He succeeds past president, Glenn A. Pushis, vice president – sheet products, Steel Dynamics Inc. – Flat Roll Group, Butler, Ind., USA.
 
AIST announced its new executive committee and board of directors during AISTech 2015, the organization's annual conference and exposition, which was held 4–7 May 2015 in Cleveland, Ohio, USA.

Also appointed as officers were:

• First Vice President: Wendell L. Carter, vice president and general manager, ArcelorMittal Indiana Harbor, East Chicago, Ind., USA
• Past President: Glenn A. Pushis, vice president — sheet products, Steel Dynamics Inc. – Flat Roll Group, Butler, Ind., USA.
• Officer at Large: Randy C. Skagen, vice president and general manager, Nucor Steel Tuscaloosa Inc., Tuscaloosa, Ala., USA
• Officer at Large: Ronald J. O'Malley, F. Kenneth Iverson Chair, professor and director of the Peaslee Steel Manufacturing Research Center, Missouri University of Science and Technology, Rolla, Mo., USA
• Officer at Large: Steven J. Henderson, vice president, east region, CMC Americas, Cayce, S.C., USA
• Officer at Large: Keith J. Howell, vice president — operations, AK Steel Corp., West Chester, Ohio, USA
• Treasurer: Joseph Dzierzawski, president and chief executive officer, SMS Siemag LLC, Pittsburgh, Pa., USA
• Secretary: Ronald E. Ashburn, executive director, Association for Iron & Steel Technology, Warrendale, Pa., USA

AIST board members include William R. Allan, principal, ENVIRON, Mississauga, Ont., Canada; Damon E. Burrow, crane and mobile maintenance supervisor, Nucor Steel–Texas, Jewett, Texas, USA; Charles J. Cinkowski, director, process optimization — plant processes, United States Steel Corporation, Ecorse, Mich., USA; Amy J. Clarke, research and development scientist, Los Alamos National Laboratory, Los Alamos, N.M., USA; Charles A. Copeland, process engineer, ironmaking technology group, AK Steel Corp. – Dearborn Works, Dearborn, Mich., USA; Barry C. Felton, senior project manager, engineering, ArcelorMittal Burns Harbor, Burns Harbor, Ind., USA; Brad S. Garwacki, vice president, sales, Globex Corp., Canfield, Ohio, USA; Steven S. Hansen (AIST Foundation President), vice president and chief technology officer, SSAB Americas, Lisle, Ill., USA; Lauren D. Keating, director, engineering projects, United States Steel Corporation, Pittsburgh, Pa., USA; Kalyan K. Khan, senior research consultant, U. S. Steel Research & Technology Center, Munhall, Pa., USA; Michael A. Kinney, category manager, CMC Steel South Carolina, Cayce, S.C., USA; Kamalesh Mandal, senior metallurgist/technical resource coordinator, Steel Dynamics Inc. – Flat Roll Group, Columbus, Miss., USA; Sam A. Matson, technical energy manager, CMC Americas, Seguin, Texas, USA; Cory F. Mecham, regional industrial services specialist – West, Falk RENEW, Salt Lake City, Utah, USA; Mike D. Morson, technology improvement coach, ArcelorMittal Dofasco Inc., Hamilton, Ont., Canada; Paul J. O'Kane, principal steel manufacturing technology officer, OneSteel Ltd., Sydney, NSW, Australia; Richard H. Smith, principal metallurgist, research & development, Carpenter Technology Corp., Reading, Pa., USA; Grant A. Thomas, research engineer, AK Steel Research, Middletown, Ohio, USA; Felipe Villarreal Castilla, director, EPCs and OEMs business unit, Melter S.A. de C.V., Apodaca, N.L., Mexico.

AISTech 2015 was one of the largest gatherings of industry personnel in the world this year, with more than 7,600 people attending. The four-day conference program encompassed more than 550 technical presentations, and exhibits by more than 530 domestic and international companies.
 
For more information, call +1.724.814.3000, ext. 1 or visit AIST.org.
 

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AIST is an international technical association of more than 17,500 professional and student members, representing iron and steel producers, their allied suppliers and related academia. The association is dedicated to advancing the technical development, production, processing and application of iron and steel.