International Paper vice president lauded for efforts

Corporate Giving story for The Commercial Appeal.

November 21, 2008.

For an avid volunteer, there may be no better work environment than International Paper.

Peter Heist, 49, vice president and general manager in the coated paperboard business, has moved to 10 different locations in his 28 years with the company, including England and Ireland. He was surprised to find that the commitment to giving wasn’t at all the same overseas as it is here. “Americans, in general, give of themselves fantastically,” he says … (read more)