George F. Martin Vice President of Operations, NewPage Corporation George F. Martin is vice president of operations. He has held this position since May 2005. In 1983, he joined Westvaco Corporation as a chemist in the corporate research department in Charleston, South Carolina. In 1987, he was named technical director of the Tyrone, Pennsylvania, coated papers mill. About NewPage Corporation NewPage, headquartered in Mr. Martin transferred to the mill in Luke, Maryland, as quality assurance Dayton, Ohio, is a leading U.S. manager in the Fine Papers Division in 1989. In 1994, he moved to the producer of coated papers in sales office in Richmond, Virginia, as technical and marketing services North America. With more than manager. After returning to the Luke mill as production manager in 1997, 4,300 employees, the company Mr. Martin held a variety of positions with the company including being operates four integrated pulp named director of integration for MeadWestvaco Papers Group in 2002. and paper manufacturing mills At group headquarters in Dayton, he was named vice president of the located in Escanaba, Michigan; company’s Escanaba Operations and mill manager in 2003. Luke, Maryland; Rumford, Maine; and Wickliffe, Kentucky. These He earned a bachelor of arts degree in chemistry from Franklin and mills have a combined annual Marshall College in Lancaster, Pennsylvania, and a doctorate in organic capacity of approximately 2.2 chemistry from Duke University in Durham, North Carolina. million tons of coated paper. For additional information, please visit the company’s Web site at www.NewPageCorp.com NewPage Corporation began operations in May 2005 as a result of the sale of the Papers Group of MeadWestvaco Corporation to Cerberus Capital Management L.P., a private New York-based investment firm. MeadWestvaco was formed in 2002 with the merger of The Mead Corporation and Westvaco. January 2007 ©2007 NewPage Corporation.