COMMITTEES
The Executive Committee oversees ongoing performance and direction in between meetings of the full Board.
Chair: Robert Bunting, Bunting
- Chuck Mitchell, Carrier Vibrating Equipment
- Rich Gaffney, Sentry Equipment
- Beth Armstrong, Executive Director (ex officio)
Emerging Leaders Committee
Chair: Kyle Rhodes, Magnetic Products, Inc.
- Beth Armstrong, PEMA
- Tom Blythe, Vortex
- Steve Boehmer, Stedman Machine Company
- Robert Bunting, Bunting
- Clayton English, Sturtevant
- Rich Gaffney, Sentry Equipment Corp
- Charlie Ingram, PEMA
- Chuck Kerwin, AZO, Inc.
- Casey King, AZO, Inc.
- Chris Nawalaniec, Stedman Machine Company
- Nathan Petrie, Industrial Accessories
- Joel Sawalich, Magnum Systems
- Martyn Smith, Russell Finex, Inc.
- Travis Young, Vortex Global
The Finance Committee is responsible for the general supervision of association finances, and in this capacity, submits a proposed annual budget and fiduciary practices to the Board of Directors for approval, reviews financial statements; and recommends the investment of surplus funds.
Chair: Rich Gaffney, Sentry Equipment
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Within the Finance Committee, a Revenue Opportunities Task Force is currently active to explore future funding considerations.
Chair: Chuck Mitchell, Carrier Vibrator Equipment Group
- Colby Bowman, Stedman Machinery
- Rod Henricks, Coperion
- Craig Macklin, Cleveland Vibrator
The Marketing Committee promotes PEMA (the association and members) and delivers value added services to members to supplement core services in many ways, including special topic seminars.
Chair: Andy Forrester, Thayer Scale
- Greg Bacon, Kongskilde
- Colby Bowman, Stedman Machine Company
- Dave Coughlin, Sentry Equipment
- Brittany Dollimore, ACS Valves
- Mark Friesen, Bunting
- Sarah Maher, General Kinematics
The Membership Committee coordinates activities to promote association membership to prospective member companies, which encompasses initiation of membership campaigns, production of membership marketing tools, qualification of prospects and contact with potential members. It also is assigned membership retention.
Chair: Jeff Soldan, Bauermeister
- Dave Barnes, Progressive Products, Inc.
- John Eckert, IPEG
- Charlie Ingram, PEMA
- Jason Kuhl, Horizon Systems
- Craig Macklin, Cleveland Vibrator Company
- Chris Nawalaniec, Stedman Machine Company
- Chris Robinson, Lorenz
- Seth Vance, Advanced Materials Processing
- Travis Young, Vortex
- Jeff Soldan, Bauermeister
- Chris Williams, DMN Inc.
The Program Committee selects program content for in-person and virtual meetings and identifies speakers who have expertise within those chosen topics.
Chair: Chuck Mitchell, Carrier Vibrator Equipment Group
- Steve Boehmer, Stedman Machine Company
- Tom Bowen, SWECO
- Rob DeHaan, Hapman
- Scott Franco, CPE Filters
- Charlie Ingram, PEMA
- Ryan Joukema, Prater Industries, Inc.
- Ben Kice, Kice Industries
- Sam Rajkovich, Piovan Group North America
- Tony Rampino, Bunting
- Richard Weeks, The Dupps Company
The Show Vision Committee is a joint body between PEMA and Informa to ensure that the Powder Show is mutually beneficial for exhibitors, attendees, the PEMA Association and the Informa Show Organizers. PEMA provides input on details such as focus sectors, attendance quality and strategies for success.
Chair: Travis Young, Vortex Global
- Nora Ashmen, VAC-U-MAX
- Robert Bunting, Bunting
- Matthew DelPizzo, Delta Ducon
- Jim Egan, General Kinematics
- John Winski, Coperion
The Statistics Committee oversees the association’s statistics program and recommends statistics program changes to the Board. The committee also generates new surveys, revises existing surveys and reviews the quarterly statistics reports prior to their distribution to participating member companies.
Chair: Bill Werra, C&W DustTech
- Brian Burmaster, Vortex
- Romualdo Tellería Gómez, Silos y Camiones
- Scott Nyhof, Material Transfer
- Matt Richardson, Hapman