---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0001193125-25-042485"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "PKG"
cik: "0000075677"
company_name: "PACKAGING CORP OF AMERICA"
filed_at: "2025-02-28T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-05-26T00:41:12.146022+00:00"
event_type: "leadership"
sentiment: "neutral"
materiality_score: 0.55
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.55
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# PCA names Kent Pflederer CFO, Tom Hassfurther President, Ray Shirley EVP Corrugated Products

## Summary
- CFO Robert Mundy steps down May 1, 2025; will stay in advisory role through retirement on March 1, 2026.
- Kent Pflederer (SVP, GC) becomes CFO on May 1, 2025; base salary $750,000, eligible for incentive plans.
- Tom Hassfurther named President, overseeing strategic growth and corrugated products; continues reporting to CEO.
- D. Ray Shirley appointed EVP Corrugated Products, reporting to Hassfurther; retains engineering oversight.
- All changes effective May 1, 2025; internal promotions ensure continuity.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001193125-25-042485
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: PKG
- cik: 0000075677
- company_name: PACKAGING CORP OF AMERICA
- filed_at: 2025-02-28T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: leadership
- sentiment: neutral
- materiality_score: 0.55
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.55
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 5.02, 9.01
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/75677/000119312525042485/0001193125-25-042485-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/75677/000119312525042485/d918238d8k.htm

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## Key facts
- Executive change
  Robert P. Mundy departed as Chief Financial Officer at PACKAGING CORP OF AMERICA.
  - Action: stepped down
  - Role: Chief Financial Officer
  source text: Robert P. Mundy, Packaging Corporation of America’s (“PCA”) Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer, and PCA’s principal financial officer and principal accounting officer, notified PCA that he will step down as Chief Financial Officer on May 1, 2025.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/75677/000119312525042485/0001193125-25-042485-index.htm
- Executive change
  Kent A. Pflederer was appointed as Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer at PACKAGING CORP OF AMERICA.
  - Action: appointed
  - Role: Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer
  source text: Kent A. Pflederer, age 54, PCA’s Senior Vice President, General Counsel and Secretary, will become PCA’s Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer on May 1, 2025
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/75677/000119312525042485/0001193125-25-042485-index.htm

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