The Team Behind the Machines

Jessup Baker – since 2007

President

What’s the top vacation destination on your must-visit list?
Drive the entirety of the Alcan Highway to Alaska.

What is one piece of advice you would give your younger self?
Don’t sweat the small stuff. Straight thinking solves most problems, sit down, and think it through.

If you could join a band, what band would it be?
Cody Jinks and his band The Tone-Deaf Hippies.

What’s your favorite hobby?
Spending time in the shop fabricating, building, and modifying vehicles and embarking on challenging trips exploring our beautiful country in them.

If you could only eat one item for every meal for the rest of your life, what would it be?
A Godfather pizza from Coppola’s Pizzeria.

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Jason Preston – since 2022

Division Manager/Tamarack Packaging

What’s the top vacation destination on your must-visit list?
Saskatchewan, Canada.

What is your personal mantra by which you live?
Any job big or small, do it right or not at all.

If you had to listen to one song for the rest of your life, what would it be?
Drink a Beer, Luke Bryan.

If you could snap your fingers and become an expert in something, what would it be?
Becoming bilingual.

If you could trade places with anyone for a day, who would you choose?
Albert Einstein, the only source of knowledge is experience.

What’s your favorite household chore?
Any, nothing more rewarding than having a clean home.

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Ken Burchill – since 2025

Manager of Business Development

Can you describe your primary responsibilities?
Expand customer portfolios utilizing Jamestown Plastics’ extensive listing of capabilities, products, and services while working to enhance the footprint of product lines and industries served.

If you could have any superpower, what would it be and why?
Endless energy – so I can keep up with my kids!

What’s the most interesting place you’ve ever visited?
Pretty much any town along historic US Route 66 out West – they all have a story to tell.

If you could have dinner with any historical figure, who would it be?
Benjamin Franklin – out of all the Founding Fathers of our Great Nation, I feel he would have the most stories to tell!

Do you have any hidden talents?
I play a few instruments and never turn down a ping pong match.

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Joann Caldwell – since 2007

Sales Associate Tamarack Packaging

If you could have any superpower, what would it be and why?
To be able to fly and soar with the eagles.

What’s the most interesting place you’ve ever visited?
American Eagle Foundation in Kodak, TN

What’s your favorite hobby?
Stained glass. I just started in 2024, and I love it!

If you could only eat one item for every meal for the rest of your life, what would it be?
Pizza.

If you had to listen to one song for the rest of your life, what would it be?
What a Wonderful World – Louis Armstrong

What’s your favorite household chore?
Taking care of Willow, my golden girl.

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Meet the Jamestown Plastics Team