George Smart

Treasurer at

Defiance College

79 year

64 connections

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George M.
Smart is currently the Treasurer at Defiance College.
He previously served as the President & CEO of Central States Can Co. from 1970 to 1993, Chairman & President of Phoenix Packaging Corp.
from 1993 to 2001, and President of Sonoco Products Co. from 2001 to 2003.
He also held various director positions at Ohio Edison Co., Ball Corp., and other companies.
Smart has served as the Non-Executive Chairman of FirstEnergy Corp.
from 2015 to 2018.
He holds an undergraduate degree from Defiance College and an MBA from The Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania.

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Companies	Position	Start
Defiance College Defiance College Other Consumer ServicesConsumer Services Functions as a College/University	Treasurer	-

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Former positions of George Smart

Companies	Position	End
FIRSTENERGY CORP.	Chairman	2018-05-14
BALL CORPORATION	Director/Board Member	2018-04-24
Commercial Intertech Corp. Commercial Intertech Corp. Industrial MachineryProducer Manufacturing Designs, manufactures and sells industrial hydraulic systems	Director/Board Member	2007-08-30
Sonoco Phoenix LLC	President	2003-12-31
SONOCO PRODUCTS COMPANY	President	2003-12-30

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Private companies	15
Ball Corp. Ball Corp. Containers/PackagingProcess Industries Manufactures and supplies aerosol containers, aluminium slugs and cups and manufactures spacecraft, components, and instruments for national security aerospace markets	Process Industries
Belden & Blake LLC Belden & Blake LLC Oil & Gas ProductionEnergy Minerals Explores oil and natural gas properties	Energy Minerals
Commercial Intertech Corp. Commercial Intertech Corp. Industrial MachineryProducer Manufacturing Designs, manufactures and sells industrial hydraulic systems	Producer Manufacturing
Ohio Edison Co. Ohio Edison Co. Electric UtilitiesUtilities Provides electricity generation and distribution services to residential, commercial and industrial customers	Utilities
Sonoco Products Co. Sonoco Products Co. Containers/PackagingProcess Industries Manufactures paperboard and plastic-based packaging products and provides packaging services	Process Industries
Unizan Financial Corp. Unizan Financial Corp. Financial ConglomeratesFinance Bank holding company	Finance
FirstEnergy Corp. FirstEnergy Corp. Electric UtilitiesUtilities Generates, transmits and distributes electricity and provides energy-related services	Utilities
Unizan Bank, NA Unizan Bank, NA Major BanksFinance Nationally chartered commercial bank	Finance
Van Dorn Co. Van Dorn Co. Containers/PackagingProcess Industries Containers & molding machines	Process Industries
Phoenix Packaging Corp. Phoenix Packaging Corp. Containers/PackagingProcess Industries Manufactures metal lids for the food industry	Process Industries
Defiance College Defiance College Other Consumer ServicesConsumer Services Functions as a College/University	Consumer Services
Can Manufacturers Institute, Inc. Can Manufacturers Institute, Inc. Miscellaneous Commercial ServicesCommercial Services Operates as a trade association for metal and composite can manufacturing industries	Commercial Services
Sonoco Phoenix LLC
Central States Can Co.
The Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania The Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania Other Consumer ServicesConsumer Services Functions as a College/University	Consumer Services