AWPA 2015 Government Affairs Conference

This attendee list updates daily. Check back as the meeting approaches to see who is attending this year's conference. 

The following list shows all reviewed and paid attendees as of 12/26/2024.


Attendee Name Title  Company
Mr. Brian Archer Trading Manager Duferco Steel Inc.
Mr. John Arnold Director of Sales & Marketing Fort Wayne Metals Research Products Corporation
Mr. Steve Ashby Vice President, Rod, Rebar, & Industrial Wire Liberty Steel USA
Mr. William A. Avise President - Wire Group
Mr. Greg Barbour Vice President, Sales Beta Steel Group
Mr. Luis Barrenechea CEO Optimus Steel LLC
Mr. Rafael Barrenechea Owner WMC
Mr. William Barrett Associate Counsel Vorys, Sater, Seymour & Pease, LLP
Mr. Timothy W. Becker President: Hickory Springs Mfg. HSM Solutions
Mr. Casey Bouton President Taubensee Steel & Wire Company
Mr. Pete W. Bowen Regional Sales Manager Optimus Steel LLC
Mr. Brian Burr Chairman Sumiden Wire Products Corporation
Mr. Kevin Campion Product Manager - Wire
Mr. Mike Carroll Vice President Supply Chain Accent Wire
Mr. Alejandro Castano Commercial Manager, Industrial Division Mid Continent Steel and Wire Inc.
Mr. Joseph M Cerchiaro District Sales Manager Nucor
Mr. Raymond Coniglio Vice President, Operations Precision Metal Services, Inc.
Mr. Jon Cornelius President Sumiden Wire Products Corporation
Mr. Michael DeShane Director Business Development Alloy Consumables
Mr Bob Diakow
Mr. Jay Diman Commercial Manager
Mr. Clifford E. Donahue Raw Material Purchaser Oklahoma Steel & Wire Company, Inc.
Mr. Deron Dunbar Director of Sales & Marketing Ivaco Rolling Mills Ltd.
Mr. Trey Duoto Trading Manager Long Products
Mrs. Anna Ehrich Director, Federal Government Affairs Nucor
Mr. Barry A. Figel
Mr. Stan Fossick Vice President Mid-South Wire Company
Ms. Coreena Frashefski Rod Product Manager - Nucor Steel Kingman
Mr. Sebastian Frey VP Long Products Tata International
Mr. Paul From President and CEO Central Wire Industries
Mr. Daniel Fuller Director, Wire Rod Sales ArcelorMittal Long Products
Ms. Yvonne Gell Winder Director - Strategic Commodities
Mr. Shawn Gill President and CEO Stemcor USA Inc.
Mr. David G Gillespie President Krueger Steel & Wire
Mr. John Grattafiori National Director Wire Rod Sales Liberty Steel USA
Mrs. Kelly Gray Director of Procurement
Mr. Daniel M. Gutierrez Commercial Director - Industrial Sales Deacero S.A.PI. de C.V.
Ms. Kay Haggard Environmental & Product Stewardship Manager
Mr. Greg Hall Vice President, Strategic Services
Mr. Frank Hartgers General Manager
Mr. Ian D. Hawken Product Manager Commercial Metals Company
Mr. Jason Hendrix President & CEO Accent Wire
Mr. Thomas L. Holsing Product Manager, Wire Rod & Rebar
Mr. John Horan Manager - North American Operations Steel Resources LLC
Mr. Christopher Hoyt Sales Manager - Wire Rod Gerdau
Mr. Terry Hughes Nucor
Mr. Kento Igarashi Sales Representative Toyota Tsusho Corporation
Mr. Yu Isozaki Sales representative Toyota Tsusho America, Inc
Mr. Mark Jacinto Director of Sales Optimus Steel LLC
Mr. John T. Johnson Jr. President Mid-South Wire Company
Mr. Matthew Jones Sales Manager
Mr. Rick Kaltreider Purchasing Manager
Mr. Tom Keller Managing Director - Commercial
Mr. Jonathan Ray King National Sales Manager
Ms. Janet Kopenhaver Director of Government Affairs
Ms. Kimberly A. Korbel
Mr. Christopher Lam Regional Sales Rep Optimus Steel LLC
Mr. Yong J. (Yale) Lee VP/COO Kiswire America Inc.
Mr. Jack Leffler VP Commercial Liberty Wire Johnstown
Mr. Frank Lewitsch Executive Vice President
Mr. Al Lindholm President/CEO
Mr. Alan Logan VP of Operations Vulcan Steel Products
Mr. Milton M. Magnus III CEO M&B Metal Products Company
Mr. John W. Martin III CEO MAR-MAC Industries, Inc.
Mr. Joseph McAuliffe CEO Hawthorne Wire Services, Ltd.
Mr. Charles V. McCarthy District Sales Manager - South
Mr. John D. Meyer Vice President Commercial, Rods & Wire Leggett & Platt, Inc.
Mr. James Michael Miller Vice President Corporate Development & Procurement
Mr. David Minnick CEO Kiswire America Inc.
Mr. Bob Moffitt Vice President, Purchasing Heico Wire Group
Mr. Craig Moore President Oklahoma Steel & Wire Company, Inc.
Mr. Thomas Moraca Sales Manager Ivaco Rolling Mills Ltd.
Mr. Kraig Naasz President & CEO American Frozen Food Institute
Mr. Eric A Nystrom General Manager, Cold Finish Nucor
Mr. Michael O'Malley District Sales Manager Nucor
Ms. Heather E Outhuse Associate Director American Wire Producers Association
Mr. Guillermo Paez Odriozola Villacero
Mr. Martin Payton IV Vice President Precision Metal Services, Inc.
Mr. James Peery Vice President and General Manager Gerdau
Mr. Nickolus R. Pigott Vice President- Stainless & Nickel Alloys Tri Star Metals LLC
Mr. Ranganathan Ravi Vice President, Commercial ArcelorMittal Long Products
Mr. Lou Richards Vice President Oklahoma Steel & Wire Company, Inc.
Mr. Nat Rudarakanchana Reporter
Mr. Richard D. Sarver President Paramount Die
Mr. Philip Schaffer Trading Manager
Mr. Alan Schrofer National Accounts Director Liberty Steel USA
Mr. David Scribner Purchasing King Steel Corporation
Mr. Timothy W. Selhorst President & CEO - American Spring Wire Corp
Mr. Thomas Sigler MANAGER Kos America Inc.
Mr. Scott Sobek Sales Manager ArcelorMittal Long Products
Mr. Jeff Spanier VP Ferrous Raw Material
Mr. Christian Stauffer Vice President Sourcing and Logistics
Mr. Robert L. Strauss Assistant to VP / GM Morgan-Koch Corporation
Mr. Dave Sumoski Executive Vice President Nucor
Mr. Andy Talbot Vice President / General Manager Mid-South Wire Company
Ms. Nancy Taubensee Vice President, Sales & Marketing Taubensee Steel & Wire Company
Mr. Joshua Terwelp Trading Manager Tata International
Ms. Estelle Tran Associate Editor Platts
Mr. Joe Trauger Vice President, Human Resources Policy National Association of Manufacturers
Mr. Fernando Villanueva President & CEO Mid Continent Steel and Wire Inc.
Mr. Richard T. Wagner Senior Vice President & COO Insteel Industries Inc.
Mr. Frederick P. Waite General Counsel Vorys, Sater, Seymour & Pease, LLP
Mr. Richard B. Webb Manufacturers Rep
Mr. Doug Weber Sales Representative, Wire Rod Liberty Steel USA
Mr. David J. Weinand Executive Vice President Oklahoma Steel & Wire Company, Inc.
Mr. Doug Wendel
Mr. David Williams General Manager
Mr. H. O. Woltz III President and CEO Insteel Industries Inc.
Ms. Kimberly Young Counsel Vorys, Sater, Seymour & Pease, LLP