PalletCentral • March-April 2022
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NWPCA Staff
President/CEO
Brent J. McClendon, CAE, brent@palletcentral.com
Senior Director, Business Partnerships
Mark A. Barford, CAE, mbarford@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
Manager, Public Affairs
Hallie Fuchs, hfuchs@palletcentral.com
Vice President, Science & Technology
Brad Gething, PhD, bgething@palletcentral.com
Vice President, Public Affairs
Jason Ortega, jortega@palletcentral.com
PDS Software Engineer
Kevin Richey, krichey@palletcentral.com
PDS Associate Software Engineer
George Scharps, gscharps@palletcentral.com
Vice President, Operations and Events
Isabel ("Mimi") Sullivan, msullivan@palletcentral.com
PalletCentral Editorial, Design & Production
Caryn Smith, Driven By Design LLC
palletdesign@comcast.net
PALLETCENTRAL, Volume 22, Number 2.
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25-year NWPCA Anniversary
Cottondale Wood Products
Diamond Forest Resources
First Alliance Logistics Management
Gruber Pallets
J&J Pallet
Kelley Wood Products
Losifra
Pallet Machinery Group
PECO Pallet
Rodpak Pty
Southern Packaging
Two discussion panels took place.
From global supply chain challenges to
discussion on "Beyond Sustainability,"
both panels were insightful and
well-rounded. Hilary Carr, Senior
Mexico Consultant, moderated the
international panel with participation
from; Scott Geffros, CWPCA (Canada);
Fernando César López Bello, Losifra,
S.A. de C.V (Mexico) and Lay Pheng
Ooi, Berjayapak (Malaysia).
In the second panel, Joel Makower,
GreenBiz, continued his presentation,
engaging in conversation with Lindsey
Shean-Snowden, Pallet Logistics
of America, and Chaille Brindley,
Industrial Reporting, who shared on
ways they are addressing sustainability
in their companies, and the industry.
Supply chain expert Homero Escandón
presented his perspective. Homero is
also president of the Association for
Supply Chain Management, San Diego
Chapter, who explored the future of
supply chain and sourcing decisions.
Safety expert and attorney Adele L.
Abrams, The Law Offices of Adele
L. Abrams PC, updated us on OSHA
enforcement areas in a Biden era.
50-year NWPCA Anniversary
Litco International
NWPCA Membership Milestones! Congratulations!
75-year NWPCA Anniversary
Atlas Pallets/A Division
of Williamsburg Millwork
Next year's ALC takes place
from March 1-3, 2023,
in Fort Worth, Texas.
