Board of Directors 2026–2027
The affairs of AIST shall be managed by the Board of Directors, which shall have supervision, control and direction of its policies or changes therein within the limits of the Bylaws; shall actively prosecute its purposes; and shall have discretion in the disbursement of its funds.
President
John G. Speer
American Bureau of Shipping Chaired Professor
Colorado School of Mines
Past President
Allen C. Behr
Executive Vice President
Nucor Corp.
1st Vice President
Greg J. Brandon
Divisional Vice President
CMC
2nd Vice President
Dirk Francis
Chief Operating Officer, Primary, Cluster Dunkerque
ArcelorMittal France
Officer-at-Large 1
Jeff Joldrichsen
Officer-at-Large 2
Daniel R. Brown
Chief Operating Officer and Senior Vice President for Advanced Technology Steelmaking
United States Steel Corporation/Big River Steel
Officer-at-Large 3
Daniel J. Keown
Vice President and General Manager
Steel Dynamics Inc. – Flat Roll Group, Columbus
Officer-at-Large 4
Patrick M. Bloom
Executive Vice President, Government Relations
Cleveland-Cliffs Inc.
Treasurer
Mark L. Fedor
President and Chief Executive Officer
Morgan Engineering
Secretary
Ronald E. Ashburn
Executive Director
AIST
AIST Foundation President
Mark R. Olson
Vice President of Mill Operations
Pacific Steel Group
Safety & Environment Technology Division
Nathan A. Berry
Corporate Director of Safety
Cleveland-Cliffs Inc.
Cokemaking & Ironmaking Technology Division
Scott E. Pisula
Div Mgr Coke Oper & Mtce
U. S. Steel - Mon Valley Works, Clairton Plant
Steelmaking Technology Division
Kyle W. Vanover
Hot Mill Metallurgist
Steel Dynamics Inc. – Flat Roll Group, Butler Division
Refining & Casting Technology Division
April D. Pitts-Baggett
Sr. Quality Engineer
Nucor Business Technology
Rolling & Processing Technology Division
Michael A. Cooke
Director of Technical Services
SSAB Iowa Inc.
Metallurgy Technology Division
Siddhartha Biswas
Senior Plant Metallurgist, Quality and Product Development
Big River Steel
Energy & Control Technology Division
Hiranya M. Pathak
Principal Business Developer
Primetals Technologies USA LLC
Plant Services & Reliability Technology Division
Rachel S. Schmidt
Technical Sales Manager-EAF Mill Services
Berry Metal Company
Material Movement & Transportation Technology Division
Russell Walters
Crane Maintenance Lead
Nucor Steel Kankakee Inc.
Midwest Member Chapter Rep.
Theodore Vrehas
Director of Engineering
Cleveland-Cliffs Burns Harbor LLC
Northeastern Ohio Member Chapter Rep.
Steven C. Asseff
Senior Buyer, Refractories
Cleveland-Cliffs Inc.
Northern Member Chapter Rep.
Robert Pinelli
Business Development Manager
North Star Technical Inc.
Ohio Valley Member Chapter Rep.
Charles B. Droessler |
Pittsburgh Member Chapter Rep.
Kelly A. Cetin
Senior Research Engineer
U. S. Steel Research and Technology Center
Southeast Member Chapter Rep.
Andrew D. Seibel |
Southwest Member Chapter Rep.
Benjamin Tad Dunville
Managing Partner
SafeLifting Partners/Unique Group
Smaller MC-USMCA BOD Rep.
Joseph Scott Hunter
Plant Manager Great Lakes Works
U. S. Steel - Great Lakes Works
Smaller MC Non-USMCA BOD Rep.
Ernesto Rheinboldt
Engineer
Tallman Technologies Inc.