Women in Manufacturing Association announces 2018 board of directors

The Cleveland-based Women in Manufacturing® (WiM) Association has announced the election of 19 members to its 2018 board of directors.

The board is led by Chair Griselda Abousleman, vice president operational excellence, Transport Solutions NA/EMEA, Ingersoll Rand, Davidson, N.C. Additional board officers are Vice Chair Gretchen Zierick, president, Zierick Mfg. Corp., Mount Kisco, N.Y.; Secretary Allison Giddens, director of order management, Win-Tech Inc., Kennesaw, Ga.; and Treasurer Barri Gurau, engineer, Lockheed Martin, Washington, D.C.

First-term members of the 2018 WiM Board are:

• Veronica Braker, vice president of operations, BASF, Wyandotte, Mich.
• Leah Curry, president, Toyota Motor Mfg. West Virginia, Buffalo, W.V.
• Erika Ferrell, director, IT, Sub-Zero Group Inc., Fitchburg, Wis.
• Bill Good, vice president, supply chain, GE Appliances, Louisville, Ky.
• Amanda Hendry, director, international HR operations, The Sherwin-Williams Co., Cleveland.
• Katie Kelley, U.S. vice chair, BMO Harris Bank, Minneapolis.
• Lynn Kier, vice president, communications and branding, Schaeffler Group USA Inc., Fort Mill, S.C.
• Amy Meyer, vice president, technical services, Kohler, Kohler, Wis.
• Karen Norheim, executive vice president, American Crane & Equipment Corp., Douglassville, Pa.
• Zoi Romanchuk, president, Slick Automated Solutions Inc., Ontario, Ohio.
• Caitlin Sickles, director, policy resolution group at Bracewell, Washington, D.C.
• Bill Smith, CEO, Termax Corp., Lake Zurich, Ill.

Board members serving their second and third terms are:

• Karla Aaron, president, Hialeah Metal Spinning Inc., Hialeah, Fla.
• Sheila LaMothe, vice president of strategic initiatives, Goyer Management Intl., Lakewood Ranch, Fla.
• Susanne Lauda, director, global advanced manufacturing technology, AGCO Corp., Atlanta.