The Assn. of Equipment Manufacturers (AEM) announces its newly-elected 2015 officers, as well as directors elected at its recent annual meeting to the AEM Board of Directors and AG and CE Sector Boards.

AEM Officers for 2015 are:

  • 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.

Directors elected to the AEM Board of Directors are:

  • Christopher Barnard, president and CEO and Regional President NA & SA, Wacker Neuson Corp.
  • Robert Charter, group president, Caterpillar Inc.
  • Robert Crain, senior vice president and general manager NA, AGCO Corp.
  • Ronald DeFeo, chairman and CEO, Terex Corp.
  • 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 & Co.
  • Göran Lindgren, president Sales Region Americas, Volvo Construction Equipment
  • John Patterson, chairman JCB USA Group & director JCB Group, JCB Inc.
  • Austin Ramirez, president and CEO, HUSCO International Inc.
  • Glen Tellock, chairman, president and CEO, The Manitowoc Co. Inc.
  • James Walker, vice president Case IH NAFTA, CNH Industrial
  • David Woods, CEO, GiANT Partners LLC

Directors elected to the AEM AG Sector Board:

  • Mark Core, vice president Forage Solutions & Lifecycle and CMO, Vermeer Corp.
  • Matt Daley, president and CEO, GEA Farm Technologies Inc.
  • Bill Hurley, vice president Sales NA, AGCO Corp.
  • John Lagemann, senior vice president Sales & Marketing Regions 3 & 4, Deere & Co.
  • 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 Corp.
  • James Walker, vice president Case IH NAFTA, CNH Industrial

Directors elected to the AEM CE Sector Board:

  • Jason Andringa, president and COO, Vermeer Corp.
  • Steven Berglund, president and CEO, Trimble Navigation Ltd.
  • Tim Ford, president Terex Cranes, Terex Corporation
  • Chuck Martz, president, CEO and chairman, Link-Belt Construction Equipment Co.
  • Daniel Miller, president and CEO, Manitou Americas Inc.
  • Frank Nerenhausen, president JLG & executive vice president Oshkosh, JLG Industries Inc.
  • Ray O’Connor, president and CEO, Topcon Positioning Systems Inc.
  • Jeffrey Reed, president and CEO, Reed International/VSS Macropaver
  • Rod Schrader, chairman and CEO, Komatsu America Corp.
  • Tiffany Sewell-Howard, CEO, The Charles Machine Works Inc.
  • Erik Sparby, president and GM Construction Equipment, Atlas Copco Mining, Rock Excavation and Construction LLC
  • George Taylor, vice president, Caterpillar Inc.

AEM is the North American-based international trade group providing innovative business development resources to advance the off-road equipment manufacturing industry in the global marketplace. AEM membership comprises more than 850 companies and more than 200 product lines in the agriculture, construction, forestry, mining and utility sectors worldwide. AEM is headquartered in Milwaukee, Wis., with offices in the world capitals of Washington, D.C.; Ottawa, Canada; and Beijing, China. For more information visit www.aem.org.