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Growth, Development & Engagement Committee
AWS PROMOTES ENGAGEMENT
AWS PROMOTES ENGAGEMENT
AWS values varied perspectives, advocates fair practices, and engages its members and stakeholders in establishing a culture in the welding community that welcomes, learns from, and celebrates differences among people. AWS recognizes that a commitment to fairness and respect is essential to achieving excellence for the Association, its members, and employees.
The Growth, Development, and Engagement Committee of the American Welding Society:
- Keeps abreast of best practices, trends & innovations, and educates the broader AWS community on the tenets, principles and outcomes of inclusive excellence practices
- Develops, recommends, and implements external relations and outreach to advance the Society’s vision of inclusive excellence
- Develops, recommends and implements a holistic approach for diversity and inclusion efforts throughout the Society
- Increases engagement by establishing and leveraging relationships with underrepresented groups in the welding community and in AWS committees and membership
- Takes a proactive stance in outreach, relationship-building and collaboration with internal and external stakeholder groups; collects and analyzes data, and shares information on diversity and inclusion efforts with the Board of Directors and other stakeholders
- Collaborates with other standing committees on developing strategies, ideas, & short and long-term programming designed to increase diversity and advance inclusion efforts in the Society membership and leadership
Committee Members:
- Lynn Showalter, Chair
- Hannah Wolf
- Shanen Aranmor
- Anver Classens
- Nancy Cole
- Pierrette Gorman
- Stewart Harris
- Richard Holdren
- Viji Kurivilla
- Consuelo Lockhart
- Tatiana Milan
- Nancy Porter
- Robert Watson
- Karen Gilgenbach
- Jose Ocasio, Future Leader Representative
- Edward Peterson, Future Leader Representative
- Erin Lalinsky, Future Leader Representative
- Alex Driscoll, Future Leader Representative
- Jonathan Hiebl, Future Leader Representative
- Lee Kvidahl, Ex-Officio
- Tom Lienert, Ex-Officio
- Richard Holdren, Ex-Officio
- William Newell, Ex-Officio
- Robert Roth, Ex-Officio
- Nate Schmid, Ex-Officio
- Monica Pfarr, Secretary