Chicago, IL – GPA is proud to announce Tom Brooker as their newly-appointed President and CEO, who joins GPA bringing a diverse background as a senior executive with an emphasis on sales and marketing. Tom will focus his broad leadership experience on GPA's continued growth and further building their reputation as a market leader in specialty substrates.

Tom's background includes various sales, marketing and operational roles at Wallace Computer Services from 1981-2004. RR Donnelley purchased Wallace in 2004, where he last served as Group President - Forms, Labels and Office Products. After leaving RR Donnelley, Tom served as President  and CEO of Nashua Corporation until its sale in 2009. He then went on to become President and CEO at Teraco, a plastic card printer and converter, until he assumed his current position at GPA.

Tom received his B.S. degree in Business, with a Finance and Marketing concentration from St. Mary's University in Minnesota.