Mr. Earnshaw has produced clear improvements in operating and financial performance since taking on the VP/GM role in August 2002. He is intimately familiar with the Mill’s operations and customer base, having worked in the positions of Technical Director and Production Manager at the Mill from 1989:1997 and subsequently as Vice President of Business Development, Specialty Papers for Crown Vantage from 1997:2000. He left Crown Vantage in 2000 to establish his own company, representing domestic and foreign mills as a sales agent before rejoining the Company in 2002. Mr. Earnshaw received an MS and Ph.D. in Paper Science from the Institute of Paper Chemistry (WI) and a BS in Chemistry from Oakland University (MI). |