MHI announces leadership appointments for 2024

MHI recently announced their 2024 Board of Governors and Roundtable Advisory Committee. The Board of Governors consists of the Officers and Board Governors of MHI plus the Chief Executive Officer and General Counsel of the corporation. The Board of Governors serves as the Board of Directors for MHI.

2024 MHI Board of Governors:

• Bryan Jensen, MHI Chair, Executive Vice President, St. Onge Company Inc.
• Brian Reh, MHI President, CEO, Gorbel Inc.
• Eddie Murphy, MHI Vice President, Owner/President, SpaceGuard Products, Inc.
• Chris Becker, President, G.W. Becker, Inc.
• Annette Danek-Akey, Chief Supply Chain Officer, Penguin Random House
• Rick Fox, President, FOX IV Technologies
• Jason Minghini, Senior Vice President Operations, Kenco Logistics Service
• Brian C. Neuwirth, President, UNEX Manufacturing, Inc.
• Karen Norheim, President & CEO, American Crane & Equipment
• Kevin O’Neill, CEO, Steele Solutions, Inc.
• John Paxton, CEO, MHI
• Brett Wood, President & CEO, Toyota Material Handling, North America
• Arthur H. Stroyd, Jr., MHI General Counsel, Del Sole Cavanaugh Stroyd LLC

Members of the MHI Roundtable Advisory Committee include:

• James Cabot, President & CEO, Southworth International Group, Inc.
• Chad Claude, WERC Liaison, Principal, CLEAR Plan Consulting
• Brian Cohen, Chief Executive Officer, Hanel Storage Systems
• Brian Devine, President, Ignite Industrial Professionals
• Steve Diebold, Chairman, WireCrafters, LLC
• Mike Drolet, YPN Liaison, Global Director of Industry Development, Murrelektronik
• Sal Fateen, CEO, Seizmic, Inc.
• John Fluker, President & CEO, Grenzebach Corporation
• Gregg Goodner, Board Member, Hytrol
• John M. Hill, Emeritus, Director, St. Onge Company
• John Krummell, President & CEO, Advance Storage Products
• Jason Looman, President, Scanreco, Inc.
• Randy Neilson, President, CubiScan
• Crystal Parrott, Chief Operating Officer, Plus One Robotics
• Steve Pickfield, Co-CEO, PSI Engineering
• Brian Pfannes, President, Steel King Industries, Inc.
• David Porter, CICMHE Liaison, Oregon State University
• Dan Quinn, Emeritus, Strategic Advisor, PSI Engineering
• Kevin Reader, Vice President of Marketing, KNAPP
• Volker Schmitz, President & CEO, Schmalz, Inc
• Bill Schneider, Jr., President, SISSCO Material Handling Equipment
• Larry Strayhorn, CEO, KPI Solutions
• Scott Summerville, President & CEO, Mitsubishi Electric Automation, Inc.

MHI is an international trade association that has represented the material handling, logistics and supply chain industry since 1945. MHI’s over 970 members include material handling and logistics equipment and systems manufacturers, integrators, consultants, publishers, and third-party logistics providers. MHI offers education, networking and solution sourcing for their members, their members’ customers, and the industry through programming and events.

The association sponsors the ProMat and MODEX expos to showcase the products and services of its member companies and to educate manufacturing and supply chain professionals. The Warehousing Education and Research Council (WERC) is a division of MHI and provides education and research to the warehousing, distribution, and logistics community.