Group Leadership

Chair
Deb Franklin
CLAAS of America Inc.

Vice Chair
Jeff Fitch
Caterpillar Inc.

AEM Staff Contact

Julie Davis
Senior Director, Workforce & Industry Initiatives | 414-298-4157

Objectives and Responsibilities

  • Facilitate sharing of member best practices
  • Provide and steward industry partnerships
  • Offer industry education opportunities for workforce development

2023 Priorities

Goal 1: Facilitate sharing of member best practices

  • Determine the best medium to facilitate best practice sharing
  • Streamline workforce best practice sharing to one medium which will be the Advisor 
  • Consider offering best practice breakout sessions at Annual Conference.  
  • Explore the use of the toolkit to create a “bank” of best practices 
  • Review the toolkit to see if we can make any revisions to convey best practices faster or with an easier user experience. 

Goal 2: Provide and steward industry partnerships

  • Provide ideas for Manufacturing Month 
  • Promote engagement with the Curriculum for Agriculture Science Education programs
  • Technician program
  • Teacher Scholarship  
  • Promote engagement with Project MFT 
  • Promote and continue engagement with FFA, AFA, Skills USA 

Goal 3: Provide workforce development education through webinar(s) and at Annual Conference 

Leadership

  • The Chair is elected by the group and serves a two-year term.
  • The Vice Chair is elected by the group and serves until Chair succession.

Composition

  • Executive-level representatives from AEM member companies.

Meetings

  • At least one face-to-face meeting annually, in conjunction with other meetings/events if possible.
  • Virtual meetings every quarter. (A hybrid meeting in November if possible) 
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