Serving as a Board Member is my way of giving back to the industry. I enjoy serving as the District Education Chair where we provide scholarship funds for students pursuing post-secondary education for careers in manufacturing in support of the metal form industry. Prior to the pandemic in 2019, we awarded eight scholarships to employees and family members of Tennessee PMA member companies totaling approximately $10,000. Also awarded were grants to several high schools, vocational schools, and universities totaling about $5,500, as well as $2,000 for tool and die apprenticeship programs. The scholarship and grant program continues to this day.

• PMA is a full-service trade association representing the $137-billion Metalforming industry of North America—the industry that creates precision metal products using stamping, fabricating, spinning, slide forming and roll forming technologies, and other value-added processes. Its more than 850 member companies also include suppliers of equipment, materials and services to the industry.