At VMA’s 2017 Annual Meeting on October 13-15 at the Ritz-Carlton Amelia Island in Florida, members elected a new slate of officers.
Mark Nahorski, President of PBM Inc., will serve as 2017-2018 Chairman of the VMA Board, succeeding James White, Senior General Manager of Target Rock Group (a unit of Curtiss-White Valve Group). David Hughes, Director of Global Strategic Accounts for Final Controls (a unit of Emerson Automated Solutions), will serve as Vice Chairman, while Bryan Burns, President and COO of DeZurik, Inc., becomes Program Chairman. Continuing on the board for their second three-year terms are: Arie Bregman, Vice President and General Manager, DFT Inc., and Jim Walther, President, KITZ Corporation.
Newly elected to the board for their first three-year terms were: John V. Ballun, President and CEO, Val-Matic Valve & Mfg. Corporation; Yves LeDuc, President and CEO, Velan Valve; and Matt Thiel, President, AUMA Actuators. Bob Kemple of ASCO and Jim Gray of GE retired from the Board at the 2017 Annual Meeting.