Manufacture Alabama (MA) this week announced that the organization’s board of directors has elected Carl Gunter as the new board chair. Gunter, the mill manager of International Paper in Prattville, will serve a two-year term effective February 4, 2020.

Gunter succeeds David Hendrixson, executive vice president and plant manager of Decatur’s Daikin, America. Hendrixson will continue to serve on the board of directors.

“I am excited to lead Manufacture Alabama’s board of directors and work closely with the Manufacture Alabama team to execute our mission to make Alabama the best business and political location in the United States for manufacturers,” Gunter said in a statement. “I want to thank the Manufacture Alabama board of directors for its confidence in me to serve as board chair and thank David Hendrixson for the past year of his leadership.”

Additionally, the Manufacture Alabama board of directors elected Jason Slinkard as the new board vice chair. Slinkard is the site director at BASF in Mcintosh.

Marty Parker, customer relations, quality and logistics manager for Packaging Corporation of American, was reelected as board treasurer while Paul Vercher, director of governmental affairs for United States Steel Corporation, was reelected as secretary of the board.

“I am very pleased to announce that Carl Gunter is assuming the role of our board chair at Manufacture Alabama. As an active board member for three years, Carl is incredibly familiar with our association and will bring a tremendous amount of expertise as a mill manager to his role as board chair,” added George Clark, president of Manufacture Alabama. “I would also like to thank David Hendrixson for his service as our board chair and we are excited he is still serving on our board.”

Sean Ross is the editor of Yellowhammer News. You can follow him on Twitter @sean_yhn