Each of the new board directors will serve two-year terms; NMA staggers its leadership’s terms so that, annually, half of the board is tapped to serve.
“The strength and effectiveness of any trade association depends above all on the voluntary commitment of its members,” said NMA chairman John Brinzo, who is president of Ohio-based Cleveland-Cliffs Inc. “Their valuable advice and counsel are indispensable to our continued success.”
Spirits were high at the annual conference, much due to the current positive upswing in the mining industry as a whole. Demand is high, a trend that will continue into next year and potentially beyond.
Returning as chairman of the NMA board will be John Brinzo of Cleveland Cliffs, and the vice president seat will be held by Foundation Coal president James Roberts.
Kraig Naasz, NMA president, will remain, and will be flanked by NMA senior vice president and general counsel Harold Quinn Jr and NMA senior vice president Nori Jones.
The new 2005-07 board members are as follows:
Coal Producers
J Cam Bateman, TransAlta Utilities
Donald Blankenship, Massey Energy
Greg Boyce, Peabody Energy
Michael Brandt, Lafayette Coal
Joseph Craft, Alliance Coal
John Grisham, Buckeye Industrial
Bonny Huffman, Sands Hill Coal
Wayne Isaacs, BHP Billiton NM
Brenda Jamieson, Jamieson Construction
Steven Leer, Arch Coal
Robert Murray, Murray Energy
Jon Nix, National Coal
Michael Puskarich, Cravat Coal
Michael Quillen, Alpha Natural Resources
George Richmond, Jim Walter Resources
James Roberts, Foundation Coal
John Stilley, Amerikohl Mining
Brian Sullivan, United Coal
Joseph Usibelli, Usibelli Mine
Charles Ungurean, Oxford Mining
Manufacturers & Services Two-Year Term (2007)?
LeRoy Hagenbuch, Philippi-Hagenbuch
Douglas Hardman, J H Fletcher
Michael McLanahan, McLanahan
Jeff Schmaling, Komatsu America
John Stoehr, DYNO NOBEL
Tim Sullivan, Bucyrus International
William Tate, DBT America
