Fall Plant Tours
The NWPCA and the Canadian Wood Pallet and Container Association are co-hosts
for the 2019 Fall Plant Tours, October 1-2 in Toronto. This year's plant tour hosts are
Pallet Management Group, Topax Protektive Packaging, Weston Forest Products and
Woodbridge Pallet. We appreciate their support in opening their facilities. Look for
registration and exhibit opportunities at palletcentral.com.
On the Road
On February 22-23, NWPCA's Vice President of Advocacy Patrick Atagi gathered
with agriculture stakeholders at USDA's annual Agricultural Outlook Forum to discuss
current and emerging issues affecting U.S. agricultural production and international
trade. This year's Forum brought together more than 1,500 producers, processors,
policymakers, government officials, and nongovernmental organizations from around
the world, to explore timely and emerging topics such as developments in global trade,
forestry conservation and management, and outlooks for food and commodity
markets. USDA Secretary of Agriculture Sonny Perdue was the keynote speaker.
As a member of the American Trucking Associations, NWPCA participated in their
Annual Policy Conference, March 20-22 in Alexandria, VA. The meeting gave NWPCA
an opportunity to work on councils and an opportunity to interact with the trucking
industry. The conference also included presentation on "Commercial Driver Safety Risk
Factors" and site security, including a discussion on "active shooter" crisis
communications.
In early April, Director of Science and Technology Integration Brad Gething attended a
meeting of the American Society for Testing and Materials (ASTM) in Denver, Colorado.
Brad currently serves as the subcommittee on packaging within the ASTM's committee
on packaging. The group meets regularly to review current standards, and report on other
standards-related work that affects the wood packaging industry. He also visited with
members Anderson Pallet & Crate, 48forty Solutions, and L&R Pallet.
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C O N T A I N E R A S S O C I A T I O N
NWPCA STAFF
President/CEO
Brent
J. McClendon, CAE, brent@palletcentral.com
Vice
President, Advocacy and External Affairs
Patrick S. Atagi, patagi@palletcentral.com
Senior
Director, Business Partnerships
Mark
A. Barford, CAE, mbarford@palletcentral.com
Membership
Services Manager
Mishelle Cavanagh, mcavanagh@palletcentral.com
PDS and Membership Services Manager
Susan Cheney, scheney@palletcentral.com
PDS Structural Engineer
Kristen DeLack PE, kdelack@palletcentral.com
Vice
President, Communications
Annette Ferri, aferri@palletcentral.com
Director of Science and Technology Integration
Brad Gething, PhD, bgething@palletcentral.com
Communications Manager
Anne M. Lewis, alewis@palletcentral.com
Advisor to the President
John A. McLeod III, jmcleod@palletcentral.com
PDS Software Engineer
Kevin Richey, krichey@palletcentral.com
PDS Finite Element Analyst
Farhad Shahabi, PhD, fshahabi@palletcentral.com
Vice President, Operations and Events
Isabel ("Mimi") Sullivan, msullivan@palletcentral.com
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