Joseph Curtin, President and Chief Operating Officer, Tube City Div., Tube City IMS Corp.
Joseph Curtin is the president and chief operating officer of the Tube City Div., Tube City IMS Corp. He joined the company in 1983 as vice president of marketing. In his 25 years with the company, he has been involved in domestic and international trading, which includes all grades of scrap and scrap substitutes, and is also responsible for all Tube City Div. operations. He was named president in January 1996. Prior to joining the company, he was with Mellon Bank from 1969 to 1977. In late 1977, Curtin began his career in the scrap industry working for a privately owned scrap brokerage firm, where he was responsible for handling banking relationships, as well as functioning as a trader of ferrous scrap metal. Mr. Curtin is active in several professional organizations: co-chairman of the Vendors Committee of the Steel Manufacturers Association; associate committee member of the Association for Iron & Steel Technology; and executive committee member of the Institute of Scrap Recycling Industries, Pittsburgh Chapter. Curtin earned his bachelor’s degree from the University of Pittsburgh in 1968, and an M.B.A. from Duquesne University in 1977.

Mario Longhi, Chief Executive Officer and President, Gerdau Ameristeel

Mario Longhi joined the company in June 2005 as president of Gerdau Ameristeel, Gerdau Group’s operations in North America. He was named chief executive officer in January 2006. Longhi is also vice president of the Gerdau Group. Prior to Gerdau Ameristeel, Longhi had a 23-year international career with the executive team at Alcoa, a global benchmark in the aluminum industry. Most recently, he served as vice president, a member of Alcoa’s Executive Committee and as president of the Group for Extruded and Final Products. During his extensive experience at Alcoa, Longhi was a member of the technical and professional leadership for the processes of construction, start-up, market development, operation and management of the Alcoa affiliates. As president of the Group for Extruded and Final Products and member of its Executive Committee, he participated actively in Alcoa’s strategic development, as well as in the decisions regarding policies and the continuous improvement of the cultural initiatives of the company’s business system. Mario Longhi received bachelor’s and master’s degrees in metallurgical engineering from the Mauá Technology Institute in São Paulo, Brazil.

Russ Rinn, Executive Vice President, Commercial Metals Co., and President, CMC Americas

Russ Rinn has spent 27 years with SMI-Texas and CMC Steel Group in various assignments, including president and chief executive officer, CMC Steel Group; chief operating officer, CMC Steel Group; president — West Group, CMC Steel Group; vice president of sales and assistant general manager, SMI-Texas; general manager, Safety Steel Service, Victoria, Texas; and sales manager, Texas Cold Finished Steel, Houston, Texas. Rinn is a graduate of Texas Lutheran University, with degrees in finance, marketing and business administration. He also graduated from the Management Development Program at the University of Michigan Business School, and completed the Stanford Executive Program in 2005. His professional associations include the Concrete Reinforcing Steel Institute (CRSI), Associated General Contractors of Texas, the American Concrete Institute, the American Concrete Pavement Association, the SMA board of directors, and the CRSI Foundation Board.

Louis L. Schorsch, Executive Vice President, ArcelorMittal, and President and Chief Executive Officer, ArcelorMittal Flat Americas

Louis L. Schorsch is an ArcelorMittal executive vice president and chief executive officer of the company’s Flat Carbon Americas business unit, with responsibility for the company’s flat rolled facilities in Canada, the United States, Mexico and Brazil. He assumed both positions in August 2006. Previously, Schorsch was chief executive officer of Mittal Steel USA, the U.S. subsidiary of Mittal Steel Co. He had been president and chief executive officer of Ispat Inland Inc., a predecessor company, since October 2003. Schorsch had spent most of his career as an analyst of the steel industry and a consultant to steelmakers all over the world. He holds a bachelor’s degree from Georgetown University and a doctorate in economics from American University, both in Washington, D.C.

R. Joseph Stratman, Executive Vice President, Nucor Corp.

Joe Stratman graduated from the University of Notre Dame with a degree in business administration. Prior to joining Nucor, he worked for several years in public accounting, first in Boston, Mass., and then in Fort Wayne, Ind. Stratman joined Nucor in 1989 as the controller of the Nucor Building Systems division in Waterloo, Ind. In 1991 he became the controller of the Nucor-Yamato Steel Co., in Blytheville, Ark. Stratman was promoted to general manager of the Nucor Steel–Nebraska mill in 1998, and came back to Nucor-Yamato Steel as vice president and general manager in late 1999. On Sept. 30, 2007, Stratman was appointed to his current position of executive vice president. He has been active in several civic groups and industry groups throughout the years and currently sits on the board of directors of the AISC.

John P. Surma, Chairman, Chief Executive Officer and President, U. S. Steel Corp.

John P. Surma graduated from Pennsylvania State University in 1976 with a B.S. degree in accounting. He joined Price Waterhouse LLP in 1976, and in 1981 he served in the Manchester, England, office of the Price Waterhouse UK firm. In 1987, he was admitted to the partnership. In 1983, Surma participated in the President’s Executive Exchange Program in Washington, D.C., where he served as executive staff assistant to the vice chairman of the Federal Reserve Board. In 1997, Mr. Surma joined Marathon Oil Co. as senior vice president — finance and accounting. He was appointed president of Speedway SuperAmerica LLC in 1998, and senior vice president — supply and transportation for Marathon Ashland Petroleum LLC (MAP) in 2000. He was named president of MAP on Jan. 1, 2001. Effective with the separation from USX Corp., he became vice chairman and chief financial officer of United States Steel Corp. on Jan. 1, 2002. He was named president in March 2003, and president and chief operating officer in June 2003. He was elected president and chief executive officer in 2004, and chairman of the board of directors and chief executive officer in February 2006. Surma serves as vice chairman of the board of directors of the International Iron and Steel Institute and held the title of chairman from 2006 through 2007. He is also a member of the board of directors of the American Iron and Steel Institute and previously served as chairman and vice chairman of the organization. Surma is also a member of the National Association of Manufacturers’ board of directors.

George J. Koenig, President, Berry Metal Co., Town Hall Forum Chair

Koenig serves as president of Berry Metal Co. and as a trustee of the AIST Foundation. He has participated on numerous committees for AIST, including serving as Session Chair for the Town Hall Forum at AISTech since 2004. Koenig earned a B.S. degree in business management and marketing from Drexel University and an associate’s degree in metallurgy from Pennsylvania State University.

John D. Callaway, Moderator

With more than 45 years of experience in professional journalism, John D. Callaway has excelled as a broadcast executive, radio and television program interviewer and host, news anchor, reporter and analyst, documentary producer and narrator, magazine writer, print columnist, book author, university teacher and fellowship administrator, national lecturer, moderator, stage performer and writer. He is best known for his work as moderator of WTTW’s "Chicago Tonight" news interview and analysis program, which he hosted from its inception in l984 until June 1999. He is now host and senior editor of the "Chicago Stories" program, a documentary and interview series that won three Emmys in its first season. Callaway starred in "John Callaway Tonight," an autobiographical one-man show he wrote and performed in 2001. Callaway is the author of the best-selling book of essays, The Thing of It Is.