Dear Members and Friends,
Please save the date for our February meeting with special guest, AWS President Bob Roth.
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Meeting Connection Information
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Meet 2020/21 AWS President Robert W. Roth |
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Robert W. Roth |
Robert W. Roth is President/CEO of RoMan Manufacturing, Inc. Founded in 1980, RoMan Manufacturing is a second-generation family business with operations in Grand Rapids, Michigan and a sales office in Shanghai, China. RoMan Manufacturing specializes in the design and manufacture of water-cooled transformers and DC power supplies used for industrial applications such as resistance welding, glass melting and forming, plating, and furnace applications. Its subsidiary Quality Non-Ferrous Foundry is a green sand and permanent mold foundry located in Grand Rapids, Michigan.
Robert (Bob) is a member of the second generation and joined the business in 1987, after his employment with the Hydra-matic Division of General Motors from 1980 until 1987. Robert graduated in 1985 from Kettering University, formerly General Motors Institute with a Bachelor of Science degree in Industrial Administration. He was recognized by the University with its Engineering Achievement Award in 2012. Robert is also a graduate of Leadership Grand Rapids (2002) and the Institutes for Healing Racism (2004). He is married to Marcy and they have two children, Mike age 32 who is an M.D. practicing emergency medicine and Kayla age 29 who has the dual degrees of M.S. Industrial Psychology and an MBA working in HR for a global financial institution.
Robert served as Board Chair of the Grand Rapids Area Chamber of Commerce in 2004 and has served on the board of directors of Home Repair Services and the board of managers of the SE YMCA. In 2012 Robert completed eight years of service on the Priority Health Board of Directors serving as Board Chair from 2009-11. He is a founding member of the Family Business Alliance and served for eight years as a member of its advisory board. Concluding in 2016 Robert served his community and the citizens of Grand Rapids Township for six years as a township trustee. He concluded eight years as a trustee of the Grand Rapids Community Foundation at the end of 2016 and chaired the board in 2013. He currently serves on the Board of Directors of the American Welding Society as a Director and President, and the Board of Directors of Spectrum Health, where he serves as board chair. He serves on the boards of for-profit corporations Grand Rapids Label Inc., United Bank of Michigan, Progressive AE, and Grand Transformer/Warner Power Inc. |