Association of Equipment Manufacturers

11/11/2010
Advisor Newsletters - AEM Advisor

AEM Welcomes 2011 Officers and New Directors

AEM has always been run for the industry, by the industry. One place you'll see this reflected is on our Board of Directors. Recently at AEM's Annual Conference, we announced our new officers and directors for 2011. AEM's Board of Directors, led by the officers, sets the guidelines and operating policies of AEM on behalf of members.

The 2011 Officers and New Directors are:

Officers for 2011 are:

  • Chair James McCullough, President & CEO CNH Construction of CNH, Racine, Wisconsin
  • First Vice Chair Tiffany Sewell-Howard, CEO of Charles Machine Works, Perry, Oklahoma
  • Second Vice Chair Douglas DeVries, Senior Vice President Global Marketing Services of Deere & Company, Moline, Illinois
  • Treasurer Brian Kober, Vice President Corporate Planning & Strategy of Komatsu America Corporation, Rolling Meadows, Illinois
  • Secretary Dennis Slater, AEM's full-time President, Milwaukee, Wisconsin

Serving as industry sector vice chairmen in 2011 are:

  • Agriculture Vice Chair - Russell Fowler, President & CEO of Krone NA Inc., Memphis, Tennessee
  • Construction Vice Chair - Richard Patek, President Telsmith & Vice President Astec Aggregate & Mining Group of Astec Industries Inc., Mequon, Wisconsin

New Directors serving on the association's Board of Directors:

  • Michael Barr, Principal, QDI Strategies Inc., Libertyville, Illinois
  • Richard Christman, Chair, Caresoft Global Inc., Burr Ridge, Illinois
  • Russell Fowler, President & CEO, Krone NA, Memphis, Tennessee
  • David Gasmovic, President & CEO, McLaughlin Manufacturing Company, Greenville, South Carolina
  • Richard Goldsbury, President Bobcat North America, Doosan Infracore Construction Equipment, West Fargo, North Dakota
  • Robert Harvell, President & CEO, LBX Company, Lexington, Kentucky
  • Mani Iyer, President, Mahindra USA,  Houston, Texas
  • Gerald Johnson, President Products Division, Woods Equipment Company, Oregon, Illinois
  • Wilson Jones, President, JLG/Oshkosh Corporation, Hagerstown, Maryland
  • Richard Kleine, Vice President Quality and Business Enterprise, Cummins Inc., Columbus, Indiana
  • Goran Lindgren, President & CEO, Volvo Construction Equipment North America, Asheville, North Carolina
  • Richard Lowe, President, Lowe Manufacturing Company, Viola, Wisconsin
  • Leif Magnusson, Regional Director Americas and President North America Holdings, CLAAS of America, Omaha, Nebraska
  • Michael Osenga, President, Diesel and Gas Turbine Publications, Waukesha, Wisconsin
  • James Wessing, President, Kondex Corporation, Lomira, Wisconsin

Related: CNH Construction Equipment President to Head AEM

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