AME Leadership, Staff, and Partners AME 2012 Board of Directors Officers Chairman Maria Elena Stopher Ultimate Lean Inc. Immediate Past Chairman Luke Faulstick Power Partners, Inc. President Paul Kuchuris AME Vice Chairman Dale Gehring ESCO Corporation Vice President of Finance & Administration Mark Lewis Woodfold Manufacturing, Inc. Directors at Large Organizational Effectiveness KRA Lead Elizabeth King ESCO Corporation Glenn Marshall Newport News Shipbuilding
Jack McQuellon Caterpillar, Inc. Connecting People KRA Lead Ken Rolfes KDR Associates Growth KRA Lead Janice Tobin Medtronic AME Regional Presidents Canadian Region Ronald Harper Cogent Power, Inc. Great Lakes Region Greg Bruns Crown Equipment Corporation Mid-Atlantic Region Drew Locher Change Management Associates Midwestern Region Patrick Lucansky Value Innovation Partners, Ltd. North Central Region Mark Paulson Crystal Distribution, Inc.
Northeastern Region Scott Gauvin Macresco Edge Southeastern Region Bill Kraus Arkansas Manufacturing Solutions Southwestern Region Doug Carlberg M2Global Inc. Western Region Greg Williams Aera Energy, LLC UK Region Richard Henley (Ex Officio) Findlaymedia Australian Region Peter Campbell (Ex Officio) AME Institute Board of Directors Officers Chairman Ken McGuire MEAC Immediate Past Chairman Basem Hishmeh Sigma-Netics, Inc.
President Paul Kuchuris (Ex Officio) AME Treasurer Ralph Keller Keller Aviation Secretary Cheryl Jekiel Flying Food Group Directors at Large Robert Doc Hall Compression Institute George Koenigsaecker Lean Investments LLC Maria Elena Stopher Ultimate Lean Inc. Pat Carguello Director, AME Champion s Club Rebecca Morgan (Ex Officio) Fulcrum ConsultingWorks, Inc. AME Management Team
President Paul Kuchuris AME VP Finance & Administration Mark Lewis Woodfold Manufacturing, Inc. VP Alliances Fred Gallina ShawCor VP Programs Rebecca Morgan Fulcrum ConsultingWorks, Inc. VP Conferences Anthony Laraia Aerco International, Inc. VP Awards Michael Bremer The Cumberland Group VP Consortia Keith Syberg Smith & Syberg VP Large Groups Cheryl Jekiel Flying Food Group Director of Champions Patrick Carguello
Customer Experience KRA Lead Ellen Sieminski Littelfuse, Inc. Chicago Conference Chair Jerry Wright DJO, LLC President s Council Reps Doug Carlberg M2Global Technology, Ltd. Greg Williams Aera Energy, LLC Director of Marketing and Communications Scott Schiave AME Target Editorial Board Chair Bill Baker Speed to Excellence AME Staff Sue Bouraoui Membership Coordinator sbouraoui@ame.org Pam Bruggeman Conference Planner/Target Managing Liaison pbruggeman@ame.org
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