• To connect the Institute with business needs and opportunities to advance forest biomaterials business through world-class science and technology
• To provide long-term strategic advice and counsel to the Director, Institute of Paper Science and Technology, on the direction of the Institute
• To help the Director further the goals of education and research for the pulp, paper, and forest biomaterials industries
• To advise and assist on ways to obtain resources and financial support, particularly from corporate, individual, and public sources

Serving on the initial term of the board advising Dr Marsolan are:  

Lars Andersson,
Director, Silica and Paper Chemicals, 
Akzo Nobel Pulp and Performance Chemicals AB

Miles Drake, 
Senior Vice President, Chief Technology Officer Research and Development (Retired),
Weyerhaeuser Company 

Dan Floyd, 
Operations Director, 
Renmatix

Tommy Joseph, 
Senior Vice President, Manufacturing, Technology, EHS&S and Global Sourcing, 
International Paper 

Chris Luettgen, 
Senior Research & Engineering Manager–Business Support/Capability Leader, 
Kimberly-Clark Professional Research and Engineering

Mark Watkins, 
Senior Vice President, Technology, 
MeadWestvaco Corporation  

Kathleen Bennett, consultant to IPST, will serve as a staff resource to the committee.

The panel held an orientation meeting by telephone on August 1 and plans its inaugural meeting at IPST in the fall.