Leadership & Awards

BOARD OF DIRECTORS

Jeff Anderson, President
Precision Paper Converters

Scott Bean, Executive Vice President
BW Converting

Brandon Beard, President
DuxxBak Composite Decking

Jeff Berg, Vice President Operations
Voith North America

Tad Campana, President
Services Plus, Inc.

Steve Cahoon, VP of Manufacturing
Sargento Foods Inc.

Brian Conrad, General Manager
Great Northern Corporation

Josh Delforge, VP of Operations & Engineering
KCS International Inc.

John Dennis, President
Gardan Inc.

Jeff Frank, V.P. & Manager, Fincantieri Bay Shipbuilding

Brian Geurts, COO
EMT International

Aaron Janicheck, Director of Operations
CMD Corporation

Mark Kaiser, President
Lindquist Machine Corporation

Nicole Malson, President
STRYKER

John Nundahl, Vice President
Georgia-Pacific

Brad Nye, Senior Vice President Operations
Vollrath

Rick Recktenwald, President
Walker Forge, Inc.

Mike Schulze, OEM Account Manager
Rockwell Automation

ALLIANCE AWARDS
  • ACTE Business – Education Partnership Award
  • Advisory Board Leadership Award – by Bay Link Manufacturing/Green Bay Area Public Schools
  • Collaboration in Action Award – by the UW-Oshkosh Foundation
  • Frost & Sullivan – Manufacturing Leadership Award 
  • WASB Business Honor Roll –  by the Wisconsin Association of School Boards & the Greater Green Bay Area School District
  • WEDA Human Capital – Workforce Development Award
  • Wisconsin State Superintendent’s Business Friends of Education Award
  • Wisconsin Technology Education Association (WTEA) Special Recognition Award – For Contributions & Service to Technology Education

Alliance Leadership Accepting Collaboration in Action Award Collaboration in Action Award Acceptance

OUR TEAM

We are here to enhance the manufacturing industry by promoting the health of manufacturing, the great careers manufacturing has to offer, and career pathways to a promising future. In addition, our team enjoys helping our members find the talent they need. This is done by collaborating with members to address skill shortages, needs, and collaborating with organizations and resources to assist with training.

Ann Franz, Executive Director 

Pam Blazei, Marketing Coordinator

Debbie Thompson, Administrative Assistant