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American manufacturers are crafting an incredible success story.  We’re the most competitive industry in the global marketplace.  Our innovations and technological advances have helped lower inflation, increase productivity, improve the environment and provide our workers with better pay, benefits and living standards.  Since 1991, The Manufacturing Institute, the educational and research arm of the National Association of Manufacturers, has shared this story with policymakers, the media and the public.  And they’ve listened.  But telling a good story is not enough.  We must also provide the intellectual support that’s needed to make federal policy affecting industry even better.   That’s why we plan to step up our efforts to educate policymakers and the media that American prosperity depends on stronger economic growth, fueled by a globally competitive manufacturing base.  Resources for worker training and education have been expanded through the National Center for American Workforce.  And we will continue to remind the nation that manufacturing is the backbone of the economy.

Manufacturing Institute Staff

Bill Canis
VICE PRESIDENT, REASEARCH & DEVLOPMENT, THE MANUFACTURING INSTITUTE
(202) 637-3109; fax (202) 637-3182; bcanis@nam.org

Emily Stover DeRocco
PRESIDENT, THE MANUFACTURING INSTITUTE, SENIOR VICE PRESIDENT, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF MANUFACTURERS
(202) 637-3137; fax (202) 637-3182; ederocco@nam.org

Jennifer McNelly
VICE PRESIDENT, EDUCATION + THE WORKFORCE, THE MANUFACTURING INSTITUTE
(202) 637-3138; fax (202) 637-3182; lnarvaiz@nam.org

Angie Fine
SENIOR EXECUTIVE ASSISTANT, THE MANUFACTURING INSTITUTE
(202) 637-3107; fax (202) 637-3182; afine@nam.org

Peg Walton
DIRECTOR, NATIONAL CENTER FOR THE AMERICAN WORKFORCE
(202) 637-3108; fax (202) 637-3182; pwalton@nam.org

Board of Trustees 2008

Chairman (2008-10) - Bio
Robert J. Ratliff 
Retired Chairman, President and CEO
AGCO Corporation
Duluth, GA


Trustees

James Buzzard
President, MeadWestvaco, Glen Allen, VA

Thomas J. Duesterberg, Ph.D.
President and CEO, Manufacturers Alliance/MAPI, Arlington, VA

Douglas Engel
Vice Chairman, US Manufacturing Industry Leader, Deloitte & Touche USA LLP, Chicago, IL

John Engler
President and CEO, National Association of Manufacturers, Washington, DC

<_o3a_p>Jack Fish
Vice President, Consumer Products Supply Chain, General Electric Co., Louisville, KY

<_o3a_p><_o3a_p>Peter T. Francis
Chairman, President and Chief Executive Officer, J.M. Huber Corporation, Edison, NJ

<_o3a_p><_o3a_p>Al Frink, former Assistant Secretary of Commerce for Manufacturing Services, Newport Coast, CA

Tony Friscia
President & CEO, AMR Research, Boston, MA

R. Keith Harrison, Jr.
Global Product Supply Officer, The Procter & Gamble Company, Cincinnati, OH

Herbert L. Henkel
Chairman, President & CEO, Ingersoll-Rand Co., Montvale, NJ

Jerry Jasinowski
Former President, The Manufacturing Institute and The National Association of Manufacturers, Washington, DC

Kellie Johnson
President, ACE Clearwater Enterprises, Torrance, CA

F. Joseph Loughrey
President and Chief Operating Officer, Cummins Inc., Columbus, IN

Douglas R. Oberhelman
Group President, Caterpillar Inc., Peoria, IL

Jean-Francois Phelizon
President & CEO, Saint-Gobain Corporation, Valley Forge, PA

Tony Raimondo
Chairman & CEO, Behlen Mfg. Co., Columbus, NE

Robert Ratliff
Retired Chairman, President and CEO, AGCO Corporation, Duluth, GA

Nick Yaksich
Vice President, Global Public Policy, Association of Equipment Manufacturers, Washington, DC

David Young
Senior Advisor, The Boston Consulting Group, Boston, MA

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Officers

Emily Stover DeRocco, President

Bill Canis
Vice&nbsp;President

Jennifer McNelly, Vice President

Jan Amundson
General Counsel

Tim Rogers
Treasurer

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