ANSI Board Names Volunteer Leaders for 2008

(ANSI: New York) -- The American National Standards Institute’s (ANSI) board of directors recently appointed its new members and officers for the term beginning January 1, 2008.

Robert W. Noth, manager of engineering standards for Deere & Co., was reappointed for a third one-year term as ANSI’s chairman of the board.

Supporting the chairman will be four vice-chairmen: Arthur Cote of the National Fire Protection Association; Laura E. Hitchcock, corporate project manager, external standards for The Boeing Co.; James T. Pauley, vice president of industry and government relations at Schneider Electric/Square D Co.; and James A. Thomas, president of ASTM International. George W. Arnold, deputy director of technology services, National Institute of Standards and Technology, continues to serve as immediate past chairman.

Hitchcock and Thomas will be filling positions previously held by retiring officers Stephen P. Oksala, vice president of standards for the Society of Cable Telecommunications Engineers and Mary C. McKiel, standards executive for the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency.

The following people have been newly elected as directors-at-large for terms beginning January 1, 2008, and ending December 31, 2010:

Patrick B. Davis, Twenty in Ten coordinator, energy efficiency and renewable energy, U.S. Department of Energy

Bruce A. Harding, professor of mechanical engineering technology, Purdue University

Scott R. Klavon, director of standards, professional development and aerospace business, SAE International

David Miller, director of the standards program, American Petroleum Institute

Edward F. Mikoski, Jr., vice president for standards and business development, Telecommunications Industry Association

William Raisch, director InterCEP, New York University

Paris Stavrianidis, general manager, FM Approvals LLC

James H. Turner, Jr., chief counsel, Committee on Science and Technology, U.S. House of Representatives

F. Donald Wright, director of standards, Lexmark International

The following people have been reelected to the board and will continue to serve as directors-at-large for terms beginning January 1, 2008 and ending December 31, 2010:

Colin B. Church, voluntary standards coordinator, office of the executive director, U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission

Steven J. Cole, president and chief executive officer, Council of Better Business Bureaus

Dr. Donald R. Deutsch, vice president for standards strategy and architecture, Oracle

Kevan P. Lawlor, president and chief executive officer, NSF International

Barbara L. Nichols, chief executive officer, CGFNS International

Each new member was nominated by the ANSI membership, and the terms of the board members are staggered so that approximately one-third expire at the end of any given calendar year. Individuals retiring from the Board at the end of 2007 include:

Dr. Norris E. Alderson, associate commissioner for science, U.S. Food and Drug Administration

Marc R. Bussan, vice president for global product development, cleaning, Whirlpool Corp.

William Primosch, senior director for international business policy, National Association of Manufacturers

Andrew Updegrove, partner, Gesmer Updegrove LLP

The board of directors also acknowledged the leadership of two individuals who resigned their board seats earlier this year:

Joan Walsh Cassedy, former executive director, American Council of Independent Laboratories

William G. Sutton, former president and chief executive officer, Air-conditioning and Refrigeration Institute

For more information, visit http://www.ansi.org/news_publications/news_story.aspx?menuid=7&articleid=1671.

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