VMA Membership Formally Approves Board of Directors and 2023 VMA Budget

During VMA Business Meeting, which took place at VMA’s Annual Meeting, Ron Warren, president of Bray International and VMA Chairman of the Board announced the 2022/23 slate of nominees for the VMA Board of Directors and asked for an official membership vote on both the slate and the 2023 VMA budget. 

The VMA Executive Committee is now joined by Kirk Wilson of Flowserve, and also includes the following individuals and positions:

• Board chair: Matt Thiel, president, AUMA Actuators Incorporated
• Vice chair/treasurer: Andy Duffy, vice president of sales, Emerson/ASCO
• Nathan Brunell, product line general manager, Baker Hughes
• Kirk Wilson, president, flow control division, Flowserve
• Immediate past chair: Ron Warren, president/COO of Bray International Inc.

VMA’s Board of Directors includes one new member, Andrew Masullo of Curtiss Wright.  Arie Bregman of DFT, the immediate past Board Chair, term ended at his retirement from DFT this year.

• Alejandro (Alex) Alcala, senior vice-president, Crane Co.
• Mark Claffey, president, Trillium Valves USA
• Danilo Garcia, president, RF Valves, Inc.
• Seth Guterman, CEO, American Valve
• David Loula, director, global products and markets, ITT Engineered Valves
• Andrew Masullo, senior general manager, Valves Division, Curtiss Wright (new board member for a three-year term)
• Kevin McKown, general manager, Curtiss-Wright Nuclear
• Kevin J. Tinsley, SVP Global Operations, Neles
• Rob Velan, executive vice-president, MRO & Aftermarket and Vice-Chairman of the Board, Velan Valve Corporation
• Brian Wright, president/CEO, A-T Controls

Also at the Business Meeting, Matt Theil, President AUMA Actuators and VMA’s Treasurer/Incoming Board Chair, presented a balanced 2023 budget. The budget includes funding for the core VMA activities on industry education, events and business intelligence, and also support for workforce development, government affairs, sustainability, industry promotion and membership support and development activities.  Additionally, the Board is pleased to provide a budget that does not include an increase in the dues calculations for members. The above activities all continue to support the implementation of VMA’s strategic plan. 

For more information contact Heather Rhoderick