JCB USA chairman John Patterson has been elected as the 2015 chair of the Association of Equipment Manufacturers (AEM), a US-based worldwide trade association for companies in the construction, mining, agriculture, forestry and utility sectors.
Patterson, who is also a JCB Group and JCB Inc director, was elected to the position at the association’s annual meeting on November 13. He served as chair of the AEM’s CE Sector board in 2014. The full lineup of board members for 2015 is:
AEM officers
Chair John Patterson, chairman JCB USA Group and director JCB Group, JCB Inc.
Vice Chair Leif Magnusson, president, CLAAS of America
Treasurer Göran Lindgren, president sales region Americas, Volvo Construction Equipment
AG Chair James Walker, vice president Case IH NAFTA, CNH Industrial
CE Chair Michael Haberman, president, Gradall Industries Inc.
Secretary Dennis Slater, AEM’s full-time president
“AEM officers and directors work on behalf of all AEM member companies to provide strategic direction and guidance for association services, activities and programs, in areas including public policy; equipment statistics and market information; trade shows; technical, safety and regulatory; global business development; and education/training,” the association says.
AEM board of directors
Christopher Barnard, president & CEO and regional president NA & SA, Wacker Neuson Corporation
Robert Charter, group president, Caterpillar Inc
Robert Crain, senior vice president & general manager NA, AGCO Corporation
Ronald DeFeo, chairman & CEO, Terex Corporation
Richard Goldsbury, president Bobcat/Doosan NA & Australia/Oceania, Doosan Infracore International
R. Scott Jenkins, senior vice president sales & marketing, ITW Welding NA
John Lagemann, senior vice president sales & marketing Regions 3 & 4, Deere & Company
Göran Lindgren, president sales region Americas, Volvo Construction Equipment
John Patterson, chairman JCB USA Group & director JCB Group, JCB Inc.
Austin Ramirez, president & CEO, HUSCO International Inc.
Glen Tellock, chairman, president & CEO, The Manitowoc Company Inc.
James Walker, vice president Case IH NAFTA, CNH Industrial
David Woods, CEO, GiANT Partners LLC
AEM AG Sector board
Mark Core, vice president Forage Solutions & Lifecycle and CMO, Vermeer Corporation
Matt Daley, president & CEO, GEA Farm Technologies Inc.
Bill Hurley, vice president sales NA, AGCO Corporation
John Lagemann, senior vice president sales & marketing regions 3 & 4, Deere & Company
Dmitry Lyubimov, president, Buhler Industries Inc.
Leif Magnusson, president, CLAAS of America
Brian McKown, COO, Kinze Manufacturing Inc.
Greg Petras, president, Kuhn NA Inc.
Todd Stucke, vice president Agriculture & Turf Division, Kubota Tractor Corporation
James Walker, vice president Case IH NAFTA, CNH Industrial
AEM CE Sector board
Jason Andringa, president & COO, Vermeer Corporation
Steven Berglund, president & CEO, Trimble Navigation Ltd.
Tim Ford, president Terex Cranes, Terex Corporation
Chuck Martz, president, CEO & Chairman, Link-Belt Construction Equipment Company
Daniel Miller, president & CEO, Manitou Americas Inc.
Frank Nerenhausen, president JLG & executive vice president Oshkosh, JLG Industries Inc.
Ray O’Connor, president & CEO, Topcon Positioning Systems Inc.
Jeffrey Reed, president & CEO, Reed International/VSS Macropaver
Rod Schrader, chairman & CEO, Komatsu America Corporation
Tiffany Sewell-Howard, CEO, The Charles Machine Works Inc.
Erik Sparby, president & GM Construction Equipment, Atlas Copco Mining, Rock Excavation and Construction LLC
George Taylor, vice president, Caterpillar Inc