Midwest Member Chapter
Young Steel Professionals’ Night
Tuesday, 11 November 2025 • The Avalon Manor • Merrillville, Ind., USA
Panelists:
♦ Zachary Gault, Cleveland-Cliffs Burns Harbor, Hot Strip Mill Maintenance Engineer
♦ Jackson Polarek, NLMK Portage, Hot Strip Mill Process Engineer
♦ Ethan Gniadek, U.S. Steel – Gary Works, Maintenance Manager - Planning
♦ Stephanie Lam, US Steel Midwest, Project Engineer
♦ Emily Glover, Cleveland-Cliffs Indiana Harbor, Environmental Engineer
♦ Michelle Boline, Steel Dynamics Inc. - Structural and Rail Division, Caster Metallurgical Engineer
Moderator:
♦ Soumitra Agashe, Cleveland-Cliffs Burns Harbor, Senior Division Manager, Hot Strip Mill, Plate Mills, Finishing
Pricing
US$70 per person
US$560 Company-sponsored Table of 8
Schedule of Events
5:30 p.m. Social Hour
6:30 p.m. Dinner
7:30 p.m. Presentations
Bring Your Own Young Professional (BYOYP)
AIST's Bring Your Own Young Professional (BYOYP) program rewards our Members for helping build a sustainable steel industry at the most important level: the next generation. Getting Young Professionals involved in AIST, and the greater steel industry, provides opportunity and benefits for all involved. Find out more information about the program here.