ASPI 2025 Fall Customer Alignment Meeting

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*As of 9.13.25  
Tuesday, September 23, 2025   
3:00 - 5:00 pm Registration Teasley Ballroom Foyer
3:00 - 5:00 pm ASPI Board of Directors Meeting* Rainwater
Invite Only*
6:00 - 7:00pm Welcome Reception Hagood
7:00 - 8:30pm Welcome Dinner Salon
Wednesday, September 24th, 2025  
7:00 - 8:00am Breakfast

 Trammel
7:00 - 4:00pm Registration Teasley Ballroom Foyer
8:00 - 8:05am Conference Begins - President's Welcome & Antitrust - Darren Lett, President and CEO, CR Meyer/ ASPI President and Chris Cavin, SVP, Containerboard Mill Operations

 

 

Teasley Ballroom
8:05 - 8:45am

Smurfit Westrock Today - Juan Pablo Perez, CFO North America, Smurfit Westrock
8:45 - 9:45am

Smurfit Westrock Operations Leadership Panel discussion - Kenny Knipschild, Regional Vice President, Mill Operations and James Osborne, Vice President Containerboard Mill Operations
Facilitated by Darren Lett
9:45 - 10:00am Break  Teasley Ballroom Foyer
10:00 - 10:40 am ASPI Direct Material Panel
Facilitator: Nathan Childs, Vice President, North American Sourcing

 

Teasley Ballroom
10:40 - 11:20 am   ASPI Contractor Panel
Facilitator: Jerry Heard, Procurement Manager
11:20 - 12:00 

ASPI OEM Panel
Facilitator: Dan Purcell, Director - Capital Procurement and Lifecycle Category Management
12:00pm Lunch  Trammel 
1:00 - 2:00pm

ASPI Engineering Panel
Facilitator: Matt Markel, Vice President, Indirect Procurement

 


Teasley Ballroom
2:00 - 2:45pm

Supplier Relationship Management and Operational Procurement - Matt Markel, Vice President, Indirect Procurement and Ciro Leal, Sr. Director - Operational Procurement
2:45 - 3:00pm Break  Teasley Ballroom Foyer
3:00 - 3:45 pm

Innovation, Engineering and Continuous Improvement Organization - Andy Hendrick, Senior Director, Capital Investments

 

Teasley Ballroom
 
3:45 - 4:45 pm General Managers Round Table-

Brett Trembly - Mill Manager, Hodge Mill
Dan Rowland - Mill Manager, Fernandina Mill
Stephan Morgan - Mill Manager, Mahrt Mill
6:00 - 7:30 PM Reception

 Roaring Social 
*Transportation Provided
7:30 - 9:30 PM Dinner
 *Transportation begins at 5:30 pm EST.
Thursday, September 25th, 2025
7:00 - 9:00am Breakfast   Trammel
7:00 - 8:00am Registration Teasley Ballroom Foyer
8:00 - 8:15am Call to Order/Recap (soft start) - Chris Cavin, SVP, Containerboard Mill Operations

Teasley Ballroom
8:15 - 9:15am

Efficient Capital Deployment - Andy Hedrick, Senior Director, Capital Investments
9:15 - 9:45 am

2025 Safety and Beyond Trends - Nina Butler, Chief Environmental Officer
9:45 - 10:30 am

Smurfit Westrock Supplier Continuous Improvement (CI) Program - Dustin Lanier, Continuous Improvement Procurement Manager - North America

  Teasley Ballroom Foyer
10:30 - 11:00am Break

  

Teasley Ballroom
11:00 -11:45am ASPI Business Meeting