MINNEAPOLIS – The SMTA announced Bill Barthel of Plexus and Dr. Laura Turbini of Research in Motion were re-elected to three-year terms on the association’s board of directors. Bill will serve as VP of technical programs and Laura will continue to serve on the association’s planning committee.
 
Joe Belmonte of Bose Corp. and Marie Cole of IBM were elected to the planning committee.
 
Current directors include president David Raby of STI Electronics, VP communications Tom Forsythe of Kyzen; VP membership Jim Kuehn of Tyco Electronics Automation Group; treasurer Dan Baldwin of Engent, and secretary Irene Sterian of Celestia.
 
Other planning committee members include chairperson Steve Greathouse of Greathouse Solutions; Dr. Ning-Cheng Lee of Indium; and Dr. Denis Barbini of Vitronics-Soltec.