{"id":4592,"date":"2022-03-02T09:20:54","date_gmt":"2022-03-02T15:20:54","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.mhisolutionsmag.com\/?p=4592"},"modified":"2022-03-22T11:20:15","modified_gmt":"2022-03-22T16:20:15","slug":"celebrate-international-womens-day-on-march-8","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.mhisolutionsmag.com\/index.php\/2022\/03\/02\/celebrate-international-womens-day-on-march-8\/","title":{"rendered":"Celebrate International Women&#8217;s Day on March 8"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"alignright size-full is-resized\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.mhisolutionsmag.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/IWD-relationships.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.mhisolutionsmag.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/IWD-relationships.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-4593\" width=\"404\" height=\"332\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.mhisolutionsmag.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/IWD-relationships.png 730w, https:\/\/www.mhisolutionsmag.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/IWD-relationships-300x247.png 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 404px) 100vw, 404px\" \/><\/a><figcaption>https:\/\/www.internationalwomensday.com\/IWD2022<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Worldwide, millions of people mark International Women&#8217;s Day on March 8. The day provides an important opportunity to reinforce commitment and action forging women&#8217;s equality, while also celebrating women&#8217;s achievements. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Help us celebrate International Women&#8217;s Day and recognize the women on the MHI Roundtable and Board who #BreakTheBias. &#8220;Whether deliberate or unconscious, bias makes it difficult for women to move ahead,&#8221; is one of the explanations shared at <a href=\"https:\/\/www.internationalwomensday.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\"><mark>www.internationalwomensday.com<\/mark><\/a> about the Break the Bias theme for 2022. &#8220;Knowing that bias exists isn\u2019t enough, action is needed to level the playing field.&#8221;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Women on the MHI Roundtable Advisory Committee include: <\/strong><br><strong>Crystal Parrott<\/strong>, Vice President of Engineering at Plus One Robotics<br><strong>Melonee Wise<\/strong>, CEO, Fetch Robotics\/Zebra Technologies<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Women on the 2022 MHI Board of Governors include:<\/strong><br><strong>Annette Danek-Akey<\/strong>, Executive Vice President, Supply Chain, Penguin Random House<br><strong>Karen Norheim<\/strong>, President &amp; CEO, American Crane and Equipment<\/p>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator\"\/>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Crystal Parrott is one of three newly elected members of the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.mhi.org\/media\/news\/38455\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">MHI Roundtable Advisory Committee<\/a> who began their terms January 1, 2022. The other two are Brian Devine, Owner of Industrial Workforce Advisors, and John Fluker, President &amp; CEO of Grenzebach Corporation. They will serve four-year terms.&nbsp;&nbsp;Additional members of the MHI Roundtable Advisory Committee include:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li>Doug Bouquard, VP and General Manager, East Penn Manufacturing<\/li><li>James Cabot, President &amp; CEO, Southworth International Group, Inc.<\/li><li>Bryan Carey, President, Starrco Co., Inc.<\/li><li>Brian Cohen, Chief Executive Officer, Hanel Storage Systems<\/li><li>Matt Dysard, President &amp; COO, Tiffin Metals<\/li><li>Sal Fateen, CEO, Seizmic, Inc.<\/li><li>Dr. Michael Kay, CICMHE Liaison, North Carolina State University<\/li><li>Gregg E. Goodner, Member, Board of Directors, Hytrol Conveyor Company, Inc.<\/li><li>John Hill, Emeritus, Director, St. Onge Company<\/li><li>David R. Lippert, President, Hamilton Caster and Mfg. Co.<\/li><li>Brad Moore, VP of Sales, viastore SYSTEMS Inc.<\/li><li>Randy Neilson, President, CubiScan<\/li><li>Dan Quinn, Emeritus, PSI Engineering<\/li><li>Kevin Reader, Director of Business Development, KNAPP<\/li><li>Paul Roy, Vice President and Managing Director, AutoStore<\/li><li>Bill Schneider, Jr., Vice President, Sissco Material Handling<\/li><li>E. Larry Strayhorn, CEO, KPI<\/li><li>Scott Summerville, President &amp; CEO, Mitsubishi Electric Automation<\/li><li>Sebastian Titze, YPN Liaison, Manager of Digital Transformation, BEUMER Corporation<\/li><li>Melonee Wise, CEO, Fetch Robotics, now part of Zebra Technologies<\/li><li>Dave Young, President, EGA Products, Inc.<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>2022 MHI Officers<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">MHI also announces that Brian Reh, CEO, Gorbel Inc. has been elected to become the MHI Vice President. Kevin O\u2019Neill, CEO &amp; President of Steele Solutions, Inc. serves as the MHI Chairman and Bryan Jensen, Chairman &amp; Executive Vice President, St. Onge Company serves as MHI President.&nbsp;&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>2022 MHI Board of Governors:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Chris Becker, President.&nbsp;G.W. Becker, Inc.&nbsp;<br>Annette Danek-Akey, Executive Vice President, Supply Chain&nbsp;Penguin Random House&nbsp;<br>Steve Diebold, President, WireCrafters, LLC<br>Rick Fox, President, FOX IV Technologies&nbsp;<br>Jason Minghini, Vice President, Supply Chain Solutions&nbsp;Kenco Logistics Service&nbsp;<br>Eddie Murphy, Owner\/President,&nbsp;SpaceGuard Products, Inc.&nbsp;<br>Brian C. 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