MSCI Looks Toward Future: Holman Head Becomes MSCI Board Chairman
June 19 2017 - 9:30AM
Business Wire
Transformation is underway at the Metals Service Center
Institute (MSCI), as the trade association wraps up a year-long
visioning process. Among several other initiatives, the association
is putting resources toward issued-based advocacy, giving voice to
the needs of the industrial metals supply chain in Washington and
Ottawa.
Volunteer leadership at the Institute has also changed; Holman
Head, president & COO, O’Neal Industries, Birmingham, Ala., has
been elected the chairman of the board for the Metals Service
Center Institute (MSCI), effective July 1.
“It’s an honor to take this role. There’s an opportunity now to
make a real impact and advocate for change in key issues—such as
trade—that have hurt the health of the industrial metals supply
chain,” said Head. “I look forward to being an integral part of
helping MSCI make sure the metals industry’s voice is heard.”
Head, a more than 35-year veteran of the metals industry and
O’Neal Industries, began his career there in inside sales. He rose
through the ranks becoming president and CEO of O’Neal Steel and
executive VP of O’Neal Industries in 2009. In 2014, he became
president and COO of O’Neal Industries.
He has served as vice chairman of MSCI and takes over for
Richard A. Robinson, president of Norfolk Iron & Metal Company,
Norfolk, Neb., who has served as chairman for the last two years.
Both Robinson and Head have taken an active role in the association
on behalf of the industry, providing testimony before the
U.S. Trade Representative on the global steel situation and
before the U.S. International Trade Commission addressing
trade violations impacting the aluminum industry.
New Members of
the Executive Committee
Vice Chair
William T. Chisholm, Samuel, Son & Co., Limited, president
& CEO
Regular Committee Member
John Lamprinakos, Worthington Industries, Inc., Steel Processing,
president
New Division and
Committee Chairs
New Division Chairs
Brian Cleveland, Clayton Metals, Inc., president – Division Chair,
Aluminum Products David Harrold, Alro Steel Jackson, vice
president, corporate purchasing – Division Chair, Bar Products
Arnold Robinson, Norfolk Iron & Metal, Co., chief operating
officer – Division Chair, Plates & Shapes John T. Simon, Steel
Pipe Supply Companies, Inc., executive vice president and chief
strategy officer – Division Chair, Tubular Products Ken Sotern,
EMJ, commodity manager – Division Chair, Specialty Metals
Retiring
Members
Board of Directors
John Palesny, Petersen Aluminum Corp., president
Executive Committee
David Hannah, Reliance Steel & Aluminum Co., retired former
president, chairman and CEO Geoff Gilmore, Worthington Steel,
president, pressure cylinders division
Product Division
Ray Bauer, Commercial Metals Company, manager marketing services
Phil Rizzo, Tufts Grinding, Inc., vice president of sales Larry
Soehrman, Chicago Tube & Iron Co., vice president, materials
management
About MSCI
Founded in 1909, the Metals Service Center Institute is a
nonprofit association based in Rolling Meadows, Ill., serving the
industrial metals supply chain. It serves more than 330 members in
over 1,200 locations in North America. For more information, visit
www.MSCI.org, MSCI’s online resource MSCI.org/Edge, like us on
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