Leadership

President

Kathy Burnham
Sr. Vice President
Padilla (retired)

Vice-President/Secretary

Susan E. Shimoyama
VP, Global Sales Operations
Rockwell Automation (retired)

Treasurer/Chair of Finance

Peter F. Mackie, AAMS
Senior Vice President - Investments
Mackie & Waller Wealth Management Group of Wells Fargo Advisors

Directors

Thomas G. Bridge, PhD, LSME, CMfgE
Professor/Chairman Emeritus of Engineering Technology
Western Illinois University

Wayne F. Frost, LSME, CMfgE
Senior Engineer
Deere & Co. (retired)

Joe Kann
President
Cobble Creek Solutions

Gwendolyn Malone
Sr. Manager & GM Technical Fellow
GM Global ME Program Integration – Ergonomics (retired)

Irving Pressley McPhail, Ed.D.
Founder & Chief Strategy Officer 
The McPhail Group, LLC

Karla E. Middlebrooks
Contributing Partner
Excellence in Action

John F. Miller
Sr. Vice President, Mainstream Engineering
Siemens PLM Software

Brian Ruestow, LSME
Sales Director - Americas
Norton Pulpstones, Inc.

Pamela Ruschau, Esq.
Attorney
Leydig, Voit & Mayer, Ltd.

Mark Stratton
Industry, Member, and Education Relations Manager
SME (retired)

Chairs Emeriti

Raymond G. Adams, PE

Reginald W. Barrett, FSME, CMfgE*

Ralph E. Cross, FSME*

Philip R. Marsilius, LSME

Eugene (Gene) M. Nelson, LSME

Glen Pearson, PHD

Earl E. Walker, FSME*

Sherril K. West

Khalil Taraman, PhD, FSME, PE*

Directors Emeriti

Merrill L. Ebner, ScD, FSME, PE*

Robert E. Gilmore, FSME

Cecil W. Schneider, FSME, PE

Warren W. Worthley, PhD, FSME, CMfgE, PE

*Deceased