Automation Alley Names 2011 Board of Directors
Automation Alley, Michigan's largest technology business association, announced that its membership has approved the 2011 board of directors slate.
The board serves as the association's key decision-making group and is vital to the development of programs, services, events and committees. Three new members were elected to the 2011 board: Donald H. Clayton, managing director of Clayton & McKervey P.C.; Mark Symonds, CEO and president of Plex Systems; and Peter H. Webster, member of Dickinson Wright PLLC.
"The staff and I look forward to working with the new board as we continue to grow the innovation cluster of Southeast Michigan," said Ken Rogers, Automation Alley executive director. "As the influential business leaders and decision makers in Southeast Michigan, the Board of Directors is Automation Alley's most powerful ambassadors. I am proud to work alongside these individuals and am eager to work on this year's agenda."
2011 Board of Directors and officers are:
* President: Scott Goemmel, PMV Technologies
* Vice President: Donald Schenk, General Dynamic Land Systems
* Secretary: Christine Estereicher, Chrysler Group LLC
* Treasurer: Adam Wilburn, RCM Technologies
* Assistant Treasurer: Jim Safran, Beaumont Hospitals
* Immediate Past President: Brian McGinnity, Hirotec America
* Ex-officio directors: Stephen Cassin, Macomb County and Jerry Rush, ArvinMeritor Inc.
Remaining board members include:
* John Almstadt, Oakland County Workforce Development Board
* Donald Clayton, Clayton & McKervey
* Todd Fenton, Wayne County
* Gary Gavin, Blue Cross Blue Shield
* Debra Homic Hoge, General Motors
* Karen Mitchell, DTE Energy
* Bob Nichols, Kettering University
* Ken Rogers, Automation Alley
* Mark Symonds, Plex Systems
* Tracie Tillinger, Detroit Economic Growth Corporation
* Lewis Walker, Lawrence Technological University
* Peter Webster, Dickinson Wright PLLC
Since its founding in 1999, Automation Alley has expanded to include more than 1,000 businesses, educational institutions and government entities from the City of Detroit and the surrounding eight county region. Automation Alley promotes regional prosperity through entrepreneurial and exporting assistance, workforce development and technology acceleration.
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