40-Year Veteran Higgins Retiring from xpedx

LOVELAND, OH— Jeff Higgins, a 40-year veteran paper distribution sales and marketing manager and the current director of xpedx Marketing Services and Information, will retire from xpedx on Nov. 30. Higgins is responsible for marketing communications strategy and execution at the $7.3 billion revenue division of International Paper.  He has held the top marketing services post since 1999 and is also responsible for the company's market research, branding/advertising and public relations activities.