Board of Directors 2025–2026
The affairs of AIST shall be managed by the Board of Directors, which shall have supervision, control and direction of its policies or changes therein within the limits of the Bylaws; shall actively prosecute its purposes; and shall have discretion in the disbursement of its funds.
President
Allen C. Behr
Executive Vice President
Nucor Corp.
Past President
Thomas C. Toner
Senior Advisor and Vice President, Operations
SSAB Americas
First Vice-President
Second Vice President
John G. Speer
American Bureau of Shipping Chaired Professor
Colorado School of Mines
Officer-at-Large
Greg J. Brandon
Divisional Vice President
CMC
Officer-at-Large
Dirk Francis
Chief Operating Officer, Primary, Cluster Dunkerque
ArcelorMittal France
Officer-at-Large
Jeff Joldrichsen
Vice President, Operations
BlueScope Coated Products
Officer-at-Large
Daniel R. Brown
Chief Operating Officer and Senior Vice President for Advanced Technology Steelmaking
United States Steel Corporation/Big River Steel
Treasurer
Mark L. Fedor
President and Chief Executive Officer
Morgan Engineering
Secretary
Ronald E. Ashburn
Executive Director
AIST
AIST Foundation President
Terry G. Fedor II
Executive Vice President, Engineering & Technology
Cleveland-Cliffs Inc.
Safety & Environment Technology Division
Nathan A. Berry
Corporate Director of Safety
Cleveland-Cliffs Inc.
Cokemaking & Ironmaking Technology Division
Joseph H. Morey
Consultant
Morey Industrial Consulting
Steelmaking Technology Division
Kyle W. Vanover
Hot Mill Metallurgist
Steel Dynamics Inc. – Flat Roll Group, Butler Division
Refining & Casting Technology Division
April D. Pitts-Baggett
Sr. Quality Engineer
Nucor Business Technology
Rolling & Processing Technology Division
Michael A. Cooke
Director of Technical Services
SSAB Iowa Inc.
Metallurgy Technology Division
Siddhartha Biswas
Senior Plant Metallurgist
Big River Steel – A U. S. Steel Co.
Energy & Control Technology Division
Plant Services & Reliability Technology Division
Neil J. Tannyan
USA Regional Manager – Iron and Steel
Hatch
Material Movement & Transportation Technology Division
Jesse W. DeSpain
Railroad and Scrap Leader
Nucor Steel–Texas
Midwest Member Chapter Rep.
Theodore Vrehas
Director of Engineering
Cleveland-Cliffs Burns Harbor LLC
Northeastern Ohio Member Chapter Rep.
Stephen M. Murphy
Metallus Inc.
Northern Member Chapter Rep.
Robert Pinelli
Business Development Manager
North Star Technical Inc.
Ohio Valley Member Chapter Rep.
Luis G. Garza Martinez |
Pittsburgh Member Chapter Rep.
Kelly A. Cetin
Senior Research Engineer
U. S. Steel Research and Technology Center
Southeast Member Chapter Rep.
Andrew D. Seibel |
Southwest Member Chapter Rep.
B. Tad Dunville
Managing Partner
Lifting Partners
Smaller MC-USMCA BOD Rep.
Alec Glenn
Vice President of Reliability
JSW Steel
Smaller MC Non-USMCA BOD Rep.
Karim Badr
Technical Director MENA Region
RHI Magnesita