September 2009

Dear Member,

The Constitution and By-Laws of the Society provide for all corporate members to vote in person or by proxy for the election of the Society's officers.

A proxy by which you may exercise your right as a corporate member of ASME to vote on the names listed below and participate in the Business Meeting of the International Mechanical Engineering Congress and Exposition (IMECE2009) will be mailed with the September issue of ME Magazine.  On the proxy portion of the form, you can indicate your vote for the election of Society Officers and grant or withhold your proxy for any other business at the Business Meeting.  If you prefer to vote in person on the election, you are invited to attend the Business Meeting of the Congress at the Walt Disney World Swan & Dolphin Hotel, Orlando, Florida, November 13, 2009.  Please note that the deadline date for return of the proxy is October 23, 2009.

Below is the slate of nominees and their biographical data.

Sincerely,

Webb Marner
Secretary and Treasurer

PRESIDENT
The Nominating Committee has made a single nomination for the office of President for a one-year term from June 2010 to June 2011.

NOMINEE FOR PRESIDENT 2010-2011

Robert T. Simmons, P.E., is president-nominee of ASME.  He has been a member of ASME for 30 years and served on its Board of Governors (BOG) from 2007 to 2009.  Simmons has held a number of leadership positions in the Society including most recently as chair of the Governance and Strategy Task Force, which provided key recommendations to the BOG on the Society’s new mission and vision statements. He also served as vice president of the Engineering and Technology Management Group and chair of the ASME Management Division.  

Bob Simmons, a fellow of ASME, has more than 35 years of experience in engineering management and has been involved in major research and development programs, principally in nuclear energy and fusion, throughout his career.  He currently serves as the systems engineering support manager at the U.S. Department of Energy’s Princeton Plasma Physics Laboratory, where he manages national and international projects in fusion energy.  He has also served on numerous review teams for the Office of Science of DOE working primarily in the area of high energy physics.

Prior to joining PPPL in 1989, Simmons worked at Burns and Roe, Inc.  He served in various engineering management capacities at the large engineering firm, including project manager in charge of modifications for nuclear power facilities.

Simmons joined the U.S. Navy in 1966, retiring in 2001 with the rank of captain.  During his naval duty, Simmons served nine years on U.S. Navy nuclear submarines and also commanded two naval reserve units. 

Simmons graduated from the U.S. Naval Academy in 1966 with a B.S. degree in nuclear science and mechanical engineering and in 1975, earned his MBA degree from The Ohio State University.  He is a retired registered professional engineer in California. 

At ASME, Simmons has been an ardent supporter of K-12 education and has championed efforts for engineering diversity.  He is the recipient of the ASME Dedicated Service Award and received the first ASME Engineering and Technology Leadership Award, which has been named the Robert T. Simmons Leadership Award in his honor.
Simmons, a Montgomery Township, N.J. resident, will become the 129th president of ASME when he begins his one-year term in June 2010.  

BOARD OF GOVERNORS
There are currently nine at-large members on the Board of Governors, with the terms of three to expire in June 2010. The Nominating Committee has made a single nomination for each position to be filled for a three-year term from June 2010 to June 2013.

NOMINEES FOR BOARD OF GOVERNORS 2010-2013

	Richard C. Benson, Ph.D. (Fellow ASME) is the Dean of Engineering at Virginia Tech. Previously, at Penn State, he served as the Head of Mechanical and Nuclear Engineering (98-05) and Head of Mechanical Engineering (95-98).  At the University of Rochester he served as Chair of Mechanical Engineering (92-95) and Associate Dean for Graduate Studies in the College of Engineering and Applied Science (89-92).  He spent three years with the University of Rochester focusing on the mechanics of highly flexible structures.  Kodak, Hewlett Packard, Bausch & Lomb and Xerox were among the research sponsors.  Dr. Benson has twice been honored by the ASME, receiving the Henry Hess Award in 1984 and being named Fellow in 1998.
	Edmund J. Seiders, P.E. (Fellow ASME) has over 40 years of experience in industry since graduating with a BSME degree from Drexel Institute of Technology (now Drexel University) in 1966.  He also has an MBA degree from the University of Tulsa and has served in the Peace Corps.  He has held positions of lead discipline engineer, project engineer, project manager and senior engineer on a variety of both domestic and international detailed design and construction projects.  His involvement with ASME began as an undergraduate, and developed into various positions with the Petroleum Division, and the Energy Resources Board.  In 2000, Ed became a founding member of the Pipeline Systems Division, in which he is still active. When the Petroleum, Pipeline Systems, and Ocean, Offshore and Arctic Engineering Divisions joined together to form ASME's International Petroleum Technology Institute, Ed was elected as their initial vice president.  Ed continues to serve on a number of committees and task forces that are keeping ASME on a solid technical and financial footing.
	J. Robert Sims, Jr. (Fellow ASME) is a recognized authority in risk-based technologies for optimizing inspection and maintenance decisions, high pressure equipment, mechanical integrity evaluation of equipment and Fitness-For-Service analysis. He is a past ASME Senior Vice President for Codes and Standards, current Vice Chair of the Post Construction Committee, and is a member of the Standards Committee on Pressure Vessels as well as Vice Chair of the Joint API/ASME Fitness for Service Committee. He is an ASME Fellow, has more than 20 publications and two patents and is a frequent speaker and chairman in technical forums. Prior to joining Becht Engineering in 1998, he worked for more than thirty years with Exxon (now ExxonMobil).

VICE PRESIDENTS
There are currently 17 Vice Presidents, with the terms of 5 to expire in June 2010. The Nominating Committee has made a single nomination for each position to be filled for a three-year term from June 2010 to June 2013.

NOMINEES FOR VICE PRESIDENT 2010-2013

	VICE PRESIDENT, AFFINITY COMMUNITIES Cassandra Dugal (ASME Member) is currently working with TSP in Houston, TX, developing and managing programs for their major Supply Chain Management customers.  In this capacity, Cassandra is responsible for seeking and implementing value-add solutions to problems of process control, inventory management, procurement and product design within the customer’s facilities.  She is an active member of ASME, serving on the Affinity Communities Operation Board and participating as a member of the Codes and Standards B18 Committee on Standardization for Fasteners.  Cassandra has also held a number of roles within the Society of Women Engineers including terms as VP External for the Houston Area Section and as Region C Treasurer.  In her free time, Cassandra is learning Spanish and working on her rock climbing skills.
	VICE PRESIDENT, STANDARDIZATION AND TESTING Bruce A. Harding (ASME Member).  is a professor of MET at Purdue University. Mr. Harding’s scholarship and engagement centers on the development and application of American National and ISO standards dealing with Technical Product Documentation (TPD) as broadly applied to product lifecycle management.  This expertise is woven back into his classroom instruction and research.  Currently he teaches product realization courses and Global Standardization, one of only five US graduate courses specifically addressing standardization.  He is a member of the ASME Board on Standardization and Testing, the ASME Y14 Main Committee on Engineering drawings, and a number of ASME subcommittees. He also chairs the 62 country ISO Technical Committee on Technical Product Documentation, is on the board of directors of ANSI and is an active consultant and trainer for a number of companies.
	VICE PRESIDENT, CAREER & PROFESSIONAL ADVANCEMENT Jennifer Jewers, P.E. (Life Member) is a refrigeration engineer at Henderson Engineers, Inc. (HEI).  She is responsible for maintaining all refrigeration updates and changes for Wal-Mart prototypes and other refrigeration design initiatives.  She represents HEI on two Walmart Refrigeration Collectives, groups of consultants and engineers that serve as resources for new design development, technology identification and application support, and standards review.  Additionally, she manages the HEI refrigeration production team, which is responsible for new store design.  Ms. Jewers holds a B.S. in engineering with a mechanical emphasis from Texas Christian University.  She also holds an M.S. in mechanical engineering from Purdue University. Her extensive service to ASME includes work on the Committee on Early Career Development, Management Division, Affinity Communities, Nominating Committee, District Operating Board, and her local sections.
	VICE PRESIDENT, PUBLIC AWARENESS Willard A. Nott P.E.(ASME Member) has been a member of ASME since 1983 and has served in leadership capacities at the local, regional and national levels.  Since 1994, he has been involved in many programs for promoting engineering at the pre-college level through several organizations.  He served as Vice President of Pre-College and Member At Large on the Center for Public Awareness.  He is the Chair of the Education Board for Engineers Without Borders-USA, a Member of the Board of Directors for EAST initiative and Chair of the FIRST Silicon Valley Regional.  He is also a member of the Steering Committee for the NAEP 2012 Technological Literacy Assessment Framework & Specifications. Bill retired from Lockheed Martin Space Systems (Sunnyvale) in 2007.
	VICE PRESIDENT, FINANCIAL OPERATIONS Karen J. Ohland (ASME Member) is the Financial Administrator for Education at The Metropolitan Museum of Art.  Karen has been a member of the Financial Operations Board in K&C since its inception in 2005.  She is also currently serving ASME on the Committee of Organization and Rules, Leadership Training Conference Committee and as Chair of the Global Communities Merit Based Funding Committee.  Prior leadership positions that Karen has held include District A Leader, VP elect-Region II, North Jersey Section Chair and Society Trainer since 1998.  Karen has a B.S. in Engineering and a B.A. in Biology from Swarthmore College and a Masters degree in Anatomy from the University of Chicago.  Karen is President of the board of a non-profit senior center, church treasurer and is an ABET Evaluator.