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IPC Announces New Board Members at IPC APEX EXPO 2025
March 20, 2025 | IPCEstimated reading time: 1 minute
At the 68th IPC Annual Meeting on March 19, held in conjunction with IPC APEX EXPO 2025, the IPC Board of Directors announced new officers and first-term members. Board officers serve a two-year term, board members serve a four-year term, and the student board member serves a one-year term.
The newly elected Board officers are:
- IPC Board Vice Chair: Peter Cleveland, Senior Vice President, TSMC
- IPC Board Secretary/Treasurer: Paul Baldassari, President, Manufacturing and Services, Flex
First time Board members are:
- Markus Aschenbrenner, Member of Executive Board, Zollner Elektronik AG
- Frank McKay, Senior Vice President, Chief Supply Chain & Procurement Officer, Jabil
- Günter Lauber, Executive Vice President and Executive Director of the Group and Chairman of Group SMT Solutions Segment, ASMPT
Student Board member is:
- Emily Daley, Michigan Tech University
“IPC is privileged to have these outstanding professionals on our current slate of Board members,” said John W. Mitchell, IPC president and CEO. “We look forward to working with them as we advance the global electronics industry and build electronics better.”
In addition to Board election announcements, IPC honored three outgoing Board Members and one Student Member:
- Cao Xi, Technical Director, Huawei Technologies Co., Ltd., for eight years for service
- Elke Eckstein, Board Professional, Advisor, Senior Executive in Industrials, for four years for service
- Jay Hill, Chief Operating Officer, Imaging, GE Healthcare, for seven years of service
- Waad Tarman, Second-year Ph.D., Student, Auburn University
Added Mitchell, “IPC expresses its sincere gratitude to Cao Xi, Elke, Jay and Waad for their dedicated service to the IPC Board. All have shared their expertise with IPC and industry – we thank them for imparting their knowledge and helping guide IPC to best serve our members and the global electronics community.”
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