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CMMA Election Results - 2023 Officers Named

CMMA Election Results - 2023 Officers Named

CMMA Election Results - 2023 Officers Named

For immediate release
February 1, 2023
 
Contact:
Rachel Lolmasteymaugh, Executive Director 
800-654-5773
 
 

Central Minnesota Manufacturers Association

Announces 2023 Board of Directors and Officers

 
 
Central Minnesota Manufacturers Association (CMMA) is pleased to announce the 2023 Board of Director election results that were confirmed in December. Candidates were listed on the electronic ballot issued in December, with eight seats available. 
 
We are pleased to welcome Mark Stafford (Coldspring) to his first term on the CMMA board of directors.
 
Re-elected to the board were incumbents Lance Barthel (Batteries Plus Bulbs), Angie Brick (Rotochopper, Inc.), Les Engel (Engel Metallurgical), Bruce Hagberg (riteSOFT), Dean Kiffmeyer (Central McGowan), Della Ludwig (MN DEED) and Patrick Walsh (Brooten-Belgrade-Elrosa School).
 
Additional members of the CMMA board of directors are Jason Iverson (Falcon National Bank), Steve Leen (BerganKDV), Lance Louis (Louis Industries), Randy Pelletier (Pellco Machine), Jared Powell (Woodcraft Industries), Kurt Scapaniak (Process Logic) and Tim Zipoy (Central MN Jobs & Training Services). 
 
Kurt Helgeson (SCSU) left the board after thirteen years of service as a CMMA board member. 
 
Photos and contact information are available on the CMMA Board of Directors web page.
 
Engel Named CMMA President
 
At the January board meeting, Les Engel was elected to a sixteenth term as president of Central Minnesota Manufacturers Association for calendar year 2023. Engel has provided leadership for the organization since its inception in 2008. Based in Sauk Rapids, MN, Engel Metallurgical is a materials engineering consulting and testing company specializing in material selection, application and evaluation; product failure analysis; and legal investigation/expert witness.
 
Lance Louis, President/CEO of Louis Industries, was elected to a fifth term as Vice President. Tim Zipoy with Central MN Jobs and Training was named CMMA’s Secretary and Steve Leen with BerganKDV was named Treasurer. 

Central Minnesota Manufacturers Association (CMMA) is a membership organization serving the manufacturing industry in central Minnesota. CMMA's 232 members benefit from peer networking, plant tours, benefit programs, legislative voice, industry awareness, promotional opportunities, workforce development efforts, and more. You can learn more at CMMAworks.org.

 
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