Instructor Bios

A team of four instructors teaches the Fundamentals of Packaging Technology from the Institute of Packaging Professionals (IoPP). Each instructor is a Certified Packaging Professional (CPP) with significant experience in packaging.

Instructors were selected from a pool of candidates based on qualifications and performance in teaching the course. Each year, IoPP evaluates instructors based on evaluations of students in the class, assuring qualified professionals to lead the seminar.

June E. Anderson, CPP

June Anderson is a graduate of the School of Packaging at Michigan State University. She has more than 20 years experience in the packaging industry. This experience includes working in the automotive, appliance, furniture and quick service restaurant industries. During her career, she has held positions in purchasing, estimating, engineering, research and development and quality assurance. June is currently serving as a consultant to Burger King Corp. and is the technical director of their packaging quality assurance program.

June became a Certified Packaging Professional (CPP) in 1994 with the Institute of Packaging Professionals (IoPP) and was awarded lifetime certification in 2005. She has served IoPP as its President and Chair.

June has taught Packaging Economics and an Introductory Packaging class at Michigan State University. June is involved in the MSU School of Packaging Alumni Association and has served in all officer positions for that organization. She authored the Alumni Association’s endowment for the Director of the School of Packaging.

Terry Bedell, CPP

Terry is a retired Research Fellow from The Clorox Co., Pleasanton, CA. He has worked in packaging R&D for General Foods, T. J. Lipton, and Riviana Foods before joining Clorox in 1975 as Manager of Packaging Development. He is a graduate of the University of Connecticut, B.S. in Food Technology with a major in Mechanical Engineering.

Terry was a founding member of Packaging Institute (now IoPP) chapters in Houston and the San Francisco Bay Area.  He served on the American Management Association Packaging Council, the Packaging Education Foundation and on industry advisory boards for the packaging programs at both Cal Poly at San Luis Obispo and San Jose State Universities. He was a guest lecturer at both schools.

Terry has published articles in Packaging Technology magazine and has been a speaker at many major packaging conferences on topics including applications of technology and packaging in the environment.

Terry is currently a consultant to a number of consumer products companies in addition to teaching the Fundamentals of Packaging Technology for the Institute of Packaging Professionals.

Jane Chase, CPP

Jane Chase has been involved in the packaging field for over twenty years.  She holds a Bachelors of Science Degree in Mechanical Engineering from Marquette University in Milwaukee and a Masters of Science Degree in Engineering Management from the Milwaukee School of Engineering.

Jane’s professional career includes a breadth of experiences involving ever expanding roles in Quality Assurance, Operations, Processing and Packaging with many of the big CPG companies including Imation, SC Johnson Wax, General Mills, ConAgra Foods and Ecolab Inc. Most recently, Jane was Vice President of Packaging R&D for US Foodservice.

Jane has been a member of IoPP for 19 years.  Her support of the organization started out like many of ours – walking out of her first meeting with the Minnesota Chapter as Treasurer.  She then went on to serve as the President of the Minnesota Chapter for 5 years before joining IoPP’s National Volunteer organization in 2002.  Since then she has served as a member at large, VP Chapters, EVP of Chapters, EVP Education, EVP of Operations and now is our President.  In her spare time, she has chaired IoPP’s AmeriStar judging for the last 7 years and founded our Sustainable Packaging Technical Committee.

This isn’t the first time the Institute has recognized Jane.  In 2003 she received the Pi Kappa Alpha Award, she became a lifetime CPP in 2003 and was inducted into the College of Fellows in 2005. Jane was recently named IoPP Member of the Year.

Lawrence C. Dull, CPP

Lawrence (Larry) Dull holds B.S. and  M.S. degrees in Packaging from Michigan State University.  He has held positions with Eastman Kodak Co., Calgon Corp. (subsidiary of Merck and Co. Inc.) and Syngenta Crop Protection Inc. (formerly Novartis, Ciba and Ciba-Geigy).  He is currently a Fellow at Syngenta.

He is active in several industry and professional associations including the ISTA (International Safe Transit Assn.), ASTM (American Society for Testing and Materials), RISE (Responsible Industry for a Sound Environment), NCWM (National Conference on Weight and Measures), MSUPAA (Michigan State University School of Packaging Alumni Association) and IoPP (Institute of Packaging Professionals).

He holds six U.S. patents in packaging and has delivered many presentations and written numerous articles on packaging, packaging development and package testing.  He has also been honored with the IoPP Fellow designation.

Larry is a past Chairman of the Packaging Task Group of RISE, past Chairman of the Chemical Packaging Committee of IoPP, current Chairman of IoPP, current board member and Vice President-Operations of ISTA, current board member and Treasurer of the MSUPAA, and a current member of the MSU School of Packaging Industry Advisory Council.