VALVE MAGAZINE Spring 2025

MEET THE CHAIRMAN

What advice do you have for someone considering joining VMA?

guidance for members and the industry as a whole, espe cially for industry sustainability, legislative and regulatory topics. While each company always needs to make its own business decisions, VMA can provide leadership on best practices and benchmarks, particularly on areas that all members are addressing. Promoting our industry and member value to policy makers, the various markets we serve and the current and future workforce remains a key set of activities for us. We continue to invest in educational topics and technical training for our membership and the broader industry. VMA acts as leadership for the industry on the global stage. North America remains one of the strongest markets for our industry, and as the U.S. and Canadian industry trade association, VMA can help the global industry coalesce around key topics. What will your focus be as a leader in the VMA? • Refreshing our strategic plan to create more value for our membership. • Engaging current members and expanding our reach to new members. • Ensuring our committee structure supports VMA’s key focus areas and aligns with the Board of Directors and act efficiently and effectively. • Continuing to create sustainability and governance management processes for VMA.

Being a VMA member offers companies a community and network at all levels for the organization, helping compa nies to benchmark and pool resources and knowledge to solve issues affecting us all. Membership also demonstrates your company’s leadership in the industry. Membership and participation in VMA events both in person and online is what you make it — get involved! Join a committee or create content for an article, conference session or webinar. The industry and the VMA benefit from your expertise and experience. What advice would you have for those entering the industry either as a new graduate or mid-career professional? There are unlimited opportunities for professional and career development in our industry. Find an area that ignites your passion in a company that has a culture where you can thrive. Commit to delivering value to the organization in your current role before looking for the next opportunity. Remain flexible and open when presented with new roles and opportunities, even if they differ from your preconceived career path. In my career, I gained significant development while in roles that did not initially seem attractive to me. Tell us a little about what you do outside of work. When I’m not working, I enjoy spending time with my family and friends. My hobbies include outdoor activities, commu nity support, theater, travel and Texas A&M athletics.

Manufacturers Standardization Society OF THE VALVE AND FITTINGS INDUSTRY

Member Benefits

to our 100 Year Members We would like to recognize four members that have been with MSS since the beginning. 100 Years! Thank you for your unwavering support as a member of the MSS family. We are truly grateful for your commitment.

Company access to all MSS Standards Participate in the development or revision of Technical Standards Complimentary registration to Annual Meeting Access to all Standards referenced in MSS Standards 1 2 3 4

Elkhart Products Corp. The Wm. Powell Company

Crane ChemPharma & Energy

Clow Valve Company

WHO WE ARE MSS is a non-profit technical association and an accredited standards development organization (SDO). MSS is an American National Standards Institute (ANSI)-accredited standards developer.

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