on the Board of
Trustees. Potts is a former member of TAPPI's Board of Directors and he chaired the TAPPI Annual Meeting Committee during TAPPI 99. In recognition of his outstanding service to TAPPI and the industry, Potts was named a TAPPI Fellow in 1999.

In addition to his TAPPI activities, Potts is active in numerous community, civic and industry groups including past president of the Auburn University Pulp and Paper Foundation, the Containerboard Committee of AF&PA, United Way, the Boy Scouts of America, the Georgia Council on Economic Education, and several other organizations and philanthropic efforts.

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