---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0001193125-24-145619"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "IP"
cik: "0000051434"
company_name: "INTERNATIONAL PAPER CO /NEW/"
filed_at: "2024-05-23T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-06-01T09:25:26.103380+00:00"
event_type: "leadership"
sentiment: "neutral"
materiality_score: 0.3
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.3
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# International Paper adds two new independent directors; Gordon retires for personal reasons

## Summary
- Ilene S. Gordon retired from Board effective May 21, 2024, citing personal and health reasons.
- Jamie A. Beggs (CFO of Avient) and Scott A. Tozier (former CFO of Albemarle) elected as independent directors.
- Both appointed to Audit and Finance and Public Policy and Environment committees.
- Board now has 11 directors, nine independent; Clinton A. Lewis Jr. named Governance Committee chair.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001193125-24-145619
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: IP
- cik: 0000051434
- company_name: INTERNATIONAL PAPER CO /NEW/
- filed_at: 2024-05-23T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: leadership
- sentiment: neutral
- materiality_score: 0.3
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.3
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 5.02, 9.01
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/51434/000119312524145619/0001193125-24-145619-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/51434/000119312524145619/d839185d8k.htm

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## Source-grounded claims
- claim_id: adfc39db65
  claim: Jamie A. Beggs was elected as Director at INTERNATIONAL PAPER CO /NEW/.
  evidence_excerpt: On May 21, 2024, the Board, upon the recommendation of the Company’s Governance Committee, elected Jamie A. Beggs, 47, and Scott A. Tozier, 58, to serve as independent directors to the Board effective immediately.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/51434/000119312524145619/0001193125-24-145619-index.htm
- claim_id: bf87c8a486
  claim: Scott A. Tozier was elected as Director at INTERNATIONAL PAPER CO /NEW/.
  evidence_excerpt: On May 21, 2024, the Board, upon the recommendation of the Company’s Governance Committee, elected Jamie A. Beggs, 47, and Scott A. Tozier, 58, to serve as independent directors to the Board effective immediately.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/51434/000119312524145619/0001193125-24-145619-index.htm
- claim_id: f5216cc8ea
  claim: Ilene S. Gordon resigned as Director at INTERNATIONAL PAPER CO /NEW/.
  evidence_excerpt: On May 21, 2024, Ilene S. Gordon, a member of the Board of Directors (the “Board”) of International Paper Company (the “Company”), informed the Company she would resign effective May 21, 2024.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/51434/000119312524145619/0001193125-24-145619-index.htm

This AI-assisted summary is a reading aid. Review the linked SEC EDGAR filing before relying on any specific claim.