Bio: Swenson, Mark (Mill Manager - 2010)

Contact: Dolores Mohr Kenyon

Email: dolores@wiclarkcountyhistory.org

Surnames: Swenson, Lukacs      

----Source: Clark County Press (Neillsville, Clark Co., WI.) September 15, 2010

Swenson, Mark (Mill Manager - 2010)

Neillsville Grad named mill manager: Mark Swenson, a 1975 Neillsville High School graduate, recently accepted the mill manager position at NewPage Corporation’s Wisconsin Rapids mill.

Swenson, who is the son of Cal and Fern Swenson of Neillsville, will begin his new job duties Friday, Sept. 24.

Swenson previously served as mill manager at three other mills; including the Kimberly mill.  He participated as part of the start-up team for the Duluth, MN mill, worked at the Niagara mill and at the Temple Eastex mill in Evandale, TX.  He holds a bachelor’s degree in paper science from UW-Stevens Point.

"With Mark’s extensive mill experience and most recent role as a Master Black Belt at the Wisconsin Rapids mill, I have full confidence that Mark will transition smoothly into the leadership role in Wisconsin Rapids," said NewPage Manufacturing Operations Vice President Mark Lukacs.