The NACE International Board of Directors recently announced the unanimously approved slate of members for the new NACE Standards Board.
The Standards Board is authorized to provide oversight and management of NACE International’s standards, and its chair holds a voting seat on the NACE International board.
“The members of the new NACE International Standards Board come from a decidedly global arena, with four of our 10 members hailing from countries outside North America,” says Cris Conner, interim chair of the NACE Standards Board. “This is a big step toward our goal of ensuring that NACE International is truly representative of the worldwide corrosion community.”
The Standards Board members approved by the NACE International board, along with their respective locations, are:
- David Barnes, Elcometer (Manchester, England)
- Steve Biagiotti, DynamicRisk (Denver, Colorado, USA)
- Tim Bieri, BP (Houston, Texas, USA)
- Cris Conner, interim chair, USM (St. Louis, Missouri, USA)
- Samir Degan, Osnar Paints (Mumbai, India)
- Khlefa Esaklul, Oxychem (Houston, Texas, USA)
- Roy Fultineer, incoming chair, Roberts Corrosion (Harrisville, West Virginia, USA)
- Robert Herron, U.S. DoD CPO (Washington, DC, USA)
- Hank Kleinfelder, CorrTech (Buffalo, New York, USA)
- Nurul Mohamed, Petronas (Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia)
- Elise Owen, U.S. EPA (Washington, DC, USA)
NACE International staff member will serve as secretary for the Standards Board.
The Standards Board will meet twice per year, once at NACE International’s spring CORROSION Conference & Expo, and again during Corrosion Technology Week each fall.
The Standards Board first convened at NACE headquarters in Houston for a two-day orientation and strategic planning session in late January. The second meeting will take place on March 17, 2020. Conner will serve as interim chair until March 2020, when Fultineer will become chair for a three-year term.
Source: NACE International, www.nace.org.