IMEC - Downstate
1501 W. Bradley Avenue
Peoria, IL 61625

IMEC - Chicago Region
1177 S. Dee Road
Park Ridge, IL 60008

1-888-806-4632
Fax: 309-677-3289

E-mail: info@imec.org

Board of Directors


To ensure that IMEC's focus is in alignment with the needs of manufacturers, IMEC is led by a board of directors comprised of the leaders of manufacturing companies. Small and mid-sized manufacturers - IMEC's principal customer segment - are represented, as are larger OEMs such as Deere, Boeing and Caterpillar. Non-voting members include representatives from partner organizations and stakeholders.


Brad Albrecht, Board Secretary/Treasurer

Vice President - Finance
Budnick Converting, Inc. - Columbia, IL


Dan Schueller, Board Chairman

President
Brad Foote Gear Works - Cicero, IL


Jim Haley

President

Illini Wire Works Inc. - Olney, IL


Joe Shiver

Director, Rockford Operations
Hamilton Sundstand - Rockford, IL

 

Jennifer Kalas

President

IRMCO- Evanston, IL

 

Jeff Townsend

Vice President, Business Operations, Worldwide - Eclipse, Inc.- Rockford, IL

Scott Kelley

COO

Plano Molding Co - Sandwich, IL


Gerry Wappelhorst

Former Supplier Relations & Development Manager
Global Purchasing Division, Caterpillar Inc. - Peoria, IL

 

Daryl Lindemann

President

Illinois Valley Plastics - Washington, IL

 

Ed Wolbert

President
Transco Products - Streator, IL

 

Richard Louis, Board 1st Vice Chair

President

Turner Electric Corporation - Edwardsville

 

Craig Zoberis

President

Fusion Systems, Inc- Burr Ridge, IL

 

Larry Meeske

Manager, Global Strategic Sourcing
Agriculture & Turf Division, Deere & Co. - Moline, IL

 

 

 

Patrick Murzyn
Global Purchasing Director
Caterpillar Inc. - Peoria, IL

 




Representatives to the Board (non-voting)


Gary Anna
Vice President for Business Affairs
Bradley University (IMEC Fiscal Agent)
Peoria, IL


Kyle Harfst

Executive Director Southern Illinois Research Park &

Executive Director of Economic Development

Southern Illinois University Carbondale OERD

Carbondale, IL


Larry Danziger

Executive Director for CADRE

(Center for Advanced Design, Research & Exploration)

Office of the Vice Chancellor for Research

University of Illinois at Chicago - Chicago, IL


Phill Wadsworth
Federal Program Officer
National Institute for Standards and Technology
Manufacturing Extension Partnership
Gaithersburg, MD


Lisa Freeman

Vice President for Research and Graduate Studies

Northern Illinois University

DeKalb, IL