March 28, 2008 - Port Townsend Paper Corp.announced that John Begley is retiring as its president and CEO at the end of April, and that Charles E. Hodges, also a member of the company’s board, will assume Begley’s position. Begley will continue to serve on Port Townsend’s board of directors.

Hodges retired in 2006 as senior VP-Manufacturing, Southern Region for Georgia-Pacific Corp. Since then he formed his own consulting company working with medium sized manufacturing companies to improve their bottom line performance.

SOURCE: Port Townsend Paper Corp.