BOARD OF DIRECTORSCHAIRMANMary Lou Hendricks
Metal Buyer
VICE-PRESIDENTKeith GwozdzVice President - Metals
Consultant SECRETARYVP - OEM Rod Sales
Southwire
Director, Research & Product Development CME Group
Non-Ferrous Marketing/Copper Sales
OmniSource
VP & GM - Electrical Wires Division North America  Carlos is currently General Manager and Vice President of Electrical wires division in Nexans North America since 2015. Carlos began his career with Canada Wire and Cable as process engineer in 1989, then held several roles in the organization in quality, engineering and technical services. In 1999, he moved to France as plant manager of Nexans Societe de Coulée continue de Cuivre company. In 2003, he returned to Canada as General Manager of the Montreal Rod Mill operation. From 2005 to 2008, he was responsible for both the magnet wire and metallurgy business divisions. From 2010 to 2015, he was Vice President of Human Resources for Nexans Americas.
Carlos graduated from McGill University in 1982 with a Bachelor in Metallurgical and from Ecole Polytechnique with Master in Applied Science in 1988. He also serves on the board of the Nexans Canada Inc. and previously was a board member of AIEM from 2003 to 2012. In 2016, he received the Charles D. Scott’s award from Wire & Cable Manufacturers’ Alliance (WCMA) .
PAST CHAIRMEN2019 - 2021 2015 - 2017 Jeff Burghardt, Aurubis Buffalo 2013 - 2015 |
David graduated from Northeastern University in 2003 with a Bachelor of Science degree in accounting. He moved to Charlotte, NC, to work for Ingersoll-Rand in their After -Market Finance Department. In 2006, David realized that the metal recycling industry was where he was meant to be, and he moved back to Connecticut to work for Prime Materials Recovery with his father and uncle. Currently he is at PMR working as a Metals Buyer and managing the IMC-MetalsAmerica hedge book.
Keith received a BS in Mineral Economics from Penn State and an MBA in Finance from Pace University. He has 30 years of experience in risk management having worked for a major copper producer and a consumer and a number of LME brokerage firms. Keith is currently Vice President of Metals at ED&F Man Capital Markets in New York.
Rose joined the American Copper Council board in 2015 with nearly 30 years of copper industry experience. Originally from Michigan, she began her mining career at Bagdad, Arizona with Cyprus Minerals and worked at three of the company’s Arizona mines before transferring to the Phoenix Corporate office, where she supported the accounting, sales and trading departments of Phelps Dodge Corporation. She
Jeff has been in the non-ferrous metals industry for 28 years. He has worked for Southwire 22 of those years. He also worked at The Coca-Cola Company and Norsk-Hydro. Jeff has a broad spectrum of experience that includes sales, purchasing, and trading. He has 4 children, Sara Ellen, Andrew, Sam, and Lily.
Joann began her career at COMEX in 1977 after receiving a BS in Business Administration from the College of Staten Island. In her forty plus career at the Exchange, she has held several positions in the Marketing, Market Data and Research Departments. She is currently the head of Metals Research and Product Development at CME Group and is responsible for the rule, regulations, and infrastructure of physically delivered and financially settled precious and industrial metals products. In her role, she has the opportunity to work directly with a wide variety of members of the metals industry and has found this to be one of the most rewarding aspects of her role at the Exchange.