SME elects 2009 Executive Committee and Board of Directors.
October 29, 2008 -
Effective January 1, 2009, SME Education Foundation officers include Khalil S. Taraman, PhD, FSME, PE, as President; Charles M. Chambers, PhD, JD, as VP/Secretary; Peter F. Mackie as Treasurer/Chair of Finance; and Kenneth Vedra, Ed.D., as Assistant Treasurer/Vice Chair of Finance. Newly elected members include F. Brian Holmes, CMfgE, and Brian A. Ruestow. The organization also elected or reelected 4 directors to serve 1- or 2-yr terms.
SME Education Foundation Elects 2009 Executive Committee and Board of Directors
Society of Manufacturing Engineers
Release date: October 23, 2008
DEARBORN, Mich., October 23, 2008 - The Society of Manufacturing Engineers (SME) Education Foundation has named new officers and selected two new members to serve on its Board of Directors. All terms will be effective January 1, 2009.
President: Khalil S. Taraman, PhD, FSME, PE Taraman is D.I.T. chair of Manufacturing Engineering and Doctor of Engineering in Manufacturing Systems at Lawrence Technological University, Southfield, Mich. An incumbent officer and SME member since 1970, Taraman joined the SME Education Foundation in 1992 serving as chair of its Nominating Committee for a number of years before being elected vice president in 2008. His many awards include being named SME Educator of the Year-SME Region VII, California in 1988; SME Fellow in 1991, receiving the SME International Siegel Award in 1998, and the Outstanding Leadership Award in 1999 and 2000.
Vice President/Secretary: Charles M. Chambers, PhD, JD Chambers is vice president emeritus, Lawrence Technological University (LTU), Southfield, Mich., where he serves as a member of the Board of Trustees, and is a Distinguished Professor of Science and Technology. He now serves as chair, Coalition Fueling Michigan's Future. Chambers joined the SME Education Foundation Board in 2007 and chaired its Nominating Committee in 2008.
Treasurer/Chair of Finance: Peter F. Mackie Mackie is a senior financial consultant at Wells Fargo. He holds a bachelor's degree in history and a minor in economics from Trinity College in Hartford, Conn., and is an accredited asset management specialist with the College for Financial Planning.
Assistant Treasurer/Vice Chair of Finance: Kenneth Vedra, Ed.D. Vedra is superintendent of Bellingham Public Schools, Bellingham, Colo. with more than 30 years of leadership and work experience in education. He is secretary/treasurer of the International Baccalaureate North America Board of Directors and serves on the International Baccalaureate Organization Finance Committee. He has been a leader in legislative change and helped direct Colorado and federal legislation by working closely and directly with senators and representatives.
Newly-elected to the SME Education Foundation Board of Directors are:
F. Brian Holmes, CMfgE Holmes is vice president of operations at Columbia Plastics Ltd. in Surrey, British Columbia, Canada, where he is responsible for the production, tooling, quality, and facilities of company operations. A member of SME since 1982, Holmes served as secretary/treasurer in 2005 and as SME president in 2007. He currently serves as an SME International director and an at-large member of the SME Executive Committee. He received the SME Award of Merit in 1991, the SME Endurance Award, and the SME Joseph A. Siegel Service Award in 1999. He has been involved in the Greater Vancouver SME Chapter 318.
Brian A. Ruestow Ruestow is operations manager of F.W. Roberts Manufacturing Co., Inc. He has been a member of SME since 1975 and has served the local SME Chapter 10, having held all Executive Committee positions, including chapter chairman in 1985. He received the SME Outstanding Young Manufacturing Engineer Award in 1986-one of 12 recipients worldwide that year, and has served on various Review Committees for the SME Education Foundation since 1986. He currently serves as chairman of the Scholarship Review Committee.
The four directors elected or re-elected to serve one or two-year terms on the Board of Directors, beginning January 1, 2009 are:
Two Year Term: Pamela J. Ruschau, Esq., Leydig, Voit & Mayer, Ltd. Albert (Al) Wavering, division chief, National Institute of Standards & Technology Robert T. Williams, vice president, US Operations Division, Caterpillar Inc.
One Year Term: Glen H. Pearson, Eastman Kodak Company (Retired)
About the SME Education Foundation Board: The SME Education Foundation Board of Directors is composed of people from across the nation who are elected and appointed each fall for the following year. The board members guide the SME Education Foundation in its mission to develop programs designed to ignite and fuel the curiosity of young people about manufacturing, engineering, science and technology, and meet the needs of industry by increasing the number of students choosing these careers. The SME Education Foundation reaches students through outreach programs, grants, scholarships and fellowships.
About the SME Education Foundation: The Society of Manufacturing Engineers Education Foundation was created by SME in 1979 as a means of transforming manufacturing education in North American colleges and universities. As one of the nation's leading non-profit organizations dedicated to advancing manufacturing education, its approach is to inspire youth to pursue careers in manufacturing; support students studying for a career in an engineering-related field, and prepare these students to participate in a global economy. The Foundation has provided more than $24 million in grants, scholarships and awards. Visit www.smeef.org.
If you have any questions or comments, please contact SME Public Relations by phone (313) 271-1500, e-mail communications@sme.org, or Fax: (313) 425-3403 Company Information: Name: Society of Manufacturing Engineers Address: 1 SME Dr., P.O. Box 930 City: Dearborn State: MI ZIP: 48121 Country: USA Phone: 313-271-1500 FAX: 313-271-2861 http://www.sme.org
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