RockTenn’s Jim Rubright Named 2008 CEO of the Year

Rubright joined RockTenn as CEO in 1999. Previously, he served as executive vice president of Sonat, where he oversaw the Birmingham, Ala., company’s natural gas pipeline and energy marketing businesses. Prior to joining Sonat, he was a partner in the law firm of King & Spalding in Atlanta.

A native of Ship Bottom, N.J., Rubright received his law degree from the University of Virginia and BA from Yale University. He served as chairman of the American Forest and Paper Association, the industry’s national trade association, in 2007.