Nomination committee consisting of three past presidents, Gabe Kurtz, Harry Hawkins, and Lulu Copeland announced the following:

Nomination for President – Robert Gagliano

Robert Gagliano recently retired from BASF.  Rob was the Site Director of BASF Chattanooga. Rob holds a MBA and a BS in Mechanical Engineering, both from University of Tennessee at Knoxville. Rob was the president of American Society of Mechanical Engineers Chattanooga Section, he was the board chair of Chattanooga Regional Manufacturers Association and Tennessee Association of Manufacturers.  Rob is currently serving as the Vice President of Chattanooga Engineers Club.

Nomination for Vice President – Aaron Willey

Aaron Willey is the Senior Program Manager for TVA's Transmission Interconnection, with focus and power generation and battery storage.  He was previously with EPB as a planning engineer.  He graduated from ETSU with BS in Industrial Engineering Technology and MS in Engineering Technology. Aaron served as a board member of Chattanooga Regional Manufacturers Association.  

The nomination committee will accept nominations up to the date of election.

Election will be on November 18.