Roger W. Stone

Overview

Roger W. Stone has been our non-executive Chairman of the Board since our inception. Mr. Stone has been the Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of KapStone Paper and Packaging Corporation (formerly known as Stone Arcade Acquisition Corporation) since April 2005. Stone Arcade was incorporated in April 2005 as a blank check company formed to acquire a business in the paper, packaging, forest products and related industries. In January 2007, Stone Arcade acquired a division of International Paper and changed its name to KapStone Paper and Packaging Corporation. Mr. Stone has been Manager of Stone-Kaplan Investments, LLC, a private investment company (which is no longer operating) since July 2004. He was Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of Box USA Holdings, Inc., a corrugated box manufacturer, from July 2000 until the sale of that company in July 2004. Mr. Stone was Chairman, President and Chief Executive Officer of Stone Container Corporation, a multinational paper company primarily producing and selling pulp, paper and packaging products, from March 1987 to November 1998 when Stone Container Corporation merged with Jefferson Smurfit Corporation, at which time he became President and Chief Executive Officer of Smurfit-Stone Container Corporation until March 1999. Mr. Stone has served on the board of directors of McDonald's Corporation since 1989. Mr. Stone received a B.S. in Economics from the Wharton School at the University of Pennsylvania.