The Association of Women in the Metal Industries (AWMI) named Donna Peters of ArcelorMittal USA as its Member of the Year at the AWMI Annual Conference in Denver, Colo., 15-17 November 2012.

AWMI is proud to recognize Donna Peters, AWMI International Treasurer and member of the Chicago Chapter, as the recipient of its 2011 International Member of the Year Award.

Donna holds a Bachelor of Science in Applications Programming from Purdue University. She began her career with Jones & Laughlin Steel in 1977 and progressed throughout various roles of increasing responsibility becoming a Technical Sales Representative in 1998 with what was then LTV Steel. She left LTV in 2001 to become part of a new venture at USS – Straightline. She also spent time at Stainless Sales Corporation in Chicago as Quality Assurance Manager before joining ArcelorMittal in 2006. She is currently Process Manager, Commercial Support where she works with Sales and Product Control as a quality department liaison.

Donna has served at various levels on AWMI boards in both Chicago and Pittsburgh from Membership through Vice President and on Regional Boards as Regional Treasurer and Regional Director. She joined the International Board as International Treasurer in 2008 and was elected to International Vice President for the 2013-2014 term. She embraces the cornerstones of AWMI through her involvement on numerous committees. With a combination of common sense and intelligence Donna has been an invaluable asset to AWMI and its members. Besides the organized mentoring and training sessions held at conferences she is always available to any member seeking help or presenting an idea for improvement.

The Member of the Year award is the highest honor awarded by AWMI. Members are nominated and selected by their peers for exemplifying the Association’s goals of Education, Mentoring, Networking and Growth.