2015 Board of Directors - ASTM International · 2017-08-17 · 2015 Board of Directors 3 Chairman of the Board Ronald J. Ebelhar Vice Chairmen of the Board Ralph M. Paroli D. Thomas

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Chairman of the Board Ronald J. Ebelhar

Vice Chairmen of the Board Ralph M. Paroli D. Thomas Marsh

Chairman of the Finance and Audit Committee Dale F. Bohn

Directors 2013-2015 Scott A. Colburn Jeffrey S. Goldfinger Robin E. Graves Daniel S. Janikowski Richard A. Peri Taco van der Maten

Directors 2014-2016 Franceen Gonzales Andrew G. Kireta Jr. Claudia V. Kropas-Hughes Nabil A.A. Molla Bertrand Morel Steve D. Sandstrum

Directors 2015-2017 Lawrence D. Carbary John R. Logar Christina A. Lomasney Jun Sasaki James J. Simnick Brent Stucker

Past Chairmen Thomas A. Schwartz Mary C. McKiel

President James A. Thomas

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Chairman of the Board

Ronald J. Ebelhar, P.E., D.GE, is a senior principal with Terracon in Cincinnati, Ohio. Terracon is a multi-disciplinary engineering firm that provides services locally, regionally, nationally and internationally.

After earning his bachelor’s and master’s degrees in civil engineering from the University of Kentucky in Lexington, Ebelhar joined McClelland Engineers in Houston, Texas, as a staff engineer in 1977, working in various roles in the geotechnical laboratory, information technology and marine geosciences groups. From 1987 to 1996, he served as division manager and then as vice president for Rust Environment & Infrastructure (and its predecessors, S&ME, Westinghouse and SEC Donohue) in Cincinnati, before taking the position of vice president with H.C. Nutting in 1996. He assumed his current role when Terracon purchased H.C. Nutting in 2007.

As a project manager for geotechnical and environmental engineering projects worldwide, Ebelhar has provided design, consulting and forensic engineering services for commercial, industrial, transportation, waste disposal and public utility projects; geotechnical engineering design and construction, including site soil response under seismic, cyclic and dynamic loading; and marine geosciences and engineering field explorations. He is a registered professional engineer in eight states.

Ebelhar, who joined ASTM in 1980, is a past chairman of Committee D18 on Soil and Rock and several D18 subcommittees. An ASTM fellow and 2003 Award of Merit recipient, Ebelhar has received several awards from D18, including the R.S. Ladd Standards Development Awards for ASTM

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D7400, Test Methods for Downhole Seismic Testing, and ASTM D4648, Test Method for Laboratory Miniature Vane Shear Test for Saturated Fine-Grained Hayley Soil; the Woodland G. Shockley Award; the A. Ivan Johnson Outstanding Achievement Award; two Special Service Awards; and the Committee D18 Technical Editor’s Award for STP 1213 on Dynamic Geotechnical Testing II. He also received a Service Award from the ASTM Committee on Technical Committee Operations, on which he served a two-year term. He has served on the ASTM board of directors since 2010.

In addition to his ASTM work, Ebelhar is a fellow and member of the American Society of Civil Engineers and a Diplomate, Geotechnical Engineering, in the Academy of Geo-Professionals. Ronald J. Ebelhar, P.E., D.GE Terracon 611 Lunken Park Drive Cincinnati, OH 45226 tel +1.513.321.5816 [email protected]


Vice Chairman of the Board

Ralph M. Paroli

Ralph M. Paroli, Ph.D., is director, research and development, in the Measurement Science and Standards Portfolio at the National Research Council of Canada, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada.

In this position, which he assumed in 2013, Paroli is responsible for providing leadership and managing program activities. From 1998 to 2012, he served as director of Building Envelope and Structure, Institute for Research in Construction, where he had responsibility for the NRC research program addressing concrete materials durability and repair, wall and window systems performance, and thermal and moisture performance of materials and roofing systems. He was also the acting director for urban infrastructure from 2007 to 2009.

Possessing more than 30 years of experience in spectroscopy and thermal analysis and over 20 years experience related to roofing, Paroli has been involved with national and international committees in developing new techniques to characterize roofing materials and systems. As a researcher at NRC, Paroli has been honored with several awards, and he has led government research projects on roof system performance.

Paroli is a past chairman of Committee D08 on Roofing and Waterproofing and a member of Committees D11 on Rubber and E60 on Sustainability. He joined ASTM in 1994 and was a member of the Committee on Standards from 2006 to 2008, for which he received a 2008 Service Award. He has also received the D08 Award of Appreciation and Leadership Award for his work as chairman. Paroli has served on the ASTM board of directors since 2011.

Immediate past chairman of the CIB/RILEM

Joint Committee on Roofing Membrane Systems, Paroli is also past president of both the Canadian Thermal Analysis Society and the Canadian Society for Analytical Sciences and Spectroscopy. He serves on the board of directors for the RCI Foundation USA and RCI Foundation Canada. Paroli has been a member of the NSF International Council of Public Health Consultants since 2008 and is chairman of the NSF 347 Joint Committee for Sustainable Roofing. He is also a member of the American Chemical Society, the Association of the Chemical Profession of Ontario, the Chemical Institute of Canada (Canadian Society for Chemistry) and the Society for Applied Spectroscopy.

Paroli holds a B.Sc. in analytical chemistry from the University of Concordia in Montreal, and a Ph.D. in physical and inorganic chemistry from McGill University, Montreal Ralph M. Paroli, Ph.D. National Research Council of Canada 1200 Montreal Rd. Ottawa, Ont., Canada K1A OR6 tel +1.613.993.9714 [email protected]

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Vice Chairman of the Board

D. Thomas Marsh is president of Centrotrade Minerals & Metals Inc. in Chesapeake, Virginia, a distributor of and technical advisory company for rubber, latex and chemicals. In his position, which he has held since 1999, Marsh directs day-to-day operations; provides technical, regulatory and standards organization oversight to sister groups in Europe and Asia; and administers material specifications and contracts.

An ASTM member since 1990, Marsh currently serves as chairman of Committee D11 on Rubber and is also a member of Committee F23 on Personal Protective Clothing and Equipment. He also served a term on the ASTM Committee on Technical Committee Operations (COTCO) from 2007 to 2009. He received a Distinguished Service Award from Committee D11 in 2007 and a Service Award from COTCO in 2009.

Marsh began his career as a technician for General Latex and Chemical Corp. in Ashland, Ohio, and then worked as a latex chemist for Abbott Laboratories. He became laboratory and technical services manager for Ansell Inc. in Troy, Alabama, and then president of the Ore and Chemical Corp. in Virginia Beach, Virginia, where he managed daily operations and implemented ASTM testing for natural rubber and latex. He was vice president of Microflex Corp., Reno, Nevada, before joining Centrotrade.

In addition to ASTM, Marsh is a member

D. Thomas Marsh

of the American Chemical Society, the American Management Association, the Ohio Rubber Group and the Rubber Trade Association of North America, where he is a member of the board of directors and a past president. He is also a U.S. voting delegate to Technical Committee 45 for Rubber and Rubber Products of the International Organization for Standardization (ISO) and served a term on the board of directors of Vystar Corp. from 2012 to 2013.

Marsh holds a general sciences degree from the Ohio State University and a bachelor’s degree in business management from Liberty University, Lynchburg, Virginia. D. Thomas Marsh Centrotrade Minerals & Metals Inc. 1317 Executive Blvd., Liberty III, Suite 120 Chesapeake, VA 23320 tel +1.757.518.2300 [email protected]


Chairman of the Finance and Audit Committee

Dale F. Bohn

Dale F. Bohn is product quality manager for Flint Hills Resources LP, a leading independent refining, chemicals and biofuels company. In this position he has responsibility for product quality and customer support, including development, formulations, testing and process support for petroleum and other products, as well as training, regulatory compliance and quality assurance oversight.

Bohn has been involved with the work of Committee D04 on Road and Paving Materials since he joined ASTM in 1996. He serves on multiple D04 technical subcommittees and has been chairman of Subcommittee D04.41 on Emulsified Asphalt Specifications, and most recently, Subcommittee D04.42 on Emulsified Asphalt Test. For his contributions to the committee, D04 honored him with a Distinguished Service Award in 2003 and an Award of Appreciation in 2009. Bohn is also a member of Committee D02 on Petroleum Products and Lubricants and works on several D02 subcommittees, including D02.E0 on Burner, Diesel, Non-Aviation Gas Turbine and Marine Fuels, D02.H0 on Liquefied Petroleum Gas and the D02 executive subcommittee (D02.90). He served on the ASTM Committee on Technical Committee Operations (COTCO) from 2006 to 2011, including a term as COTCO chairman from 2009 to 2011. He received two Service Awards, in 2008 and 2011, for his work on COTCO. Bohn has

served on the ASTM board of directors since 2012.

After graduating in 1989 from the University of Wisconsin, Stevens Point, with a B.S. in chemistry, Bohn became an asphalt chemist and subsequently technical leader for Koch Materials Co., focusing on asphaltic products, including product development, formulation and testing. In 2005, he became technical leader at Flint Hills Resources, moving into the northern region quality manager role in 2008, and was promoted to Flint Hills Resources product quality manager in 2011. Dale F. Bohn Flint Hills Resources LP P.O. Box 64596 St. Paul, MN 55164 Phone: +1.651.480.3867 [email protected]

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CDR Scott A. Colburn, RN, is director of the standards program at the Center for Devices and Radiological Health (CDRH), part of the U.S. Food and Drug Administration, Silver Spring, Maryland. In this position, Colburn manages the center’s participation in developing test methods and performance standards for medical devices, and he oversees the CDRH staff.

Colburn, who joined ASTM in 2011, has affiliations with several groups in Committee F04 on Medical and Surgical Materials and Devices. He is also a member of Committees D11 on Rubber, E20 on Temperature Measurement, E28 on Mechanical Testing, E31 on Healthcare Informatics, E36 on Accreditation and Certification, E48 on Bioenergy and Industrial Chemicals from Biomass, E56 on Nanotechnology, E61 on Radiation Processing, F12 on Security Systems and Equipment, F23 on Personal Protective Clothing and Equipment, F29 on Anesthetic and Respiratory Equipment, F30 on Emergency Medical Services, G03 on Weathering and Durability, and G04 on Compatibility and Sensitivity of Materials in Oxygen Enriched Atmospheres. In addition, he works on U.S. Technical Advisory Groups to International Organization for Standardization (ISO) technical committees on rubber, anesthetic and respiratory equipment, implants for surgery and non-systemic contraceptives and STI (sexually transmitted infections) barrier prophylactics.

Outside ASTM, Colburn is a member of the American National Standards Institute (ANSI) board of directors and Executive Standards Council (ExSC), and chairs the ANSI Government Member Forum. He is also a member of the Association for the Advancement of Medical Instrumentation and the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE). He has received numerous service awards and commendations.

Colburn holds a bachelor’s degree in nursing from Marquette University and a master’s in biomedical science technology management and development from Georgetown University and Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University. CDR Scott A. Colburn, RN U.S. Food and Drug Administration Center for Devices and Radiological Health 10903 New Hampshire Ave. Bldg. 66, Room 3632 Silver Spring, MD 20993 tel +1.301.796.6576 [email protected]

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Jeffrey S. Goldfinger

Jeffrey S. Goldfinger is the owner of Xtra Mile Enterprises, a privately-held consulting firm that helps small to mid-sized companies, primarily in the aerospace and defense industry, with revenue generation strategies to include new business development, sales training and competitive proposal writing.

An ASTM fellow and 2012 Award of Merit winner, Goldfinger was honored by Committee F38 on Unmanned Aircraft Systems for his leadership in standards work that supports the global UAS community and heightens the industry’s safety and access to national airspaces. Goldfinger, an ASTM member since 2003, also received the President’s Leadership Award in 2009 for contributions to F38 and for promoting the recognition and acceptance of standards developed by the committee. He is a past F38 chairman and also serves on Committee F37 on Light Sport Aircraft.

Goldfinger served as a naval flight officer for 20 years in the U.S. Navy, logging more than 1,500 flight hours in various carrier-based tactical aircraft as well as leading a Pioneer UAS detachment at sea. He retired from the Navy in 2002 and joined Brandes Associates Inc. in Santa Barbara, California, as the director of UAV programs. In 2006, he joined L-3 Communications, a large, publically-traded aerospace and defense contractor in Arlington, Texas, as director of unmanned systems applications for the sensors and simulation group. Goldfinger transferred to L-3’s Interstate Electronics Corp. division in San Diego, California, in 2011 before leaving to start his company Xtra Mile Enterprises in 2013.

Goldfinger is a member of the Association for Unmanned Vehicle Systems International (AUVSI) and the Aircraft Owners and Pilots Association (AOPA). A graduate of Northwestern University, Evanston, Illinois, where he received a bachelor’s degree in computer science, Goldfinger holds a commercial pilot certificate with instrument rating from the U.S. Federal Aviation Administration (FAA). Jeffrey S. Goldfinger Xtra Mile Enterprises 3952 D Clairemont Mesa Blvd., #333 San Diego, CA 92117 tel +1.817.239.6394 [email protected]


Robin E. Graves

Daniel S. Janikowski

Robin E. Graves, Ph.D., is corporate manager of technical services at Vulcan Materials Co. in Birmingham, Alabama. Graves provides technical services and market development support to operating divisions in the company, which produces construction aggregates, portland cement concrete, hot mix asphalt and portland cement.

A member of ASTM since 1992, Graves is chairman of Committee C07 on Lime and Limestone and vice chairman of Committee C09 on Concrete and Concrete Aggregates. He has chaired several C07 and C09 subcommittees and currently leads Subcommittee C09.95 on Coordination. He is also a member of Committees C12 on Mortars and Grouts for Unit Masonry, D04 on Road and Paving Materials and D18 on Soil and Rock. For his contributions, he has received C07 and C09 Awards of Appreciation. Graves also served a term on the ASTM Committee on Technical Committee Operations (COTCO) where he acted as chairman of the subcommittee on regulations.

Graves earned his master’s and doctorate degrees in geology and civil engineering from the University of Florida in 1987 and 1991, respectively, after completing his bachelor’s in geology and computer science at the University of Southern Mississippi. In 1991, Graves became research and development project manager at Chemical Lime Co., followed by quality control manager and business development manager positions with the company. In 1998, Graves took on the role of vice president of research and engineering for the National Aggregates Association. He was a senior materials scientist with Vulcan for 13 years before assuming his current position in 2011.

A licensed professional geologist, Graves holds two patents, has published numerous technical articles and reports, and serves as a reviewer for professional technical journals. In addition to ASTM, he is a member of the American Concrete Institute and the Transportation Research Board, and has served on several industry association committees. He is also a past chairman of the technical advisory committee and the advisory board of directors for the International Center for Aggregates Research. Robin E. Graves, Ph.D. Vulcan Materials Co. P.O. Box 385014 Birmingham, AL 35238 tel +1.205.298.3134 [email protected]

Daniel S. Janikowski is technical manager at the West Monroe, Louisiana, plant of Plymouth Tube Co., a global supplier of stainless steel and carbon and alloy tubing. In this role, Janikowski assists customers with materials selection, specifications, testing and heat transfer analysis for power plant heat transfer applications.

An ASTM fellow and Award of Merit recipient, Janikowski serves as chairman of Subcommittee A01.10 on Stainless and Alloy Steel Tubular Products and as vice chairman of A01.17 on Flat-Rolled and Wrought Stainless Steel within Committee A01 on Steel, Stainless Steel and Related Alloys. An ASTM member since 1989, he is also active on Subcommittee A01.014 on Methods of Corrosion Testing as well as Committees B02 on Nonferrous Metals and Alloys, B07 on Light Metals and Alloys and B10 on Reactive and Refractory Metals and Alloys.

Janikowski has been at Plymouth Tube Co. since 2005, holding positions as general manager, energy sales manager and senior account executive before becoming technical manager in 2010. He had previously been a general manager with Trent Tube from 2000 to 2005. Janikowski’s additional experience in power tubing comes from his time with the Allied Signal Research Center, where he was involved in alloy selection, product development and failure analysis with a number of company divisions.

A graduate of the University of Illinois where he earned his bachelor’s and a master’s degree in metallurgical engineering, Janikowski is the author of more than 30 papers on pipe and tubing materials selection, manufacturing and testing techniques, and has been awarded three patents. He is a past chairman of the Chicago chapter of ASM International, and a member of American Society of Mechanical Engineers committees and subcommittees; the Heat Exchange Institute tubular product technical committee; and NACE International. He also serves as the U.S. delegate for the International Organization for Standardization (ISO) TC17/SC 19, Technical Delivery Conditions for Steel Tubes for Pressure Purposes. Daniel S. Janikowski Plymouth Tube Co. 2061 Young St. East Troy, WI 53120 tel +1.262.642.8365 [email protected]

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Richard A. Peri is vice president of government and industry affairs at the Aircraft Electronics Association in Washington, D.C. AEA is a worldwide organization that represents more than 1,300 aviation businesses, including those specializing in the maintenance, repair and installation of avionics and electronic systems in general aviation aircraft. Peri manages the association’s Washington office as well as the AEA office in Cologne, Germany.

An ASTM member who joined the organization in 2004, Peri currently serves as chairman of Committee F39 on Aircraft Systems. In this role he has worked closely with the U.S. Federal Aviation Administration to expedite the development of new safety standards on aircraft wiring systems. He is also a member of Committees F37 on Light Sport Aircraft and F44 on General Aviation Aircraft. For his contributions, Peri received the ASTM President’s Leadership Award in 2008.

In his more than 40 years of aviation experience, Peri has touched nearly all facets of aviation support. Before joining the AEA staff in 2001, Peri held the position of director of government affairs at the National Air Transportation Association. He was in the U.S. Coast Guard from 1975 to 1998, working on aviation technical issues including aircraft maintenance, repair and alteration, and he served in the U.S. Air Force from 1971 to 1975.

Outside ASTM, Peri has been part of several aviation rulemaking and advisory committees in North America, Europe and Australia. He has served as assistant chair for general aviation certification and operations issues on the U.S. Federal Aviation Administration Aviation Rulemaking Advisory Committee, and he is a member of the Professional Aviation Maintenance Association and the Association for Women in Aviation Maintenance. Peri has written more than 100 articles on aviation regulations.

A 1993 graduate of Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University in Daytona Beach, Florida, where he received a bachelor’s degree in professional aeronautics, Peri is a private pilot and mechanic who holds airframe and powerplant licenses. Richard A. Peri Aircraft Electronics Association 601 Pennsylvania Ave. NW South Building, Suite 900 Washington, DC 20004 tel +1.202.589.1144 [email protected]

Richard A. Peri

Taco van der Maten

Taco van der Maten is marketing manager at PANalytical in Almelo, the Netherlands. In this position he is responsible for the global polymer, oils, fuels, petrochemicals and environmental markets at PANalytical, a worldwide supplier of analytical instrumentation and software for X-ray diffraction, X-ray fluorescence spectrometry, near infrared spectroscopy, cross-belt analyzers based on pulsed fast and thermal neutron activation technology, and sample preparation equipment for several analytical techniques.

An ASTM member since 2006, van der Maten is chairman of Committee F40 on Declarable Substances in Materials. F40 includes more than 150 technical experts who develop standards for the evaluation of materials/products for RoHS, recycling and use of hazardous substances in electrical and electronic equipment; REACH and similar requirements; and rare earth materials. He also leads the task group responsible for maintaining ASTM F2617, Standard Test Method for Identification and Quantification of Chromium, Bromine, Cadmium, Mercury, and Lead in Polymeric Material Using Energy Dispersive X-ray Spectrometry. Van der Maten is also a member of Committees D02 on Petroleum Products, Liquid Fuels and Lubricants and D20 on Plastics and participated in the creation of the ASTM Proficiency Testing Program on elemental analysis of thermoplastics.

In 1985, the year he graduated from the Dr. Ir. W.L. Ghijsen Institute in Utrecht with a degree in analytical chemistry, van der Maten became a research chemist for Heineken in Zoeterwoude, the Netherlands. He then worked as research chemist, service delivery manager and business development manager at Royal DSM N.V. in Sittard-Geleen before becoming a PANalytical staff member in 2006.

Van der Maten is certified at the highest level for setting up a best practices information technology department in accordance with the Information Technology Infrastructure Library, and he is a member the editorial board of the Dutch-Belgian Laboratorium Magazine. He was a member of the International Electrotechnical Commission committee regarding RoHS testing standardization. Van der Maten also holds a degree in polymer chemistry from Hogeschool Brabant in Den Bosch, the Netherlands. Taco van der Maten PANalytical Lelyweg 1 Almelo, 7602EA, The Netherlands tel +31.546.534.372 [email protected]


Franceen Gonzales

Andrew G. Kireta Jr.

Franceen Gonzales is executive vice president, business development, Americas, at WhiteWater West Industries Ltd. In this role, she oversees business development in Latin America, North America and the Caribbean for the original waterpark and attractions company. She is based in Florida.

A member of ASTM since 2001, Gonzales is vice chairman of Committee F24 on Amusement Rides and Devices and was chairman of Subcommittee F24.70 on Water-Related Amusement Rides and Devices from 2006 to 2009. She also serves on Committees D22 on Air Quality and F15 on Consumer Products.

Gonzales has more than 25 years of experience in waterpark operations, safety and risk management. She joined WhiteWater West in 2013 and prior to that served as vice president of risk management and waterparks at Great Wolf Resorts, Madison, Wisconsin, where she oversaw safety and risk management as well as waterpark operations and maintenance for the company’s 12 indoor/outdoor waterpark resorts in North America. She has also held top management roles at Six Flags Great Adventure, Golfland Entertainment Centers Inc., Waterworld Safari and Wet ’N’ Wild Waterworld.

In addition to her work in ASTM, Gonzales is a member of the board of directors of the Amusement Industry Manufacturers and Suppliers, which has honored her with its John Allen Safety Award. She is also a member and secretary of the board of the National Swimming Pool Foundation.

Gonzales is a former chairman of the board and former board member of the World Waterpark Association, which has twice named her winner of the Kelly Ogle Memorial Safety Award. She is also a member of the International Association of Amusement Parks and Attractions (IAAPA), which presented her with the Outstanding Service Award in 2014 in recognition of her high level of performance within the industry.

A regular speaker at industry events, Aquatics International Magazine named Gonzales to the “Power 25” list in 2011 and 2012. She holds a bachelor’s degree in biological sciences from Stanford University.

Franceen Gonzales WhiteWater West Industries Ltd. 2840 West Bay Drive, #116 Belleair Bluffs, FL 33770 tel +1 .703-888.8090 [email protected]

Andrew G. Kireta Jr. is vice president – market development, at the Copper Development Association Inc., New York, New York, a not-for-profit trade association that serves as the advanced market development and engineering services arm of the copper and brass industry in the United States.

As CDA vice president, Kireta is responsible for promoting the use of copper and copper alloy systems and related products in both building construction and sustainable energy applications. He coordinates codes and standards activities for the copper industry and research projects for the development and application of copper and copper alloy tube, pipe, fittings and architectural sheet and strip. He also represents the North American copper industry on the International Copper Association’s building construction team, and he leads the ICA’s global strategy team.

An ASTM member since 1998, Kireta works on Committee B05 on Copper and Copper Alloys and several B05 subcommittees. He previously served as B05 membership secretary and is the current chairman of Subcommittee B05.92 on Awards.

Following his graduation from Purdue University with a bachelor’s degree in mechanical engineering, Kireta became a principal engineer, mechanical systems and operations, for ABB Impell Corp., Lincolnshire, Illinois. In this position he was involved in commercial nuclear power plant design. In 1992, Kireta joined CDA as Midwest regional manager and held management positions for tube, pipe and fittings, and architectural applications, before becoming vice president – building construction in 2008. He assumed his current role in 2010.

Outside ASTM, Kireta is a member of the American Society of Mechanical Engineers, the American Society of Plumbing Engineers, the American Society of Sanitary Engineering, the American Welding Society, the International Association of Plumbing and Mechanical Officials, the International Code Council and the NSF International Joint Committee on Drinking Water Additives. He has been recognized with the President’s Award from the International Copper Association and the ASTM B05 Copper Club Award. Andrew G. Kireta Jr. Copper Development Association Inc. 2393 W 100 N Franklin, IN 46131 tel +1.317.346.6442 [email protected]

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Claudia V. Kropas-Hughes, Ph.D., is technical adviser in the Program Development and Integration Directorate, part of the Air Force Life Cycle Management Center at Wright-Patterson Air Force Base, Dayton, Ohio. The Air Force Life Cycle Management Center is responsible for total life cycle management of U.S. Air Force weapon systems.

As technical adviser, Kropas-Hughes focuses on future capability requirements and ensuring that advancements in technology are included in systems. Prior to assuming her current role in 2013, Kropas-Hughes had been deputy division chief for the Technology Transition Division at the base Air Force Materiel Command. She joined the staff at Wright-Patterson in 1989 as an electronics engineer and then held other engineering and research positions in the Air Force Research Laboratory before assuming her current role. She previously worked at Aerojet Solid Propulsion Co., McClellan Air Force Base and Southern Bell Telephone and Telegraph Co.

A 2011 ASTM Award of Merit recipient and an ASTM fellow, Kropas-Hughes also received the 2004 Charles W. Briggs Award from Committee E07 on Nondestructive Testing for her continuous and outstanding contributions. Kropas-Hughes has been an ASTM member since 1991 and currently serves as chairman of E07 and as vice chairman of Subcommittees E07.01 on Radiology (X and Gamma) Method.

Kropas-Hughes has been the professional program chair for the American Society for Nondestructive Testing Annual Conference since 2003, organizing more than 100 paper presentations for an international audience, and she has written several papers related to her field. She holds a bachelor’s degree in applied mathematics from Florida Institute of Technology, Melbourne, Florida, a bachelor’s in electrical engineering from the University of Dayton, Ohio, a master’s in electrical engineering from California State University in Sacramento, and a Ph.D. in electrical engineering from the Air Force Institute of Technology, Dayton, Ohio. Claudia V. Kropas-Hughes, Ph.D. Air Force Life Cycle Management Center 2631 Prelude Path West Carrollton, OH 45449 tel +1.937.656.4423 [email protected]

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Nabil A.A. Molla

Nabil A.A. Molla is secretary general of GSO, the Standardization Organization of the Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) for the Arab States of the Gulf, which works to coordinate standards and conformity assessment by the member nations, including Bahrain, Kuwait, Oman, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, the United Arab Emirates and Yemen.

Molla’s career in standards began after his work as a lecturer in the College of Science at King Saud University, where he earned a bachelor’s degree in chemistry in 1974. After receiving a master’s degree in chemistry from the University of Denver in 1978, Molla served at the Saudi Organization for Standards, Metrology and Quality (SASO) as a chemist, director of chemical industries, director of standards, director general for standards, deputy director general, director general, secretary general of the Award of King Abdul Aziz for Quality, and governor of SASO, before he was appointed GSO secretary general by the GSO Council in 2012.

Molla has been involved with ASTM since 1987. He has supervised memorandums of understanding between SASO and other groups, and he participates in economic bilateral committees with other countries such as Canada, Japan, the United Kingdom and the United States. He has participated in preparing regulations and laws relating to standards, conformity assessment, accreditation, consumer protection, and food and drug administration guidelines.

A past chairman of the Saudi Accreditation Committee of the Commission on Developing Future Strategy of the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia for 2020 and past vice chairman of the SASO board of directors, Molla has also served on the GSO Technical Board and was a member of the Council of the Saudi Food and Drug Authority and the Saudi building code group. He has represented the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia as an Eisenhower fellow (1994), a program designed to provide professional enrichment, leadership development and networking for leaders internationally.

Molla serves as general director of the GCC Accreditation Center (GAC) and is a member of the American Society for Quality, AOAC International, the Consumer Protection Association, GCC Ministerial Committee for Food Safety and the Saudi Chemical Society. Nabil A.A. Molla GCC Standardization Organization P.O. Box 85245 Riyadh, Saudi Arabia 11691 tel +96.611.275.1905 [email protected]

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Bertrand Morel

Steve D. Sandstrum

Bertrand Morel, Ph.D., is research and development deputy director for the front-end chemistry business unit of AREVA, a multinational industrial conglomerate that focuses on nuclear power and renewable energy. He is located in Pierrelatte, France.

In the field of UF6 conversion, Morel has implemented programs on electrolysis, fluorination reactors, and uranium purification and effluent treatment, all of which are now being used in a new plant design. He has initiated work on promising conversion routes and has created a joint R&D facility with the French National Center for Scientific Research (CNRS) to study uranium fluoride chemistry.

An ASTM member since 1995, Morel is second vice chairman of Committee C26 on Nuclear Fuel Cycle, where he is also chairman of Subcommittee C26.02 on Fuel and Fertile Material Specifications. Honored by C26 with an Award of Appreciation in 2000, Morel also received the Harlan J. Anderson Award in 2011 for outstanding contributions to the successful operation of Committee C26 over a number of years.

Before assuming his current position, Morel was head of the analytical laboratory at the Comurhex Pierrelatte plant from 1995 to 2001. He previously had been an R&D scientist for the Commissariat à l’Energie Atomique, Grenoble, France, and an R&D scientist for Pechiney, Voreppe, France.

Morel earned his Ph.D. in material science from the University of Bordeaux, Bordeaux, France, and his master’s in analytical chemistry and a bachelor’s degree from the École Supérieure de Physique et de Chimie Industrielles de la Ville de Paris (the City of Paris Industrial Physics and Chemistry Higher Educational Institution), Paris, France. He holds seven patents and has written several publications. Bertrand Morel, Ph.D. AREVA Hall de Recherches de Pierrelatte AREVA ZI Tricastin Pierrelatte, France 26130 tel +33.47.550.2930 [email protected]

Steve D. Sandstrum is director of technical services for ISCO Industries Inc. in Louisville, Kentucky, a global custom piping solutions provider.

A member of ASTM and Committee F17 on Plastic Piping Systems since 1986, Sandstrum currently serves as F17’s Division II chairman and as chairman of Subcommittee F17.26 on Olefin Based Pipe. He received the ASTM Award of Merit and accompanying title of fellow from F17 in 2009 for his service and leadership that has resulted in standards that enhance the use of plastics in piping systems. Sandstrum has also been honored with the Frank W. Reinhart and Henry Kuhlmann Awards for contributions on behalf of plastics pipe standardization and for meritorious technical achievement.

Sandstrum held other technical and managerial positions at Innovene (now INEOS), BP-Solvay Polyethylene NA, Solvay Polymers and Phillips Driscopipe before joining the staff at ISCO as national accounts manager in 2005. He took on his current role in 2013.

An active member of all Plastics Pipe Institute (PPI) divisions, Sandstrum is a PPI past president, and works on the technical and marketing committees. In addition, Sandstrum is a past president of the Plastic Pipe and Fittings Association. He is a member of the American Gas Association, which has honored him with a Silver Award of Merit, the American Water Works Association, the National Society of Professional Engineers, the Society of Plastics Engineers and the Texas Society of Professional Engineers.

Sandstrum holds an M.S. in industrial engineering and a B.S. in zoology from Oklahoma State University, Stillwater, Oklahoma. He is a co-holder of three U.S. patents, and he has written numerous papers about the design, installation and use of polyethylene pipe resins and piping systems. Steve D. SandstrumISCO Industries Inc. 926 Baxter Ave. Louisville, KY 40204 tel +1.502.318.6754 [email protected]


Lawrence D. Carbary is an industry scientist on the facade engineering and architectural design team, high performance building solutions, for Dow Corning Corp. in Midland, Michigan, a global company that provides silicone materials, technical support and customer service.

A past chairman of the ASTM Committee on Technical Committee Operations, Carbary has been an ASTM member since 1999. He is chairman of two subcommittees in Committee C24 on Building Seals and Sealants − C24.30 on Adhesion and C24.87 on International Standards − and he serves on several other C24 groups. In addition, he is a member of Committee C16 on Thermal Insulation.

Carbary has been recognized for his ASTM contributions with the Award of Merit and title of fellow and the Lou Toporcer Hall of Fame Award. The Award of Merit honored Carbary’s technical and leadership contributions to Committee C24 in the development of consensus standards and technical information in support of the sealants industry. The Hall of Fame Award recognized his service to the building industry in stimulating research and promoting voluntary standardization.

Since his 1982 graduation from Michigan Technological University with a B.S. in chemical engineering, Carbary has worked for Dow Corning Corp. He currently works on the development and application of silicone adhesives, sealants and coatings used in the commercial construction business. He was responsible for opening the firm’s first regional testing laboratory in California and built a construction technical service team in South Korea.

Co-author or author of numerous technical papers about curtainwall sealing and related topics, Carbary recently co-chaired the Fifth Symposium on Building and Construction Sealants and Adhesives, sponsored by ASTM Committee C24 and the International Union of Laboratories and Experts in Construction Materials, Systems and Structures (RILEM). Lawrence D. Carbary Dow Corning Corp. 2200 W. Salzburg Rd. DC4 Building Midland, MI 48686 tel +1.989.496.8696 [email protected]

Lawrence D. Carbary

John R. Logar

John R. Logar is a senior director of aseptic processing and radiation sterilization at Johnson & Johnson Sterility Assurance, Raritan, New Jersey, a global healthcare products manufacturer and provider of related services to the consumer, pharmaceutical and medical markets.

Logar, an ASTM member since 2001, is chairman of Committee E61 on Radiation Processing and of Subcommittee E61.01 on Dosimetry. Organized in 2012, E61 previously had been part of Committee E10 on Nuclear Technology and Applications, and Logar was E10 vice chair from 2010 to 2012. Committee E10 honored Logar with the Peter D. Hedgecock Award in 2010 for his contributions to the development of radiation processing standards. Logar served on the ASTM Standing Committee on Technical Committee Operations from 2012 to 2014 and is also a member of Committees E11 on Quality and Statistics, F02 on Flexible Barrier Packaging and F04 on Medical and Surgical Materials and Devices.

At Johnson & Johnson Sterility Assurance, Logar leads and has oversight for sterility assurance operations for aseptic processing and radiation sterilized products; he also ensures compliance with industry standards and regulatory requirements. Logar began his career as a quality assurance manager at SteriGenics in 1996; he then was a senior technical manager and a director of radiation dosimetry for SteriGenics International. In 2008, he became manager and then associate director of research and development for sterilization, science and technology at Ethicon Inc., a Johnson & Johnson company. He assumed his current role in 2013.

Outside ASTM, Logar is a member of the Council on Ionizing Radiation Measurements and Standards, the Radiation Process Simulation and Modeling User Group, and the International Organization for Standardization (ISO). At ISO he is convener of Working Group 3 on Dosimetry for Radiation Processing in Technical Committee 85 on Nuclear Energy, Nuclear Technologies and Radiological Protection. He holds a bachelor’s degree in mathematics from Rowan University, Glassboro, New Jersey. John R. Logar Johnson & Johnson Sterility Assurance 1000 202 South South Building 930E Raritan, NJ 08869 tel +1.908.927.2769 [email protected]

Directors 2015-2017


Christina A. Lomasney

Jun Sasaki

Christina A. Lomasney is president, CEO and co-founder of Modumetal in Seattle, Washington, a manufacturer of nanolaminated coatings, claddings and alloys.

An ASTM member since 2003, Lomasney is a member of Committee B08 on Metallic and Inorganic Coatings, where she is chairman of Subcommittee B08.16 on Nanostructured Coatings and a member of several other B08 groups. She previously served as founding chair of Subcommittee E54.03 on Decontamination, part of Committee E54 on Homeland Security Applications, as well.

Lomasney has focused on structural and corrosion-resistant coatings, specializing in materials science, metals and alloys, electrochemistry and advanced composites. She is the named inventor of patented materials and processes for environmental remediation and nanostructured materials production and applications. Before co-founding Modumetal, Lomasney founded composite materials company Isotron Corp. in 2001, which developed technologies for use in environmental and industrial decontamination and recovery. For more than a decade, she has worked on advanced materials technologies, starting in the Phantomworks division of the Boeing Co.

Outside ASTM, Lomasney is a board member of the Science and Engineering Business Association and a commissioner on the Washington Economic Development Commission. Seattle Magazine named Lomasney among the Top Innovators of 2008. Under her leadership, Isotron and Modumetal have been recognized with the Innovation Pioneer Award from IHS Cera in 2012, ACA’s Luis Villalobos Innovation Award in 2010, as one of Inc. Magazine’s Top 10 Technologies of the Year in 2009 and with the Mayor’s Seattle Small Business Award in 2007.

Lomasney earned a B.S. in physics from the University of Washington in Seattle, where she also carried out graduate studies in applied physics. Christina A. Lomasney Modumetal 1443 N. Northlake Way Seattle, WA 98103 tel +1 .877.632.4242, ext. 105 [email protected]

Jun Sasaki, Ph.D., is general manager of the Control Research Laboratory at the Nippon Steel & Sumitomo Metal Corp. (NSSMC) in Futtsu, Japan. NSSMC, the world’s leading integrated steel producer, manufactures a wide variety of steel products.

An ASTM member since 2005, Sasaki currently serves as producer vice chairman of ASTM Committee A01 on Steel, Stainless Steel and Related Alloys, where he also is a member of several A01 subcommittees. In addition, he is a member of Committee A05 on Metallic-Coated Iron and Steel Products and its subcommittee on sheet specifications.

As general manager of the Control Research Laboratory, his position since 2012, Sasaki leads corporate research on control technologies and represents his company in executive subcommittee activities of ASTM Committee A01. He previously had been general manager of the Control and Instruments Research and Development Division and senior manager for the Research and Development Planning Division for Nippon Steel. He also held positions with Nippon Steel USA Inc., the U.S. subsidiary in New York, New York, as vice president of technologies.

The principal author of several scientific journal papers, Sasaki holds three patents. He earned a bachelor’s degree and a master’s degree in electrical engineering from Keio University in Kanagawa, Japan, and his doctorate in mechanical engineering from Tohoku University in Sendai, Japan. While a master’s degree student, Sasaki was a visiting research student at the University of Innsbruck, Austria. Jun Sasaki, Ph.D. Nippon Steel & Sumitomo Metal Corp. 20-1 Shintomi, Futtsu Shi Chiba, 293-8511 Japan tel +81.439.80.2100 [email protected]


James J. Simnick, Ph.D., is a senior technical adviser in the global fuels technology department at BP America Inc. in Naperville, Illinois, an international corporation that produces fuels, heat, chemicals, energy and lubricants.

A 2012 Award of Merit recipient, Simnick has been an ASTM member since 1995. He is currently first vice chairman of Committee D02 on Petroleum Products, Liquid Fuels and Lubricants and has been section vice chairman of Subcommittee D02.A0.01 on Gasoline and Gasoline-Oxygenate Blends since 2001. D02 has recognized Simnick with an Award of Appreciation and two Awards of Excellence.

In addition to D02, Simnick is a member of Committees D03 on Gaseous Fuels, E50 on Environmental Assessment, Risk Management and Corrective Action and E60 on Sustainability. He recently served a term on the ASTM Committee on Technical Committee Operations (2012 to 2014).

Outside ASTM, Simnick is a board member of the Coordinating Research Council and co-chair of its Performance Committee, which includes programs to determine the effects of ethanol and biodiesel on vehicle engine performance. He was co-chairman of the U.S. Department of Energy’s U.S. DRIVE (Driving Research and Innovation for Vehicle Efficiency and Energy Sustainability) Partnership Program Hydrogen Delivery Technical Team, where he has been a member since its inception in 2003. He also represents BP on the Energy-side DOE Fuels Operations Group for the U.S. DRIVE Partnership. In addition, Simnick is a member of the American Chemical Society, the American Institute of Chemical Engineers and SAE International.

Simnick has 35 years of experience in both technical and management roles in refining technology, marketing and fuels technology. In a career that began in 1979 with Amoco Corp., now BP America, Simnick has moved from engineering positions to his current senior adviser role, which he assumed in 2013.

Simnick earned his bachelor’s and doctoral degrees in chemical engineering at Purdue University, West Lafayette, Indiana. James J. Simnick, Ph.D. BP America Inc. 150 Warrenville Rd. Naperville, IL 60563 tel +1.630.420.5936 [email protected]

James J. Simnick

Brent Stucker

Brent Stucker, Ph.D., is the chief executive officer and a co-founder of 3DSIM LLC, a company focused on commercializing algorithms for predictive modeling of additive manufacturing (3D printing) processes. He is also the Clark Chair of computer-aided engineering and a professor of industrial engineering at the University of Louisville, Kentucky.

Stucker is former and first chairman, from 2009 to 2014, of Committee F42 on Additive Manufacturing Technologies, where he now is a member at large on the executive subcommittee. In 2010, he received the Robert J. Painter Memorial Award from ASTM and SES – The Society for Standards Professionals, for his work in advancing standardization efforts in the field of additive manufacturing.

In 2012, Stucker received the Industry Achievement Award from the Society of Manufacturing Engineers for his work as F42 chairman. He has also been recognized with the “Dinosaur Award” from the Selective Laser Sintering Users Group for his contributions to selective laser sintering technology in 2005, the University of Rhode Island Outstanding Research Award in 2000 and the Albert E. Carlotti Faculty Excellence Award in 2001.

Co-author of the textbook Additive Manufacturing Technologies, Stucker has written or co-authored more than 150 technical publications and is a named inventor on numerous pending and issued patents. He has presented at many conferences around the world and sits on leadership committees for several journals and international conferences. Stucker has served as a member of the Information Science and Technology advisory board for the U.S. Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency and the Rapid Technologies & Additive Manufacturing Steering Committee of the Society of Manufacturing Engineers.

Stucker held other faculty positions, at Utah State University and the University of Rhode Island, before joining the University of Louisville in 2010. He had also been a visiting professor and Fulbright scholar at the VTT Technical Research Center of Finland. Stucker holds a B.S. in mechanical engineering from the University of Idaho, Moscow, Idaho, and a Ph.D. in mechanical engineering from Texas A&M University, College Station, Texas. Brent Stucker, Ph.D. 3DSIM, LLC 1794 Olympic Parkway, Suite 110Park City, UT 84098 tel +1.435.363.5197 [email protected]

Directors 2015-2017


Past Chairman 2014

Thomas A. Schwartz, P.E., is senior principal and past president at Simpson Gumpertz & Heger Inc., a national engineering firm that designs, investigates and rehabilitates structures and building enclosures, with five offices in the United States.

Following his graduation from Tufts University in Medford, Massachusetts, with a bachelor’s degree in civil engineering, Schwartz started work as an engineer at SGH. During his early years with the firm, he earned his master’s in material engineering from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology in Cambridge.

Schwartz held a number of positions at SGH, from engineer to senior staff engineer, and associate to principal, before assuming the role of president. A registered professional engineer in 20 states and the District of Columbia, he focuses on building envelope systems, including curtain walls, glazing, roofing, waterproofing and masonry. He investigates and evaluates all types of glass and window systems, wall systems and roofing, and lectures and writes extensively about building enclosure technology.

Schwartz is a member of the engineering honor society Tau Beta Pi and the scientific research society Sigma Xi. He received the 2006 ASTM Walter C. Voss Award in honor of his leadership and more than 30 years of service to the building technology industry. Other accolades include the 1994 ASTM Award of Merit and a Service Award from the ASTM board of directors in 2008.

An ASTM member since 1982, Schwartz currently serves on Committees E06 on Performance of Buildings as well as C14 on Glass and Glass Products and E58 on

Forensic Engineering. A past chairman of Subcommittee E06.55 on Exterior Building Wall Systems, Schwartz has served on the ASTM board of directors from 2006 to 2008 and from 2010 until the present. He was chairman of the board in 2014.

In addition to his ASTM work, Schwartz has been a construction industry arbitrator for the American Arbitration Association and a member of the American Society of Civil Engineers and the Boston Society of Civil Engineers. He was also the technical editor for Glass Digest for more than a decade. Thomas A. Schwartz, P.E. Simpson Gumpertz & Heger Inc. 41 Seyon St. Building 1, Suite 500 Waltham, MA 02453 Phone: +1.781.907.9000 [email protected]

Thomas A. Schwartz


Past Chairman 2013

Mary C. McKiel, Ph.D., is president and CEO of The McKiel Group and the former standards executive with the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) in Washington, D.C.

The McKiel Group is dedicated to helping private sector organizations be more effective in working with governmental bodies in the areas of standardization and conformity assessment. In 2014, the McKiel Group provided expert consultations on federal use of voluntary standards as well as training in the federal implementation of the National Technology Transfer and Advancement Act with several private sector organizations.

From 1993 through 2013 McKiel directed EPA’s use of voluntary standards and the agency’s participation in private sector standardization organizations such as ASTM. She also represented the agency in various standards organizations in the U.S. and abroad, including the Pacific Area Standards Congress, the Pan-American Technical Norms Commission, the International Organization for Standardization (ISO) and the United Nations Working Party on Regulatory Practices in Standards. She received a number of EPA commendations along with bronze, silver and gold medals for her standards work.

Prior to working at EPA, McKiel was director of quality standards at what was then the Federal Supply Service of the General Services Administration, and for her first five years of public service was an analytical chemist with the then National Archives and Records Services.

McKiel has worked on various ASTM committees for more than 20 years and currently serves on Committees E50

Mary C. McKiel

on Environmental Assessment, Risk Management and Corrective Action and E60 on Sustainability. She served as vice chairman of the ASTM board of directors from 2011 to 2012 and was chairman of the board in 2013.

Outside ASTM, McKiel is a vice chairman of the board of the American National Standards Institute (ANSI), and has been a member of management advisory councils for Underwriters Laboratories Inc. (UL) for more than 15 years. She was awarded the ANSI George S. Wham Leadership Medal for her leadership and contributions to standardization in 2008, and received the Leo B. Moore Medal from SES – the Society for Standards Professionals for achievements, service and contributions in the field of standardization in 2010. In 2014, McKiel was honored with the ANSI Astin-Polk International Standards Medal for outstanding contributions in the field of international standardization

McKiel has written about the federal use of nongovernment standards for a wide variety of governmental and private sector publications worldwide and has delivered presentations in person and via television to both national and international audiences. Mary C. McKiel, Ph.D. The McKiel Group 684 Southern Hills Drive Arnold, MD 21012 tel +1.410.757.9501 [email protected]


James A. Thomas is president of ASTM International, one of the world’s largest organizations for the development of international voluntary consensus standards. His professional career is concentrated on association management and the issues facing voluntary standardization.

Thomas began his career at ASTM, formerly known as the American Society for Testing and Materials, in 1972. He continued to serve in positions of increasing responsibility involving ASTM standards development until 1983 when he was promoted to vice president of standards development. In this position, he was responsible for all ASTM technical committee operations, including guiding new technical committees in the early stages of their development and representing ASTM in standards development activities with other organizations.

In 1987, Thomas was appointed executive vice president of the Society. His responsibilities included directing the development and implementation of operating policies, and the analysis and evaluation of operations to assess the attainment of growth and financial objectives. In 1992, Thomas was named ASTM president.

As ASTM president, Thomas has been a staunch proponent of the multiple path approach to voluntary standards development. He is a frequent speaker advocating openness and transparency in international standardization.

President

James A. Thomas

Thomas is a member of the Standards Engineering Society, which awarded him the Leo B. Moore medal in 2004, the Council for Engineering and Scientific Society Executives, the American Society of Association Executives and the Industry Trade Advisory Committee on Standards and Technical Trade Barriers.

A current member of the American National Standards Institute (ANSI) board of directors, Thomas has contributed to the development of the first National Standards Strategy for the United States and he served on the United States Standards Strategy Committee in updating the document in 2005.

Thomas holds a bachelor’s degree in industrial relations and a master’s degree in organization and management, both from La Salle University, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. James A. Thomas ASTM International 100 Barr Harbor Drive P.O. Box C700 West Conshohocken, PA 19428-2959 tel +1.610.832.9598 [email protected]


2015 Executive Committee Scope

When the board of directors is not in session, the Executive Committee shall exercise all of the general powers of the board of directors except the power to fill vacancies in the board and amend the ASTM Board Procedures. The Executive Committee shall keep minutes of its proceedings which shall be promptly reported to each member of the board of directors (ASTM Bylaws 4.1.2).

MembersRonald J. Ebelhar, Chairman

Dale F. Bohn

D. Thomas Marsh

Mary C. McKiel

Ralph M. Paroli

Thomas A. Schwartz

Staff SecretaryJames A. Thomas

2015 Finance and Audit Committee Scope

The Finance and Audit Committee is responsible for the supervision of ASTM financial operations as set forth in the “Rules Governing the Conduct of ASTM Finances” and resolutions pertaining to financial matters as may be adopted by the ASTM board of directors and for recommendations to the board on matters of financial policy. The committee is also responsible for monitoring the employee benefits and salary administration programs and for making recommendations to the board of directors for such modifications as may be necessary.

MembersDale F. Bohn, Chairman

Ronald J. Ebelhar

D. Thomas Marsh

Mary C. McKiel

Ralph M. Paroli

Thomas A. Schwartz

Member Ex OfficioJames A. Thomas Staff SecretaryMargaret M. Cassidy

2015 Committee on Standards

Scope

The Committee on Standards (COS) is responsible for the review and approval of technical committee recommendations for actions on standards. COS verifies that the procedural requirements of ASTM regulations and its criteria for due process have been satisfied. The committee acts to resolve jurisdictional disputes with respect to standards. COS develops, maintains and interprets the Form and Style for ASTM Standards manual and reviews all requests from technical committees for exceptions to the manual.

MembersBrian Trimble, Chairman

Mark Clark

Michael Collier

Shane Collins

Rod McMillan

William Ells

Dean Neubauer

David Parsonage

Brian Shiels

Members Ex OfficioRonald J. Ebelhar

William Griese

Staff Secretary Jennifer Rodgers


2015 Committee on Technical Committee Operations

Scope

The Committee on Technical Committee Operations (COTCO) develops and maintains the “Regulations Governing ASTM Technical Committees,” and acts upon recommended changes. COTCO is responsible for the interpretation and enforcement of these regulations, excluding actions on standards. The committee acts to resolve jurisdictional disputes with respect to the technical committee scopes. It develops and recommends means for achieving the most efficient operation of technical committees and is concerned with the scope, structure, operation, development and planning of these technical committees. MembersWilliam Griese, Chairman

Kenneth R. Bell

Andre O. Desjarlais

Robert Schmidt

Dave R. Spong

Richard S. Szecsy

Leo Titus

Steven R. Westbrook

Terry O. Woods

Members Ex OfficioRonald J. Ebelhar

Brian Trimble

Staff SecretaryScott Orthey

2015 Committee on Publications

Scope

The Committee on Publications (COP) advises the board of directors on the formulation of publication policy. The committee is responsible for the ASTM publications program, except the acceptance for publication of ASTM standards. COP administers the Society publications program and may, with the concurrence of the board, initiate, continue, expand, or terminate periodicals, journals, series, or other continuing publications with the exception of the Annual Book of ASTM Standards.

MembersZdenek Hejzlar, Chairman

Dee Magnoni, Vice Chairman

Ronald B. Adamson

B. Thomas Carr

Susan Jones

William Likos

R.A. Kishore Nadkarni

Michael R. Mitchell

Richard W. Neu

Leslie J. Struble

George E. Totten

Member Ex OfficioRonald J. Ebelhar

Staff SecretaryKathy Dernoga

2015 Committee on Certification Programs

Scope

The Committee on Certification Programs (CCP) is responsible for advising the ASTM board of directors on the formulation of certification program policy and approves/dissolves ASTM certification programs. CCP develops, maintains, interprets and enforces the General Operations Manuals for ASTM Certification Programs and the General Program Instructions for Environmental Product Declarations and acts upon recommended changes. CCP is also responsible for review and approval of specific certification program manuals. CCP handles appeals of program violations and complaints from program participants. ASTM certification and declaration programs include: Product Certification, Personnel Certification, Personnel Certificate and Environmental Product Declarations Programs.

MembersW. James Bover, Chairman

Gary Cornell

Emily Lorenz

Don Mays

Steven Zylkowski

Member Ex OfficioRonald J. Ebelhar

Staff SecretaryTimothy Brooke


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