Hudson Valley
Paper Company Names New
President.
First Woman President and
Fifth Generation to Lead the
Family Company
(Albany, NY) – Sydney T. Jones
III, Chairman of the Board and
Treasurer of Hudson Valley Paper
Company, has announced that his
daughter, Samantha T. Jones, has
been named president of the
company. The announcement was
made after the company's board
meeting on April 21, 2010. In
assuming this role, Samantha
Jones is the fifth generation of
the Jones family to lead the
independent printing paper
merchant, succeeding her father,
as planned, when he reached the
age of 65.
Jones joined the company in
January 2006, after being
successfully recruited from her
corporate management position at
IBM. According to Sydney T.
(Tucker) Jones, “Samantha is the
catalyst for Hudson Valley Paper
Company in the twenty-first
century. She has and will give
her finest personal and
professional talents to the
continued growth of our company.
Under her direction, we will
generate an environment which
embraces new ideas and thinking
without losing the traditions of
our business that have made us
so valuable to our colleagues
and customers. Samantha has
already made a difference here.”
Founded in 1875, Hudson Valley
Paper Company is believed to be
the oldest paper merchant still
owned by the same family. Andrew
B. Jones was the first
generation of the Jones family
to be the owner of the company.
The second generation of the
Jones family included Sydney T.
Jones, Sr., who was named the
next president of the company.
Throughout the generations,
women and men of the Jones
family have been involved in the
company. Sydney T.Jones, Jr.
became the company's third
generation Jones family
president. The tradition
continued into the fourth
generation when Sydney T. Jones,
III was named president. Even
though women in the Jones family
have served as shareholders in
the company, Samantha Jones is
the first woman to be the
executive leader.
Samantha Jones began her career
at Hudson Valley Paper Company
in February of 2006, as manager
of government sales and of
Comtex Technology Products, a
division of the paper company
focused on data center, as well
as office and printing supplies.
She was promoted to vice
president of operations in 2007,
responsible for managing
warehousing, logistics and
inventory management and
purchasing.
Her professional career began
with Sibson & Company in New
York, where she was a
consultant, diagnosing business
problems and recommending
solutions to their clients.
After working in management
roles in two internet startups
in Washington, DC, and
subsequently earning her MBA,
Jones moved to International
Business Machines, Inc. in 2003,
becoming a senior marketing
manager for the company's global
"On Demand Business." She was
nominated into the company's
Executive Resource talent pool
after two years with the
company. In 2005, after hearing
her father accept an award at a
national paper and packaging
industry trade association
event, Samantha Jones decided to
join the management team at
Hudson Valley Paper Company. "I
realized I had a rare and unique
opportunity to work alongside my
father that I'd regret passing
up," she said.
Born and raised in the Capital
District of New York where she
attended Emma Willard School,
Jones earned her MBA degree from
the University of North Carolina
at Chapel Hill and a BA degree
from Williams College. She is a
recipient of the 2008 Albany
Business Review's "Women to
Watch" Award as part of their
Women Who Mean Business program,
a 2006 Leadership Tech Valley
Graduate, and is a board member
of Hudson Valley Paper Company
and Capital Repertory Theatre.
The
executive office of Hudson
Valley Paper Company is located
in Albany, New York, with
additional sites in Rochester,
New York, Burlington, Vermont
and Hartford, Connecticut. Since
1875, the people have changed
but the philosophy has not.
Hudson Valley Paper Company
still offers the best qualities
of paper products available,
maintains broad inventories in
each of its locations, and
continues to instill in our
employees a spirit of service.
The company is proudly woman
owned and is certified by the
Forest Stewardship Council.
