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Officers and Board of Directors

IRI is governed by an elected Board of Directors, operating under a Constitution and By-Laws formulated by the membership. The Board consists of the Chairman, Chairman-Elect, Vice Chairman, immediate Past Chairman, and 12 other directors. Each member of the Board is elected to a three-year term and is not eligible for two consecutive terms. When a person is elected Vice Chairman, that person automatically becomes Chairman-Elect the following year, and Chairman the year after. Two candidates for Vice Chairman and for each opening on the Board are presented to the membership by a Nominating Committee in an annual election.

Officers

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Chairman James Scinta ConocoPhillips Company
Chairman-Elect Robert J. Kumpf Bayer MaterialScience LLC
Vice Chairman Ryan R. Dirkx Arkema Inc.
Past-Chairman J. Stewart Witzeman Eastman Chemical Company

Board of Directors

 

Name Company Term Ends
Dan Abramowicz  Crown 2013
Martha Collins Air Products & Chemicals, Inc 2012
Ronald Dressler The Hershey Company 2012
Terry Fetterhoff Roche Diagnostics 2011
Larry Gollob Georgia-Pacific Chemicals 2013
Ashok V. Joshi Ceramatec, Inc. 2012 
Elizabeth Kraftician Touchstone Research Laboratory, Ltd. 2011
John Leikhim Procter & Gamble 2011
Carl Loweth Deere & Company 2011
Anthony Metoyer The Boeing Company 2012
John Tao Weyerhaeuser 2013
Erik Whalen Pederson   Kraft 2013

Media Inquiries:
For more information or to arrange an interview with an innovation or Research & Development expert, please contact:

Michele Taussig, Director, Communciations
703.647.2588
taussig@iriinc.org

Additional Information:

About IRI
History
Board of Directors
Membership Roster
IRI Position Statement
2009 Trends Survey