Toner , SSA Americas, appointed AIST President for 2024+2025

Eze Ihedigbo

Senior Advisor and Vice President Operations, and Director of Technical Development — Transformation Office, SSAB Americas, Mobile, Ala., USA, Thomas  Toner, has been appointed President of the Association for Iron & Steel Technology (AIST) for 2024–2025.

Toner succeeds Barry T. Schneider, president and chief operating officer, Steel Dynamics Inc., Fort Wayne, Ind., USA.

AIST announced its 2024–2025 Executive Committee and Board of Directors during AISTech 2024, the organization’s annual conference and exposition, which was held 6–9 May in Columbus, Ohio, USA.

Also appointed as members of the Executive Committee are, First Vice President: Al C. Behr; Executive Vice President, Nucor Corp., Charlotte, N.C., USA; Second Vice President, Traci L. Forrester; Executive Vice President, Environmental and Sustainability, Cleveland-Cliffs Inc., Cleveland, Ohio, USA.

Past President, Barry T. Schneider, President and Chief Operating Officer, Steel Dynamics Inc., Fort Wayne, Ind., USA, First Officer-at-Large: John G. Speer, American Bureau of Shipping Chaired Professor and Director, Advanced Steel Processing and Products Research Center, Colorado School of Mines, Golden, Colo., USA.

Second Officer-at-Large: Greg J. Brandon, Vice President Southeast Division, CMC, Cayce, S.C., USA. Third Officer-at-Large: Dirk Francis, Vice President Manufacturing, ArcelorMittal Dofasco G.P., Hamilton, Ont., Canada
Fourth Officer-at-Large: Jeff Joldrichsen, Vice President, Operations, BlueScope Coated Products Middletown, Delta, Ohio, USA.

Treasurer; Mark L. Fedor, President and Chief Executive Officer, Morgan, Alliance, Ohio, USA; Secretary: Ronald E. Ashburn, Executive Director, Association for Iron & Steel Technology, Warrendale, Pa., USA; AIST board members are Karim Alshurafa, President, Vollmer America Inc., Pittsburgh, Pa., USA; Chase J. Ault, Quality Manager, Steel Dynamics Inc. – Flat Roll Group Butler Division, Butler, Ind., USA; Karim Badr, Technical Director MENA Region, RHI Magnesita, Alexandria, Egypt; Nick Bucci, Caster Maintenance Supervisor, Nucor Steel–Hertford County, Cofield, N.C., USA; Stephen A. Civanich Jr., Assistant Vice President, Primary Metals North America, NALCO Water, an Ecolab Company, Valparaiso, Ind., USA.

Kevin Deliman, Business Development Manager — Industrial, Baltimore Aircoil Co., Jessup, Md., USA; Jesse W. DeSpain, Railroad and Scrap Leader, Nucor Steel–Texas, Jewett, Texas, USA; Lawrence F. Fabina, Program Director — Energy, Cleveland-Cliffs Burns Harbor, Burns Harbor, Ind., USA; Terry G. Fedor (AIST Foundation President), Executive Vice President Operations, Cleveland-Cliffs Inc., West Chester, Ohio, USA; Luis G. Garza Martinez, Manager Process Research, Cleveland-Cliffs Research and Innovation Center, Middletown, Ohio, USA; Alec Glenn, General Manager, Primary, AM/NS Calvert LLC, Calvert, Ala., USA.

James G. Hoffman, Maintenance Asset Coach, ArcelorMittal Dofasco G.P., Hamilton, Ont., Canada; Gilbert Hutton, Director of Operations, CMC Steel Arizona, Mesa, Ariz., USA; John (Bill) B. Jones Jr., Manager, Primary Quality Assurance, U. S. Steel – Granite City Works, Chesterfield, Mo., USA; Nikhil Kulkarni, Product Metallurgist, Steel Dynamics Inc. – Flat Roll Group Jeffersonville Plant, Jeffersonville, Ind., USA.

Joseph H. Morey, Consultant, Morey Industrial Consulting, Schererville, Ind., USA; Stephen M. Murphy, Director, General Procurement, Metallus Inc., Canton, Ohio, USA; Sabra C. Serino, Process Engineer, CMC Steel Texas, Seguin, Texas, USA; Neil J. Tannyan, USA Regional Manager — Iron and Steel, Hatch Associates Inc., Pittsburgh, Pa., USA.