Members Elect 2019 Board of Directors at Annual Business Meeting

By Eric Lanke, NFPA President/CEO

During NFPA’s 2019 Annual Business Meeting, held in conjunction with our March 5-7 Annual Conference in Laguna Beach, California, NFPA members elected the Board of Directors for the 2019-20 fiscal year. Although new Board terms don’t begin until the start of our new fiscal year on July 1, we use the opportunity for members to elect the Board during the Annual Business Meeting because many of NFPA’s Official Company Representatives (OCRs), who are eligible to vote, attend the Annual Conference. OCRs not in attendance were able to submit a proxy vote.

Our Board Chair, Jon Goreham of QCC, read the slate of 2019-20 Board candidates identified by our Nominating Committee:

Officers
Terms expiring June 30, 2020

• Chair: John Stenz, Chair & CEO, FORCE America, Inc.
• Vice Chair: Ray Chambers, Chair, CEO & President, Muncie Power Products
• Treasurer: Jeff Hand, President & CEO, ROSS Controls
• Secretary: Jim Kaas, President, Iowa Fluid Power

Directors
Terms expiring June 30, 2020

• Paul Cooke, President & CEO, Bosch Rexroth
• Tom Hunter, Vice President, Husco
• Volker Schmitz, President, Schmalz
• Jim Slone, Vice President, SunSource
• Marc Weston (as a Past Chair of the Board)

Directors
Terms expiring June 30, 2021

• Risk Bush, President & CEO, Micromatic
• John Campbell, President, Clippard Laboratory Instruments
• Jon Goreham, President, QCC, LCC (as a Past Chair of the Board)
• Keith Simons, President, OEM Controls
• Tony Welter, Vice President, Eaton

Directors
Terms expiring June 30, 2022

• Nicole Farrell, Sales & Marketing Manager, Fluidyne
• Bram Mason, Fluid Power Director, BDI
• Tony Vaughan, Vice President, Parker Hannifin
• Roscoe Wallace, Director of Marketing, Kaiser Aluminum

A motion was subsequently made, seconded, and carried by an affirmative vote of all voting members present to approve this slate as NFPA’s 2019-20 Board of Directors.