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2002 AEM Leadership Team

L-R: (seated) David Woods, Gerard Geraghty, Gary MacDonald, Ronald DeFeo, (standing) Dennis Slater, Emil Kucera, Emmett Barker.

Guiding AEM in the development of new programs and strengthening of existing services are the Association’s 2002 officers, who work with the AEM Board of Directors to set operating policies on behalf of the membership.

Elected to serve as AEM Co-Chairmen in 2002 are:

• Gerard Geraghty, President-Specialty Equipment of IR Company, Annandale, NJ and
• Gary MacDonald, Executive Vice President of MacDon Industries, Winnipeg, MB.

Also elected as AEM officers for 2002 are:

• First Vice Chairman David Woods, Chief Executive Officer of Charles Machine Works, Perry, OK;
• Second Vice Chairman Ronald DeFeo, Chairman and Chief Executive Office of Terex Corp., Westport, CT;
• Treasurer Emil Kucera, President and Chief Executive Officer of Minnpar, Inc., Minneapolis, MN; and
• Co-Secretaries Emmett Barker and Dennis Slater, AEM’s 2002 full-time Co-Presidents.

Also serving on the AEM Board of Directors as Vice Chairman-Agriculture is Allen Rider, Vice President-NA New Holland Ag Business, CNH, New Holland, PA, and serving as Vice Chairman-Construction is Arthur Kaplan, President, Metso Dynapac, Schertz, TX.

The 2002 Executive Committee of the AEM Board consist of the 2002 officers: Co-Chairmen Gary MacDonald and Gerard Geraghty, 1st Vice Chairman David Woods, 2nd Vice Chairman Ronald DeFeo, and Treasurer Emil Kucera (see page 1 for company identification) plus the directors below whose names have asterisks.

Also serving on the 2002 AEM Board, as Directors are:

• David Abbott, President/Chief Executive Officer, Etnyre International Ltd., Oregon, IL;
• Roger Allmand, President, Allmand Bros Inc., Holdrege, NE;
• Jeffry Bust, Chairman & Chief Executive Officer, Grove Worldwide, Shady Grove, PA;
• Don Calhoun, General Manager, Alfa Laval Agri Inc., Kansas City, MO;
• *Richard Christman, CNH President, Case IH Agricultural Business, Racine, WI;
• William Desmond, VP Distribution/ Planning, Komatsu America International Co., Vernon Hills, IL;
• Dennis Eagan, President, Industrial & Power Equip. Group, Blount, Inc., Zebulon, NC;
• Marc Elliott, President-Construction Equip. Group, Gencor Industries Inc., Orlando, FL;
• Greg Embury, Vice President, Sales & Marketing, Kubota Tractor Corporation, Torrance, CA;
• *Robert Fien, Chairman/Chief Executive Officer, Stone Construction Equipment Inc., Honeoye, NY;
• Charlie Foster, Vice President, FFC, Lee, IL;
• Rusty Fowler, CEO, KRONE Hay & Forage Technology, Memphis, TN;
• William Gehl, Chairman, President & CEO, Gehl Company, West Bend, WI;
• Robert Giebel Jr., President/General Mgr-Manitowoc Crane Group, Manitowoc Crane Group/Manitowoc Co., Manitowoc, WI;
• Gary Godbersen, President/Chief Executive Officer, GOMACO Corporation, Ida Grove, IA;
• Robert Harvell, President & Chief Executive Officer, LBX Company LLC, Lexington, KY;
• Dirk Hejnal, President & CEO, Westfalia-Surge, Inc., Naperville, IL;
• *Craig O. Henriksen, Vice President Construction/Industrial Sales, Detroit Diesel Corporation, Detroit, MI;
• Howard “Rick” Henry, President, MKT Manufacturing, Inc., St. Louis, MO;
• Frank Keeling, President DIMAS Group USA, DIMAS Magnum, Grandview, MO;
• Robert Kluver, President & CEO, Angus Palm Industries, Watertown, SD;
• Jon Knuths, President & Chief Operating Officer, Rosco Manufacturing Company, Madison, SD;
• William Lasky, President, JLG Industries Inc., McConnellsburg, PA;
• James Levitt, President, Atlas Copco CMT USA, Commerce City, CO;
• Roger Lewis, President of Operations/ Technology, Diamant Boart, Olathe, KS;
• Steve Light, President, OmniQuip Textron, Port Washington, WI;
• Stuart MacKay, President (Supplier Council Rep), MacKay & Company, Lombard, IL;
• Ray Malinowski, Executive Vice President, Leon-Ram Enterprises, Yorkton, Saskatchewan, Canada;
• Charles Martz, President, Link-Belt Construction Equipment Co., Lexington, KY;
• Bobby Middlebrooks, President, Bush Hog LLC, Selma, AL;
• E. Gail Mize, Executive Vice President, Astec Industries Inc., Chattanooga, TN;
• Helmut Peters, President, JCB, Inc., Pooler, GA;
• Andreas Pielczky, President, Liebherr Mining, Newport News, VA;
• Robert Ratliff, Chairman, AGCO Corporation, Duluth, GA;
• Fred Ridenour, General Manager Distribution/Credit, Kobelco Construction Machinery America LLC, Stafford, TX;
• Jay Roszell, President, Volvo Construction Equipment NA, Asheville, NC;
• Gerry Shaheen, Group President, Caterpillar Inc., Peoria, IL;
• C. Mike Simpkins, President, Compaction America Inc., Kewanee, IL;
• *Charlie Stamp, President, Ag Equipment Division, Global Ag Services - Deere & Company, Atlanta, GA;
• *W. A. Taylor III, President, Taylor Machine Works Inc., Louisville, MS;
• *Robert Vermeer, Chairman & CEO, Vermeer Manufacturing Company, Pella, IA;
• Phil von Hemert, President, Tramac Corporation, Parsippany, NJ;
• *Van Walbridge, President, Mobile Tool International, Inc., Westminster, CO;
• Mark Yragui, Vice President Industrial Marketing, Cummins Inc., Columbus, IN.

*Member Executive Committee.

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