The EASA International Board of Directors met in February in Orlando, Florida, to discuss Association business. During the meeting, the Board elected officers for the 2022-23 administrative year and approved motions, including the budget.

Sid Seymour Elected as Chairman
Sid Seymour of Seymour-Smith Electric Motor & Pump Service Inc. in Burlington, Ontario, Canada, will become EASA’s Chairman of the Board for the 2022- 23 administrative year. His term begins on June 28.

Chairman-elect Seymour has 36 years of experience in the electrical apparatus industry. He held various offices at the chapter level from 2009-2017. In 2017, Seymour was elected to serve as the director of Region 8 on EASA’s International Board of Directors. He was elected Secretary/Treasurer of the Board in 2020 and Vice Chairman in 2021. During the 2021-22 administrative year, Seymour served on the following committees: Executive, Marketing & Industry Awareness, Remuneration, Audit, Admissions and Associate Member Advisory Committee.

Seymour and his wife Denise are newlyweds, and he has two stepchildren (Russell, 20; and Stacey, 17).

International Officers Elected
The Board elected Sean McNamara of Komatsu in Rutherford, New South Wales, Australia, as Vice Chairman and Paul Rossiter of Energy Management Corp. in Salt Lake City, Utah, as Secretary/Treasurer. Barry Bullard of EMI Power & Automation, Inc. in Decatur, Alabama, and Mathis Menzel of Menzel Elektromotoren GmbH in Berlin, Germany, will also serve on the 2022-23 Executive Committee, along with Tim Bieber of D-Electric, Inc. in Quakertown, Pennsylvania, who will become immediate past chairman.