FSCT announces slate of nominees for election in November; Secondary slate anticipated with expected Bylaws changes.

The FSCT Nominating Committee is pleased to present its slate of nominees for FSCT Officer, Executive Committee, and Board positions for the year 2005-2006. Richard M. Hille, Committee Chair, noted that the slate being presented under the current Bylaws will be withdrawn if the Board of Directors approves proposed changes to the Bylaws restructuring FSCT's governing body at its November 6 meeting in Las Vegas.

A secondary slate, consisting of nominees to fill new positions on the restructured Board, will be presented for election by the membership in January 2006 upon the approval of the Bylaws amendments. (Please see accompanying story on how to submit nominees for member-elected Board positions.) The FSCT Transitional Task Force will announce this slate in September following submission to the Executive Committee. Under the restructured FSCT, Dr. Rose Ryntz would become President, and Dr. Yasmin Sayed-Sweet would be proposed for election as Vice President.

The following individuals will be presented for election to FSCT Officer, Executive Committee, and Board positions by the Board of Directors on November 6:

President-Elect

Yasmin Sayed-Sweet (Baltimore Society) has been with Cook Composites & Polymers, Kansas City, MO, since 1995 and holds the position of Strategic Business Manager.

Dr. Sayed-Sweet, the current FSCT Secretary-Treasurer, has served on the FSCT Board of Directors, both as an officer and a Society Director, since 2000. She has also served the FSCT as a member of the Technical Advisory (1997), Society Support (1999-2001), Structure and Governance Task Force (2003-04), and the Technical Events Coordinating (2004-05) Committees. She served as a Trustee of the Coatings Industry Education Foundation (CIEF) in 2004-05. In addition, Dr. Sayed-Sweet was Technical Chair of the Kansas City Society Technical Committee in 1998.

A member of both the American Chemical Society and the Society of Cosmetic Chemists, her areas of expertise include new market development and strategic sales.

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Dr. Sayed-Sweet earned a Ph.D. Degree from the University of Wyoming and an M.B.A. Degree from Michigan State University. She also completed postdoctorate studies at Eastern Michigan University and at the Michigan Molecular Institute. She is the recipient of the Sara Rhodes Ph.D. Award.

Secretary-Treasurer

Joe E. Brown (British Society) is the Multi-National Account Manager for Cray Valley Ltd., Machen, Wales. He has been with the company for five years, and has been active in the coatings industry for 40 years.

Mr. Brown is currently serving a three-year term on the FSCT Executive Committee (2002-05). In addition, he has served the Federation as a member of the Nominating and Alternate Year Events Committees.

Prior to his contributions on the FSCT level, Mr. Brown served the British Society (formerly the Birmingham Paint, Varnish, and Lacquer Club) as Society Director from 1995-2002. He served as a member of the Society's Technical Committee in 1995, and was both Chair and member of their Program and Publicity Committees in 1995-96. Mr. Brown also served as Vice President of the Society in 1995-96, and was elected President for 1996-97. Upon completing his term, he was honored with the Distinguished Service Award from the British Society.

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Mr. Brown obtained City and Guilds Finals in Printing Ink Technology from London College of Printing. He is also a past executive committee member of the European Resin Manufacturers Association (ERMA).

President

Rose A. Ryntz (Detroit Society) is Senior Manager for Advanced Material and Fastener Engineering, as well as Staff Technical Fellow (technical scientist position), for Visteon Corporation, Dearborn, MI.

Dr. Ryntz is an active member of the FSCT. Currently President-Elect of the organization, she has served on both the Executive Committee and the Board of Directors, and has chaired numerous committees, including the Professional Development and Annual Meeting Program Committees, as well as the Industry Relations Task Force. Dr. Ryntz has been instrumental in the development of the FSCT's Advancements in Coatings Series programs, and has been a member of the FSCT Events Steering, the Technical Advisory, Operating, Nominating, Paint Industries' Show, and Technical Events Coordinating Committees, and was a Trustee of the CIEF. She is also a member of the FSCT Publications Committee and serves on the Editorial Review Board of JCT RESEARCH and the Advisory Board of JCT COATINGSTECH.

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Dr. Ryntz was the Technical Chair of the Detroit Society as from 1988-1994.

She has served as an adjunct professor at the University of Detroit/Mercy, the University of Wisconsin, Kent State University, and the University of Southern Mississippi. A prolific lecturer, Dr. Ryntz is an invited speaker at many symposia. She chaired the Engineering Society of Detroit's (ESD) Annual Advanced Coating Technology Conference, sessions for the International Conference in Organic Coatings, and the 2000 Gordon Conference, as well as other Gordon Conference Sessions on Coatings and Films. She also served as Chair of the Younger Chemists Steering Committee for the American Chemical Society from 1988-1990.

Dr. Ryntz is recognized as one of the world's leading experts in the area of automotive plastics coatings and has developed new techniques to study paint on plastic performance, including scratch and gouge resistance. She is the author of over 75 papers and 25 patents in the paint and plastics field and has also written one book, Adhesion to Plastics: Molding and Paintability, and edited three books, Plastics and Coatings: Durability, Stabilization, and Testing; Coatings of Polymers and Plastics; and Service Life Prediction: Challenging the Status Quo, to be published by the FSCT in 2005. She has also written a monograph, "Painting of Plastics," in the FSCT Series on Coatings Technology.

In recognition of her contributions, Dr. Ryntz has received a number of awards, including the prestigious 2000 FSCT George B. Heckel Award. She was awarded first place in the 2000 FSCT Roon Foundation Award Competition, the 2003 Roy W. Tess Award from the Division of Polymeric Materials: Science and Engineering (PMSE) of the American Chemical Society, and the 2004 Women's Automotive Association International's Professional Achievement Award. She is also the recipient of the Henry Ford Technology Award, as well as the coveted Gold Award from Ford Motor Company, and the Outstanding Leadership Award from the Engineering Society of Detroit. Dr. Ryntz is listed in Strathmore's Who's Who in the World.

Dr. Ryntz earned a B.S. in Chemistry from Wayne State University, a Ph.D. in Organic Polymer Chemistry from the University of Detroit, and an M.B.A. from Michigan State University.

Executive Committee

Chris Harding (Cleveland Society) is Technical Director of Waterlox Coatings Corporation, Cleveland, OH. He has been involved in the coatings industry for 32 years.

Mr. Harding is a member of the FSCT Board of Directors and FSCT Nominating Committee. He was also a member of the FSCT Membership Task Force (1997-1998).

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Active in the Cleveland Society, Mr. Harding has served as Society Director to the FSCT Board since 2001. Previously, he served as Society Membership Chair (1994-2001) and was recognized by FSCT for achieving the greatest membership increase of a large Society in 2001. He has served as a member of several Society committees, including the CSCT Merger, Technical, Website, and Symposium Committees. For his contributions to the Society, he was given the Award of Appreciation in 1998 and Award of Merit in 1999. His distinguished service to the Cleveland Society and the coatings industry was recognized in 2000, when he was awarded the Dr. Frank Selden Award--the Society's highest honor. For his "tireless effort given to the Society for its merger with the CPCA," Mr. Harding received the 2005 President's Award.

Board of Directors

Gerry Gough (British Society) is European Quality Assurance Manager for ICI Packaging Coatings Ltd., Birmingham, West Midland, England.

Mr. Gough has contributed to the FSCT in many capacities, with years of service at both the international and the local level. As the 78th President of the FSCT (1999-2000), Mr. Gough was the first resident of the U.K. to serve as the organization's head. From 1990 to 1997, he was a member of the FSCT Board of Directors as the Representative of the British Society. He sat on the FSCT's Executive Committee (1994-2001), served as Chair of the FSCT's Society Speaker Awards Committee (1987-88), and was a member of the following committees: Liaison (1990-97), FSCT Industry Relations Task Force (1995-96), Professional Development (1997-98), CIEF (1997-98), and Operating (1998-2001). Currently, he is serving on the Heckel Award Committee (1999-2001 and 2004-present) and the Nominating Committee (Chair 2000-01, member 2005). He was a member of the FSCT's Structure and Governance Task Force (2004). Since 1990, he has served as the FSCT's Representative to IUPAC.

In recognition of his service, Mr. Gough received the 2003 George Baugh Heckel Award, the FSCT's highest honor.

On the Society level, Mr. Gough was President of the British Society in 1987-88. He also served as Publicity Officer in 1983-84, and served on the Executive (1983-97), Program (1983, 1987-88), Membership (1994-99), and Technical (1981-92) Committees. In recognition of his many contributions to the Society, he was awarded the Distinguished Service Certificate in 1994 and was elected an Honorary Life Member of the Society in 2001. Mr. Gough currently serves as Honorary Treasurer for the British Society.

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Within the industry, Mr. Gough has represented the British Coatings industry (BCF) on BSI committees, and the European coatings industry (CEPE) on a European standards (CEN) committee. Mr. Gough is a member of the Gallows Bird Society.

Educated at Coventry Technical College, Mr. Gough has been active in the coatings industry for 36 years. He was elected to Associate Grade of Professional Membership of OCCA in 1997 and was awarded Fellowship of OCCA in 2001.