COMMITTEES
The Executive Committee oversees ongoing performance and direction in between meetings of the full Board.
Chair: Chuck Mitchell, Carrier Vibrating Equipment
- Rich Gaffney, Sentry Equipment
- Kyle Rhodes, Magnetic Products Inc.
- Beth Armstrong, Executive Director (ex officio)
Emerging Leaders Committee
Chair: Martyn Smith, Unitrak Corporation
- Beth Armstrong, PEMA
- JB Avarguez, Russell Finex
- Tom Blythe, Velocity Flow Technologies
- Steve Boehmer, Stedman Machine Company
- Clayton English, Sturtevant
- Rich Gaffney, Sentry Equipment Corp
- Charlie Ingram, PEMA
- Chuck Kerwin, AZO, Inc.
- Casey King, AZO, Inc.
- Chuck Mitchell, Carrier Vibrating Equipment
- Ben Mueller, Dupps Company
- Chris Nawalaniec, Stedman Machine Company
- Kyle Rhodes, Magnetic Products, Inc.
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: Kyle Rhodes, Magnetic Products, Inc.
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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 Machine Company
- Rod Henricks, Kice Industries
- Rich Gaffney, Sentry Equipment Corp
- 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
- Brian Bernard, Schold
- 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, Stedman Machine Company
- Dave Barnes, Progressive Products, Inc.
- Robert Bunting, Bunting
- John Eckert, IPEG
- Charlie Ingram, PEMA
- Fergus Keane, Meyer Made
- Jason Kuhl, Horizon Systems
- Craig Macklin, Cleveland Vibrator Company
- Chris Nawalaniec, Stedman Machine Company
- Chris Robinson, Lorenz
- Ryan Rose, National Bulk Equipment
- 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: Rich Gaffney, Sentry Equipment
- Steve Boehmer, Stedman Machine Company
- Tom Bowen, SWECO
- Rob DeHaan, Hapman
- Matt DelPizzo, Delta Ducon
- Scott Franco, CPE Filters
- Charlie Ingram, PEMA
- Ryan Joukema, Prater Industries, Inc.
- Ben Kice, Kice Industries
- Tayte Lutz, French Oil Machinery Company
- Sam Rajkovich, Piovan Group North America
- 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: Rod Henricks, Kice Industries
- Jim Egan, General Kinematics
- John Winski, Coperion
- Travis Young, Velocity Flow Technologies
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: Matt Richardson, Hapman
- Brian Burmaster, Velocity Flow Technologies
- Romualdo Tellería Gómez, Silos y Camiones S.aA
- Scott Nyhof, Material Transfer
- Bill Werra, C&W DustTech