Sonoco announced Elizabeth Rhue has been named Staff Vice President of Global Sustainability, reporting directly to President and CEO Howard Coker.
In this new position, Rhue will lead the company’s global sustainability programs for all of the company’s Consumer- and Industrial-related packaging businesses, including working directly with the company’s key customers to achieve improved product sustainability. She will also join the company’s Management Committee.
After graduating with a B.S. degree in Packaging Science from Clemson University, Rhue began her career with Sonoco in 2005 as a Research and Development engineer in the Company’s Rigid Paper Container division. Over the next several years, she held several positions in technical and account management, working directly with large consumer product goods customers.
Founded in 1899, Sonoco is a global provider of a variety of consumer packaging, industrial products, protective packaging, and displays and packaging supply chain services.
