International Fluid Power Society announces its 2015 president

The International Fluid Power Society (IFPS) has announced that Marti Wendel, CFPE, CFPS, CFPCC Curtiss-Wright Sprague Products, was elected the 55^th president of IFPS during its annual meeting in Charleston, S.C. Wendel will take office in January 2015.

Wendel has served as IFPS vice president of education, as the Fluid Power Educational Foundation (FPEF)’s chair of trustees and as chair of many IFPS subcommittees. During her time serving as the 2011 FPEF chair of trustees, the FPEF and IFPS finalized a strategic alliance that has been a measurable benefit to both organizations. The mission of both the IFPS and FPEF is to promote fluid power education, which is paramount to the sustenance and growth of the fluid power industry.

“I am truly humbled by the vote of confidence given to me by my peers on the Society’s board,” Said Wendel. “The thought of following in the footsteps of so many exceptional and talented past presidents, whom I have revered, is at times overwhelming.”

Wendel is currently the global sales manager for Curtiss-Wright, Sprague, a manufacturer of high-pressure hydrostatic test systems headquartered in Brecksville, Ohio. She has worked for 25 years in engineering, sales, and marketing in the fluid power industry and earned her Bachelor of Science at Kent State University. Wendel strongly believes that holding an IFPS certification for the past 20 years has accelerated her success in the fluid power industry by allowing others to quickly identify her as a proven professional.

The following officers were also confirmed at the IFPS 2014 Annual Meeting:

First Vice President – Rance Herren, CFPSD, CFPECS, CFPMT, CFPAI- National Oilwell Varco
Immediate Past President – Tom Blansett, CFPAI, CFPS, CFPIHT, CFPCC, Behco-MRM, Inc.
Treasurer – Dan Helgerson, CFPAI, CFPS, CFPECS, CFPMT, CFPSD – CFPSOS LLC
Vice President Certification – Timothy White, CFPAI/AJPP, CFPS, CFPECS, CFPMIH, CFPMMH, CFPMIP, CFPMT, CFPMM – The Boeing Company
Vice President Marketing and Public Relations – Justin Sergeant, CFPS, CFPMHM – Seven Stars Industries
Vice President Education – D. Dean Houdeshell, PE, CFPAI, CFPE, CFPS, CFPIHT, CFPMHT, CFPMHM – Danfoss
Vice President Membership – Richard Bullers, CFPPS – SMC Corporation of America
Vice President Educational Foundation – Pat Maluso, CFPAI/AJPP, CFPS, CFPMHM – Western Hydrostatics, Inc.

The following Directors-at-Large were also confirmed:

Alan Niesen, CFPS, CFPIHM, CFPMHM – HFI Fluid Power Products
Kenneth Dulinski, CFPAI/AJPP, CFPECS, CFPHS CFPMIH, CFPMMH – Macomb Community College
John Juhasz, CFPECS, CFPS – Kraft Fluid Systems, Inc.
Frank Fetty, MHM – JH Fletcher & Company
Jeff Kenney, CFPIHM, CFPMHM, CFPMHT – Coastal Hydraulics, Inc.
Scott Gower, CFPS – Gulf Controls Co., Inc.
Scott Nagro, CFPS – HydraForce, Inc.
Bill Jordan, CFPAI/AJPP, CFPMHM, CFPMHT – Altec Industries, Inc.
Jose Garcia, CFPHS – Purdue University
Rocky Phoenix, CFPMHM, Open Loop Energy, Inc.
Jeff Hodges, CFPAI/AJPP, MHM – Altec Industries, Inc.