Meeting last week in Tampa, Florida, the Steel Manufacturers Association Board of Directors elected eight officers to serve on the 2025-2027 SMA Executive Committee. They will guide the work of the association as it enters the second year of a three-year strategic plan that sets ambitious goals for advocacy, industry research and data aggregation, and public relations.

The following board members will serve two-year terms on the SMA Executive Committee:

Chair: Ty Garrison, senior vice president, CMC (Irving, Texas)

First Vice Chair: Matt Ruckwardt, president, Cascade Steel Rolling Mills (McMinnville, Oregon), and vice president and chief of business performance, planning and investments, Radius Recycling

Treasurer: Ed Goettl, vice president, market development, Optimus Steel (Beaumont, Texas)

Immediate Past Chair: Mark Millett, chairman, chief executive officer, and cofounder, Steel Dynamics Inc. (Fort Wayne, Indiana)

Vice Chair at Large: Greg Murphy, executive vice president of business services and general counsel, Nucor (Charlotte, North Carolina)

Vice Chair at Large: Charles Schmitt, president, SSAB Americas (Mobile, Alabama), and executive vice president, SSAB

Vice Chair at Large: Lenore Trammell, chief administrative officer, chief compliance officer and general counsel, Big River Steel (Osceola, Arkansas)

Vice Chair at Large: Michael Williams, president and chief executive officer, Metallus (Canton, Ohio)

“Returning chair Ty Garrison headlines an impressive group of steel industry leaders on our executive committee at a pivotal time for domestic steelmakers,” SMA President Philip K. Bell said. “One of their top priorities will be to support the new administration and Congress as they stand up to unfair trade, embrace pro-growth tax policy and reduce the regulatory burden on manufacturers.”