Association of Equipment Manufacturers

About Us – Board of Directors

Past Chairmen & Life Honorary Directors

The Association of Equipment Manufacturers is the consolidation of the Construction Industry Manufacturers Association (CIMA) and Equipment Manufacturers Institute (EMI) effective January 1, 2002. Listed below are past Chairman of AEM, CIMA and EMI, as well as CIMA and EMI predecessor organizations. All past Chairmen are designated as AEM Life Honorary Directors.

CIMA Predecessor Organizations

1947-1948 Construction Industries Association/Manufacturers Division of American Road Builders Association (CIA)
1927-1946 Highway Industries Association/Manufacturers Division of American Road Builders Association (HIA)
1925-1926 Highway Industries Association (HIA)
1921-1924 Highway Industries Exhibitors Association (HIEA)
1911-1923 National Association of Road Material and Machinery Manufacturers (NARMMM)

EMI Predecessor Organizations

1965-1989 Farm and Industrial Equipment Institute (FIEI)
1935-1964 Farm Equipment Institute (FEI)
1921-1934 National Association of Farm Equipment Manufacturers (NAFEM)
1911-1920 National Implement and Vehicle Association (NIVA)
1894-1910 National Association of Agricultural Implement & Vehicle Manufacturers (NAAIVM)

Past AEM Chairmen

Assn Year Position First Name Last Name Title Company City State
AEM 2011 Chair James McCullough President & CEO CNH Construction CNH Racine WI
AEM 2010 Chairman Chuck Martz President & CEO Link-Belt Construction Equip Co Lexington KY
AEM 2009 Chairman Martin Richenhagen Chairman/President/CEO AGCO Corp Duluth GA
AEM 2008 Chairman Glen E Tellock President & CEO Manitowoc Co Inc Manitowoc WI
AEM 2007 Chairman Dennis E Eagan Grp President Industrial & Power Equip Blount Inc Zebulon NC
AEM 2006 Chairman Gerald L Shaheen Group President Caterpillar Inc Peoria IL
AEM 2004-2005 Chairman Charles R Stamp Jr VP Public Affairs Worldwide Deere & Company Washington DC
AEM 2003-2004 Chairman Ronald M DeFeo Chairman & CEO TEREX Corp Westport CT
AEM 11/02-1/03 Chairman David O Woods CEO Charles Machine Works Inc Perry OK
AEM 2002 Co-Chairman Gary  A MacDonald Executive VP MacDon Industries Ltd Winnipeg MB
AEM 2002 Co-Chairman Gerard V Geraghty President Cnstrn Equip IR Company Annandale NJ
CIMA 2001 Chairman Robert J Fien Chairman & CEO Stone Cnstrn Equip Inc Honeoye NY
CIMA 2000 Chairman W A (Lex) Taylor III President Taylor Machine Works Inc Louisville MS
CIMA 1999 Chairman David S Williams VP Marketing & Sales Gradall Co New Philadelphia PA
CIMA 1998 Chairman Ronald M DeFeo President & CEO TEREX Corp Westport CT
CIMA 1997 Chairman Dwight F Messinger President Power Curbers Inc Salisbury NC
CIMA 1996 Chairman Robert G Harvell VP &  CFO Link-Belt Cnstrn Equip Co Lexington KY
CIMA 1995 Chairman Mark A Levett VP International Markets Cummins Engine Co Inc Columbus IN
CIMA 1994 Chairman Daniel E Kletter President Cnstrn & Mining Grp Ingersoll-Rand Co Woodcliff Lake NJ
CIMA 1993 Chairman John M Panettiere President & CEO Blount Inc/Forestry Equip Div Montgomery AL
CIMA 1992 Chairman David H Abbott President & CEO Etnyre International Oregon IL
CIMA 1991 Chairman James H Stollenwerk President & CEO Rexworks Inc Milwaukee WI
CIMA 1990 Chairman Ronald W Dunmire President Cedarapids Inc Cedar Rapids IA
CIMA 1989 Chairman E J (Mike) Elliott President & Chairman Gencor Industries Inc Orlando FL
CIMA 1988 Chairman John G Myers VP & GM Minneapolis Opns Sundstrand-Sauer Minneapolis MN
CIMA 1987 Chairman Donald E Adams VP Government Accounts Dresser Industries Cnstrn & Mining Equip Washington DC
CIMA 1986 President William F Rebone VP & GM Rockwell Intl Off-Hwy Prdts & Driveline Div Troy MI
CIMA 1985 President William G Mulligan President Cnstrn Equip Grp Ingersoll-Rand Co Woodcliff Lake NJ
CIMA 1984 President Walter E (Ned) Putz VP Sales Barber-Greene Co Aurora IL
CIMA 1983 President Ralph E Keidel VP Marketing Euclid Inc of Daimler-Benz Cleveland OH
CIMA 1982 President Gary L Godbersen Executive VP GOMACO Corp Ida Grove IA
CIMA 1981 President James C Gorman President Gorman-Rupp Co Mansfield OH
CIMA 1980 President Marion C Dietrich Executive VP Cummins Engine Co Inc Columbus IN
CIMA 1979 President Robert D Strawser President Hyster Co Cnstrn Equip Div Kewanee IL
CIMA 1978 President William B Eline General Manager Terex Div General Motors Corp Hudson OH
CIMA 1977 President Dale S Gronsdahl Vice President Caterpillar Tractor Co Peoria IL
CIMA 1976 President James C Huntington Jr Group VP Clark Equip Co Buchanan MI
CIMA 1975 President Robert J Gerstenberger Senior VP Deere & Company Moline IL
CIMA 1974 President Jules C Laegeler President Cnstrn Equip Div International Harvester Co Chicago IL
CIMA 1973 President Don L Douglass Senior VP Sales Massey-Ferguson Inc Des Moines IA
CIMA 1972 President Richard D Messinger President Power Curbers Inc Salisbury NC
CIMA 1971 President James A Nelson VP & GM E D Etnyre & Co Oregon IL
CIMA 1970 President Morris W Reid Executive VP J I Case Co Racine WI
CIMA 1969 President Vic Emery General Marketing Mgr Industrial Div Aeroquip Corp Jackson MI
CIMA 1968 President Edward H Holt Group VP Sales Barber-Greene Co Aurora IL
CIMA 1967 President Kenneth P Kerr Executive VP Butler Bin Co Waukesha WI
CIMA 1966 President Cal M Basile President Link-Belt Speeder Co Cedar Rapids IA
CIMA 1965 President Buel M Wallis President & GM Schield Bantam Div Koehring Co Waverly IA
CIMA 1964 President C C Gibson Vice President Goodyear Tire & Rubber Co Akron OH
CIMA 1963 President R B Bradley Vice President International Harvester Co Chicago IL
CIMA 1962 President W K Cox Vice President Caterpillar Tractor Co Peoria IL
CIMA 1961 President Arthur J Lichtinger Executive VP Wellman Engineering Co Cleveland OH
CIMA 1960 President Donald V Buttenheim Publisher and President Buttenheim Publishing Corp New York NY
CIMA 1959 President Gerard A Gilbertson President Frank G Hough Co Libertyville IL
CIMA 1958 President Boyd S Oberlink Group VP Allis-Chalmers Mfg Co Milwaukee WI
CIMA 1957 President Clarence E Killebrew Vice President Clark Equip Co Benton Harbor MI
CIMA 1955-1956 President Kenneth Lindsay Executive VP Iowa Mfg Co Cedar Rapids IA
CIMA 1954 President Frederick Salditt Vice President Harnischfeger Corp Milwaukee WI
CIMA 1953 President Harald T Reishus GM Industrial Power Div International Harvester Co Melrose Park IL
CIMA 1951-1952 President Julien R Steelman President Koehring Co Milwaukee WI
CIMA 1949-1950 President Ralph K Stiles Executive VP Austin-Western Co Aurora IL
CIA 1947-1948 President William B Greene President Barber-Greene Co Aurora IL
HIA 1946 President J T Callaway Assistant to VP Goodyear Tire and Rubber Co Chicago IL
HIA 1945 President Paul B Cochran unknown unknown unknown
HIA 1942-1944 unknown
HIA 1937-1941 President William M Parrish Industrial Sales Executive International Harvester Co of America Chicago IL
HIA 1936 President Chauncey B Smythe Vice President Thew Shovel Co Lorain OH
HIA 1931-1935 President Willard T Chevalier Vice President McGraw-Hill Publishing Co New York NY
HIA 1929-1930 President Paul L Griffiths unknown American Tar Products Co Pittsburgh PA
HIA 1927-1928 President Lion Gardiner Vice President Lakewood Engineering Co Cleveland OH
HIA 1925-1926 President C R Ege Advertising Mgr Portland Cement Association Chicago IL
HIEA 1924 President S F Beatty President Austin-Western Road Machinery Co Chicago IL
HIEA 1921-1923     unknown      
NARMMM 1911-1923     unknown      
EMI 2001 Chairman Robert L Vermeer CEO & Chairman Vermeer Mfg Co Pella IA
EMI 2000 Chairman Richard M Christman President Case IH Ag Equip Bsns CNH Global NV Racine WI
EMI 1999 Chairman Arlie Tucker Chairman & CEO Komatsu Mining Systems Vernon Hills IL
EMI 1998 Chairman William D Gehl President & CEO Gehl Co West Bend WI
EMI 1996-1997 Chairman Barry L Phillips President Gradall Co New Philadelphia OH
EMI 1995 Chairman Nicholas C Babson Chairman CEO & President Babson Brothers Co Naperville IL
EMI 1994 Chairman Donald V Fites Chairman & CEO Caterpillar Inc Peoria IL
EMI 1993 Chairman David H Stowe Jr President & COO Deere & Company Moline IL
EMI 1992 Chairman Ron H Lytle Senior VP Kubota Tractor Corp Compton CA
EMI 1991 Chairman Roger K Eve President JCB Inc White Marsh MD
EMI 1990 Chairman Phil F Jenkins President Sweepster Inc Dexter MI
FIEI 1989 Chairman John M Tye President Tye Co Lockney TX
FIEI 1988 Chairman Robert N Spolum President & CEO Melroe Co Fargo ND
FIEI 1987 Chairman Jerome K Green President & CEO J I Case Co Racine WI
FIEI 1986 Chairman Robert Lanphier III President & Chairman DICKEY-john Corp Auburn IL
FIEI 1985 Chairman Howard L Brenneman President Hesston Corp Hesston KS
FIEI 1984 Chairman Mervyn H Manning Vice President Ford Tractor Operations Ford Motor Co Troy MI
FIEI 1983 Chairman Edwin Malzahn President Charles Machine Works Inc Perry OK
FIEI 1982 Chairman Robert A Hanson President Deere & Company Moline IL
FIEI 1981 Chairman John T Phillips Jr Chairman Lilliston Corp Albany GA
FIEI 1980 Chairman Roy W Uelner Executive VP Allis-Chalmers Corp Milwaukee WI
FIEI 1979 Chairman Robert W Engle VP & GM AVCO New Idea Farm Equip Coldwater OH
FIEI 1978 President William J Jensen Senior VP Butler Mfg Co Kansas City MO
FIEI 1977 President Brooks McCormick President & CEO International Harvester Co Chicago IL
FIEI 1976 President Robert H Rawson President  Empire Plow Co Cleveland OH
FIEI 1975 President Morris W Reid Chairman of the Board J I Case Co Racine WI
FIEI 1974 President Robert L Glidden President Kewanee Machinery & Conveyor Co Kewanee IL
FIEI 1973 President John G Staiger President Massey-Ferguson Ltd Toronto ON
FIEI 1972 President L Emery Dearborn VP & GM Ford Tractor Operations/Ford Motor Co Troy MI
FIEI 1971 President Lyle E Yost President Hesston Corp Hesston KS
FIEI 1970 President Curry W Stoup President AVCO New Idea Farm Equip Coldwater OH
FIEI 1969 President Samuel W White Jr Group VP White Motor Corp Farm Grp Cleveland OH
FIEI 1968 President Henry Danuser President Danuser Machine Co Fulton MO
FIEI 1967 President William A Hewitt Chairman & CEO Deere & Company Moline IL
FIEI 1966 President George C Delp President New Holland Machine Co New Holland PA
FIEI 1965 President James H Wilson President Athens Plow Co Athens TN
FEI 1964 President Merritt D Hill President & CEO J I Case Co Racine WI
FEI 1963 President Albert A Thornbrough President Massey-Ferguson Ltd Toronto ON
FEI 1962 President Willis G Scholl Executive VP Allis-Chalmers Mfg Co Milwaukee WI
FEI 1961 President Hubert L Byrd Executive VP FMC Corp John Bean Div Lansing MI
FEI 1960 President C L Oheim Director & VP Deere & Company Moline IL
FEI 1959 President George A Kelly II President G A Kelly Plow Co Longview TX
FEI 1958 President R S Stevenson President Allis-Chalmers Mfg Co Milwaukee WI
FEI 1957 President Paul E Herschel Jr President & GM R Herschel Mfg Co Peoria IL
FEI 1956 President Frank H Hamlin President Papec Machine Co Shortsville NY
FEI 1955 President Bruce Lourie Director & VP Deere & Company Moline IL
FEI 1954 President Alva W Phelps President & Chairman Oliver Corp Chicago IL
FEI 1953 President W J Fisher Vice President Oliver Corp Chicago IL
FEI 1952 President H B Megran President Starline Inc Harvard IL
FEI 1951 President John L McCaffrey President & Director International Harvester Co Chicago IL
FEI 1950 President Theodore Johnson President J I Case Co Racine WI
FEI 1949 President P H Noland Vice President B F Avery & Sons Co Louisville KY
FEI 1948 President J H Oppenheim General Mgr New Idea Div AVCO Mfg Co Coldwater OH
FEI 1947 President W A Roberts Executive VP Allis-Chalmers Mfg Co Milwaukee WI
FEI 1946 President Henry S Lord General Mgr French & Hecht Inc Davenport IA
FEI 1945 President George L Gillette VP & General Sales Mgr Minneapolis-Moline Power Implement Co Minneapolis MN
FEI 1944 President C B Schmidt General Mgr DeLaval Separator Co Chicago IL
FEI 1943 President Frank Silloway VP & General Sales Mgr Deere & Company Moline IL
FEI 1942 President William H Roberts Jr Vice President S L Allen & Co Philadelphia PA
FEI 1941 President Harry L Dempster President Dempster Mill Mfg Co Beatrice NE
FEI 1940 President W L Clark VP & General Sales Mgr J I Case Co Racine WI
FEI 1939 President Charles T Ray President B F Avery & Sons Louisville KY
FEI 1938 President H C Merritt VP & Mgr Allis-Chalmers Mfg Co Milwaukee WI
FEI 1937 President C R Messinger Chairman of the Board Oliver Farm Equip Co Chicago IL
FEI 1936 President W C MacFarlane President Minneapolis-Moline Power Implement Co Minneapolis MN
FEI 1935 President W King White President Cleveland Tractor Co Cleveland OH
NAFEM 1934 President George White General Sales Mgr Massey-Harris Co Ltd Toronto ON
NAFEM 1933 President Charles Deere Wiman President Deere & Company Moline IL
NAFEM 1932 President Daniel Seltzer President Ohio Cultivator Co Bellvue OH
NAFEM 1931 President H G Newcomer President Eureka Mower Co Utica NY
NAFEM 1930 President A E McKinstry Vice President International Harvester Co Chicago IL
NAFEM 1929 President John C Myers First VP F E Myers & Brothers Co Ashland OH
NAFEM 1928 President A T Jackson Vice President Emerson-Brantingham Rockford IL
NAFEM 1927 President R W E Hayes Vice President Hayes Pump & Planter Co Galva IL
NAFEM 1926 President E J Gittins Vice President J I Case Threshing Machine Co Racine WI
NAFEM 1925 President Finley P Mount President & Director Advance-Rumely Co La Porte IN
NAFEM 1924 President H J Hirshheimer Vice President La Crosse Plow Co La Crosse WI
NAFEM 1923 President J B Bartholomew President Avery Co Peoria IL
NAFEM 1922 President William Black President B F Avery & Sons Louisville KY
NAFEM 1921 President W H Stackhouse Manager French & Hecht Co Springfield OH
NIVA 1920 President H M Wallis President J I Case Plow Works Racine WI
NIVA 1919 President G A Ranney Secretary & Treasurer International Harvester Co Chicago IL
NIVA 1918 President C S Brantingham President Emerson-Brantingham Co Rockford IL
NIVA 1917 President Joseph Dain President Dain Mfg Co Ottumwa IA
NIVA 1916 President A J Brosseau Secretary & GM Gale Mfg Co Albion MI
NIVA 1915 President S E Swayne President Robinson & Co Richmond IN
NIVA 1914 President J A Craig General Manager Janesville Machine Co Janesville WI
NIVA 1913 President William Butterworth President Deere & Company Moline IL
NIVA 1912 President Frank C Johnson President American Seeding-Machine Co Springfield OH
NIVA 1911 President E D Metcalf Treasurer GM & Director D M Osborne & Co Auburn NY
NAAIVM 1910 President H M Kinney President Winona Wagon Co Winona MN
NAAIVM 1909 President W B Brinton President & GM Grand Detour Plow Co Dixon IL
NAAIVM 1908 President Newell Sanders President Newell Sanders Plow Co Chattanooga TN
NAAIVM 1907 President H E Miles President Racine-Sattley Co Racine WI
NAAIVM 1906 President C F Huhlein General Manager B F Avery & Sons Louisville KY
NAAIVM 1905 President W W Collier Secretary Treasurer & GM American Harrow Co Detroit MI
NAAIVM 1904 President F E Myers Senior Partner F E Myers & Brother Co Ashland OH
NAAIVM 1903 President Martin Kingman President Kingman Plow Co Peoria IL
NAAIVM 1902 President W S Thomas Secretary & Treasurer Thomas Mfg Co Springfield OH
NAAIVM 1901 President James A Carr VP & GM Hoosier Drill Co Richmond IN
NAAIVM 1900 President W C Nones President Kentucky Wagon Mfg Co Louisville KY
NAAIVM 1899 President John W Stoddard President Kentucky Wagon Mfg Co Dayton OH
NAAIVM 1898 President W H Parlin President Parlin & Orendorff Canton OH
NAAIVM 1897 President John A Johnson Founder & President Fuller & Johnson Mfg Co Madison WI
NAAIVM 1896 President H C Staver President Staver Carriage Co Chicago IL
NAAIVM 1894-1895 President Col  A L Conger President Whitman & Barnes Mfg Co Akron OH

Other Life Honorary Directors

FIEI/EMI/AEM President
1973-2002
Emmett Barker President FIEI/EMI/AEM Chicago IL
CIMA Legal Counsel
1957-1986
Richard F Hahn Attorney Halfpenny Hahn & Ryan Chicago IL
CIMA Board Member
1940s-1950s
Howard R Meeker President J D Adams Mfg Co Indianapolis IN
CIMA Dir of Govt Affairs
1983-1998
J William Peterson Dir of Govt Affairs CIMA Milwaukee WI
FIEI/EMI/AEM Board Member
1989-2009
Robert J Ratliff Chairman Deutz Allis/AGCO Duluth GA
CIMA Board Member
1970s-1990s
Robert H Ross President Ross Co Brownwood TX
CIMA Board Member
1960s-1980s
James H Tiller Jr Sales Mgr Galion Iron Works Galion OH

AEM Chief Staff Executives

AEM 2003-Present President Dennis J Slater Jr
AEM 2002 Co-President Emmett Barker
AEM 2002 Co-President Dennis J Slater Jr
CIMA 1998-2001 President Dennis J Slater Jr
CIMA 1995-1998 President James H Stollenwerk
CIMA 1983-1994 Executive Vice President/President Fred J Broad
CIMA 1966-1983 Executive Director/Executive Vice President John J Benson
CIMA 1956-1965 Executive Vice President/Executive Director Robert P McKenrick Jr
CIMA 1949-1956 Executive Vice President Harold F Hess
FIEI/EMI 1973-2001 President Emmett Barker
FEI/FIEI 1958-1973 Executive Secretary Douglas Hewitt Jr
FEI 1934-1958 Executive Secretary Robert A Jones
NAFEM 1920-1933 Secretary H J Sameit
NIVA 1911-1919 Secretary & General Manager E W McCullough
NAAIVM 1909-1910 Secretary W J Evans
NAAIVM 1908-1909 Secretary J T Morrison
NAAIVM 1907-1908 Secretary Fred M Loomis
NAAIVM 1906-1907 Secretary J A Sandford
NAAIVM 1900-1905 Secretary Frank E Lukens
NAAIVM 1898-1900 Secretary George D Sparks
NAAIVM 1894-1898 Secretary O D Frary
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