KapStone Paper and Packaging Corporation Appoints Ronald J. Gidwitz as Director (PR Newswire)

Monday October 6, 4:36 pm ET NORTHBROOK, Ill., Oct. 6 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- KapStone Paper and Packaging Corporation (Nasdaq: KPPC - News ) today announced that the Board of Directors has appointed Ronald J. Gidwitz as a Class B director (with a term expiring in 2011). Mr. Gidwitz, age 63, is a co-founder of GCG Partners. From 1996 to 1998, he was President and Chief Executive Officer of the Unilever HPC Helene Curtis Business Unit. Previously, Mr. Gidwitz served as President and Chief Executive Officer and as a member of the Board of Directors of Helene Curtis. Mr. Gidwitz is a graduate of Brown University. Roger Stone, Chairman... [read full story]