Board of Directors

Purpose

  • Strategic planning (3-5 year plans); defining organizational priorities, values, and goals.
  • External Issues:  discuss industry and association trends, threats, and opportunities.  Serve as a forum to identify, debate, and define direction, forward-thinking to ensure that organizational energy, resources, competencies, and creativity are utilized to HI’s maximum advantage.
  • Establishing policies and procedures for the proper operation of the Institute.
  • Executive Director selection, retention, and compensation.

Scope

  • Mission, Goals and Key Strategies of Hydraulic Institute
  • Constitution & Bylaws, Corporate Policies and Procedures for HI governance
  • Ensuring adequate financial, staff and volunteer resources to accomplish HI’s mission, goals & key strategies
  • Providing leadership support to key committees to accomplish annual HI goals

Board Members

John DonatielloChairmanHydro, Inc.
Kerby PopePresidentPatterson Pump Company
Ansell SimsTreasurerGrundfos
Mike MancuscoSecretaryFlowserve Corporation

Class of 2026

Dave FlintonVP, Xylem Management System & Operational ExcellenceXylem
Troy PickeringCEOSIMFLO
Albert PouriaCEO*Sun-Star Electric, Inc.
* Indicates Associate Member

Class of 2027

Greg CaseChief Innovation OfficerTaco Comfort Solutions
Greg LevineVPFranklin Electric
Dan McGrathSVP, Sales*Nidec Motor Corporation
*Indicates Associate Member

Class of 2028

Luis MaturanaManaging Director & PresidentKSB North America
Erik DaronPresidentTeikoku USA
Darren MowryPresidentLeistritz Advanced
Technologies
*Indicates Associate Member

Vice Presidents

(non-voting advisory positions)

Vice President, Technical AffairsJack ClaxtonVP EngineeringPatterson Pump Company
Vice President, Member ServicesTomas DobrovolskisVice PresidentHidrostal North America
Vice President, Knowledge & EducationScott TystadEducation LeaderPentair
Vice President, Government & Regulatory AffairsMark ChaffeeVP, Governmental Relations & Product ManagementTaco Comfort Solutions
Vice President, Certification ProgramsTammy MoskalDirector, Product Safety/Compliance & Engineering ServicesXylem

Past Presidents – Ex Officio

Scott KingPresident and CEOGorman Rupp Co., Mansfield Division
Brian SweeneyPresidentCrane Pumps & Systems
DeLancey DavisPresidentFranklin Electric
John KahrenPresidentSPP Pumps, Inc.
John White, Jr.Executive ChairmanTaco Comfort Solutions
John MiersmaNon-Executive ChairmanIWAKI America Inc.

Assistant Secretary/Assistant Treasurer

Michael MichaudExecutive DirectorHydraulic Institute

Legal Counsel

Eric McClafferty, Esq.PartnerKelley Drye & Warren LLP

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