Chapter Officers

1 - Gold and Silver Chapter

California, Nevada, Arizona, Oregon, Washington

President

Shashi Parulekar

  • Zemarc Corporation

    6431 Flotilla Street
    Los Angeles, CA 90040

  • Phone

    323-721-5598

  • Email

    sparulekar@zemarc.com

2 - Northcentral Chapter

Iowa, Kansas, Minnesota, Missouri, Nebraska, North Dakota, South Dakota, Wisconsin

President

Peter Cartwright

  • Cartwright Consulting

  • Phone

    952-854-4911

  • Email

    peterscartwright@gmail.com

Vice President

Dave Botts

  • Phone

    612-356-9769

  • Email

    davebotts@gmail.com

Secretary

Dan Popehn

  • Victaulic

  • Phone

    612-259-7494

  • Email

    dan.popehn@victaulic.com

Treasurer

Tim Johnson

  • TSI, INC.

  • Phone

    651-490-3815

  • Fax

    651-490-3815

  • Email

    tjohnson@tsi.com

Steering Committee

John Buettner – JMB
James Kidwell – SWM
Felicia Littlejohn – Pentair
Katarina Majamaa – Dow
Bob Mangaudis – Fluence
Dan O’Shea -Membrane Strategy Services, LLC
Qisheng Ou – University of Minnesota
Steve Riedel – MN Trade
Derek Stevens – Dow

3 - Southwest Chapter

Arkansas, Louisiana, New Mexico, Oklahoma, Texas

President

Alex Knowles

  • Email

    alexander.knowles@titanpeq.com

Vice President

Joseph Ciminella

  • Email

    jciminella@midwestfiltration.com

Secretary

Wu Chen

  • Dow Chemical Solid/Liquid Separation

    2301 Brazoport Blvd. Building B-1402
    Freeport, TX 77541

  • Phone

    979-238-9943

  • Fax

    979-238-0969

  • Email

    wuchen@dow.com

Treasurer

Wenping Li

  • R&D group Agrilectric Research Company

    3063 Highway 397
    Lake Charles, LA 70602

  • Phone

    337-421-6245

  • Fax

    337-421-6344

  • Email

    wenpingl@agrilectric.com

4 - Midwest Chapter

Illinois, Indiana, Michigan

President

Jia Ma

  • Aqua-Aerobic Systems Inc.

    6306 North Alpine Road PO Box 2026
    Loves Park, IL 61111-7655

  • Phone

    815-654-2501

  • Email

    jma@aqua-aerobic.com

5 - Cumberland Chapter

Kentucky, Tennessee

President

John Hancock

  • Cerex Advanced Fabrics

  • Phone

    615-630-1986

  • Email

    JHancock@cerex.com

Vice President

Kaiyi Liu

  • Parker Hannifin Corporation

    2203 Oakland Parkway
    Columbia, TN 38401

  • Phone

    931-548-7850

  • Email

    Kaiyi.liu@parker.com

6 - Mid-Atlantic Chapter

Delaware, Maryland, New Jersey, New York (South), Pennsylvania

President

Jerry Lynch

  • SIGMA DESIGN COMPANY L.L.C.

    200 Pond Avenue
    Middlesex, NJ 08846

  • Phone

    732-629-7548

  • Fax

    732-629-7556

  • Email

    gjlynch@sigmadesign.net

7 - Empire State Chapter

Delaware, Maryland, New Jersey, New York (South), Pennsylvania

President

Krishna Gupta

  • POROUS MATERIALS INC

    83 Brown Road, Suite 4
    Ithaca, NY 4850

  • Phone

    607-257-5544

  • Fax

    607-257-5639

  • Email

    info@pmiapp.com

8 - New England Chapter

Connecticut, Maine, Massachusetts, New Hampshire, Rhode Island, Vermont

President

Ashish Bandekar

  • Mativ

  • Phone

    978-436-6897

  • Email

    ashish.bandekar@mativ.com

Secretary

Beth Pierce

  • Knowlton Specialty Papers, Inc.

    213 Factory St. Watertown, NY 13601

  • Phone

    315-755-2631

  • Email

    beth.pierce@knowlton-co.com

Treasurer

Mike Costantini

  • Haartz Corporation

    87 Hayword Rd.
    Acton, MA 01720

  • Phone

    978-264-2641

9 - Southeast Chapter

Alabama, Florida, Georgia, Mississippi, North Carolina, South Carolina, Virginia, West Virginia

President

Jay Bernsley

  • Strainrite

  • Phone

    207-713-4411

  • Email

    jbernsley@strainrite.com

Secretary/Treasurer

Susie Reynolds

  • Carolina Filters

  • Phone

    803-418-9725

  • Email

    susie@carolinafilters.com

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