Mark Watkins

MeadWestvaco Corp. provided packaging solutions to healthcare, beauty and personal care, food, beverage, tobacco and home and garden industries. It was also produces specialty chemicals for the automotive, energy and infrastructure industries. The company was operates through five business segments: Food & Beverage, Home, Health & Beauty, Industrial, Specialty Chemicals, and Community Development and Land Management. The Food & Beverage segment produces packaging materials, and designs and produces packaging solutions primarily for the global food, food service, beverage, dairy and tobacco end markets, as well as paperboard for commercial printing. The Home, Health & Beauty segment designs and produces packaging solutions for the global personal care, fragrance, home care, lawn and garden, prescription drug and healthcare end markets. The Industrial segment designs and produces corrugated packaging solutions, primarily for produce, meat, consumer products and bulk goods primarily in Brazil. This segment also includes operations in India, which develop corrugated packaging materials as well as corrugated packaging solutions for the domestic fresh produce growers. The Specialty Chemicals segment manufactures markets and distributes specialty chemicals derived from sawdust and other byproducts of the papermaking process in North America, Europe, South America and Asia. Its products include performance chemicals derived from pine chemicals used in printing inks, asphalt paving and adhesives as well as the agricultural, paper and petroleum industries. This segment also includes products based on activated carbon used in gas vapor emission control systems for automobiles and trucks and applications for air, water and food purification. The Community Development and Land Management segment include the operations of Real Estate Development, Forestry and Leasing Activities. MeadWestvaco was founded in 2001 and was headquartered in Richmond, VA.

The World Business Council for Sustainable Development operates as a business development association. The non-profit company is based in Geneva, Switzerland. The Swiss company was founded in 1990 by Bertrand P. Collomb. M. Peter Bakker has been the CEO of the company since 2012.

Technical Association of the Pulp & Paper Industry, Inc. (TAPPI) is an organization that supports the forest products, pulp, paper, tissue, packaging, and associated industries. The non-profit company is based in Norcross, GA and has subsidiaries in the United States. TAPPI provides its members with technical knowledge, networking opportunities, and professional growth.

The Greater Columbia Chamber of Commerce is an organization that promotes a business-friendly environment to attract, retain, and expand businesses in Columbia, SC. The Chamber has been a trusted resource for local, regional, and national businesses and their employees since 1902, working for the greater Columbia business community. The non-profit company offers the Midlands Minority Business Accelerator (MMBA) program in partnership with the Minority Business Accelerator to support minority-owned businesses. The CEOs of the company are Ike McLeese and Carl Blackstone.

ArborGen, Inc. develops biotechnology tree seedling products. It also provides conventional and technology enhanced seedlings to the forestry industry. The firm's seedling products span the entire technology spectrum, from conventional seedlings to biotechnology seedlings. The company was founded on February 7, 2000 and is headquartered in Ridgeville, SC.

The Palmetto Conservation Foundation operates as non-profit organization, which engages in the preservation of South Carolina's natural and cultural resources. The company was founded in 1994 and is headquartered in Columbia, SC.