AAC 2008 Board Elections Include New Position, Chairman and Directors

October 22, 2008

Wauconda, Illinois - The results of the Council's annual election of Officers and Directors were announced at the Seventeenth Annual International Anodizing Conference and Exposition October 29, 2008 in San Francisco, California. The AAC Board of Directors, now led by a new Chairman, has three new Directors, including a new position of Professional-Member Director. Terry Snell, Division Manager Environmental Division of Bonnell Aluminum Company, an aluminum extrusion company headquartered in Newnan, Georgia, was elevated to his first one-year term as Chairman of the Council. After joining the Board of Directors in 2006 as a Firm Director, he subsequently served one term as Vice Chairman/Treasurer. Todd Hamilton of Southern Aluminum Finishing was elected to serve his first term as Vice Chairman/Treasurer.

Prior to the 2008 election, the AAC Board of Directors approved a change to the Council’s bylaws, opening up a new seat on the Board for a Professional-Member representative. Anne Deacon Juhl of AluConsult in Denmark will serve a two-year term as Professional-Member Director, representing the consultants to the industry. She brings to the Board more than 15 years of experience working with surface treatment of aluminum. Currently, her work includes consulting clients on how to enhance the value of their aluminum products.

In addition, two new Directors were elected to fill Board vacancies that resulted from directors having reached their term limits. Rick Rosenfield of Douglas Alexandria Finishing was elected to serve his first term as a Firm Director. Rosenfield has been with Douglas Alexandria Finishing since 1975, where he has worked in several areas, including sales, procurement, materials, customer service, information systems, machine shop, quality, and finishing. Thad Piatkowski of Houghton Metal Finishing was elected to serve his first term as a Supplier Director. Since 1997, Piatkowski has served as President of Houghton Metal Finishing and Executive Vice President for Houghton International. Prior to working at Houghton, Paitkowski was President of Novamax Technologies in Atlanta, Georgia. Firm Director Leonid Lerner of Sanford Process Corporation was re-elected to serve his second two-year-term.

Andy Joswiak of Linetec in Wausau, Wisconsin was elected to serve his first one-year term as Past Chair. Gregory T. Rajsky, CAE, once again was elected to serve as President.

The Aluminum Anodizers Council is the international trade association of firms engaged in aluminum anodizing and whose mission it is to support its members—and users of anodized aluminum—through education, advocacy, and promotion.

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