SME Officers and Directors

The SME Board of Directors is elected by the entire voting membership of SME. It is made up of industry and academic leaders whose diverse backgrounds represent years of experience from a wide array of manufacturing disciplines. Acting as the governing body of SME, it has the power to establish business policy for SME, order and conduct professional meetings, and guide its member units. The Board has absolute budget authority and complete responsibility for SME's property.

SME members interested in being considered for a seat on the Board may apply by submitting an International Director/Member Council Candidate Application (MS Word).

Officers

PRESIDENT			PRESIDENT-ELECT
Wayne F. Frost, CMfgE John Deere Waterloo Works (retired)  BIO | HI-RES IMAGE			Dean L. Bartles, PhD, FSME Digital Manufacturing and Design Innovation Institute UI LABS BIO | HI-RES IMAGE
VICE PRESIDENT			TREASURER
Sandra L. Bouckley Eaton Corp. (retired) BIO | HI-RES IMAGE			Thomas R. Kurfess, PhD, FSME, PE Georgia Institute of Technology BIO  | HI-RES IMAGE
SECRETARY
Mark L. Michalski MKS Instruments BIO | HI-RES IMAGE
INTERNATIONAL DIRECTORS
Edye S. Buchanan, CMfgT Fives North American Combustion Inc. BIO | HI-RES IMAGE			Dianne Chong, PhD, FSME The Boeing Company BIO | HI-RES IMAGE
Matthew L. Hilgendorf, CMfgT Caterpillar Inc. BIO | HI-RES IMAGE			Michael F. Molnar, FSME, CMfgE, PE National Institute of Standards and Technology BIO | HI-RES IMAGE
Greg Morris GE Aviation BIO | HI-RES IMAGE			Robert R. Nesbitt, CMfgE AbbVie BIO | HI-RES IMAGE
Michael D. Packer, FSME Lockheed Martin Aeronautics Company BIO | HI-RES IMAGE			Ralph L. Resnick, FSME  National Center for Defense Manufacturing & Machining and America Makes BIO | HI-RES IMAGE
Susan M. Smyth, PhD, FSME General Motors Corporation BIO | HI-RES IMAGE