GMIC Appoints New Executive Director
The Glass Manufacturing Industry Council (GMIC) has appointed Kerry Ward Executive Director Designee, to overlap with the tenure of Bob Lipetz, who retires at the end of 2022. Mr Ward comes to GMIC with decades of experience in association management, most recently with the American Library Association, participated at the 83rd Conference on Glass Problems (GPC) earlier this month.
Outgoing Executive Director Mr Lipetz has been with the GMIC for the past 12 years, where he instituted considerable growth, taking over and growing the GPC, organising the Usable Strength Coalition, initiating the GMIC Glass Manufacturing Industry Report, organising the annual GMIC symposia and other programmes, as well as initiating joint programmes with ICG, the American Ceramic Society, the US EPA Energy Star and GlassTrend. He gave his final official address at GPC where he presented “A Love Letter to Glass Manufacturing".
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