2022 Foundry Leadership Summit

12:30 p.m.

Golf Outing (optional)

Our optional golf tournament, chaired by Mike Didion (Didion International) will have a shotgun start at 12:30 p.m. This is a wonderful networking event and opportunity to take full advantage of everything that the Foundry Leadership Summit has to offer.

We will be playing on the Meadows, an 18-hole course that dates to 1911. Originally a 9-hole course, it was expanded to an 18-hole routing by architect Dick Wilson, who used dirt excavated during the construction of The Bunker to expand the course. Years later, in 1999, Bob Cupp once again redesigned the golf course, at which point it officially became known at The Meadows. In 2016, The Meadows underwent a full restoration. This new and exciting routing features dynamic green complexes, breathtaking mountain vistas and our signature stacked sod bunkers throughout the course. You may register for the golf tournament at the time of FLS registration.

6 - 7:30 p.m.

Welcome Reception

7:30 - 8:30 a.m.

Breakfast

8:30 - 8:45 a.m.

Welcome/Opening Remarks

Brad

Brad Muller
AFS First Vice President; Vice President of Marketing, Charlotte Pipe Foundry

8:45 - 9:45 a.m.

Everest Resilience: Overcoming Adversity and Reaching High Goals

Jim

Jim Davidson
Resilience Speaker, New York Times bestselling author

9:45 - 10 a.m.

Break

10 - 11 a.m.

The Talent Shortage: Effective Strategies and Tactics for Attracting and Retaining the Best Employees

Gene

Gene Marks
President of The Marks Group and columnist for "The Hill" newspaper

11 - 11:50 a.m.

Trends that are Powering Manufacturing's Revival

Gold

Stephen Gold
President & CEO, Manufacturers Alliance

11:50 a.m. - 1 p.m.

Lunch

1 - 2:15 p.m.

Challenges and Opportunities for Metalcasting in 2023 and Beyond

Moderator:

Mike

Mike Lenahan
AFS Immediate Past President; Senior Industrial Sales, Badger Mining Corporation

Panelists:

Ryan

Ryan Burke
CEO, Osco Industries

Jason McGowan
President, D&L Foundry

Rob Johnson

Rob Johnson
Executive Vice President Administration, CFO, and Treasurer, Waupaca

Tyson

Tyson Twait
President and CEO, Dotson Iron Castings

2:15 - 3 p.m.

Leveraging AFS to Enhance Your Team and Strengthen Our Industry

Moderator:

Brad

Brad Muller
AFS First Vice President; Vice President of Marketing, Charlotte Pipe Foundry

Panelists:

Tom

Tom Bye
Supply Chain Manager, Dotson Iron Castings

Jay M. Morrison
Vice President of Equipment Sales/Eastern Region Sales Manager, Carpenter Brothers Inc.

Emily

Emily Shedlarski
Product Manager, Sand Preparation & Reclamation, Simpson Technologies Corp.

Pete Satre
AFS Directors Class 2020-2024, Corporate Engineering,
Allied Mineral Products, Inc.

3 p.m.

Adjourn Until Evening

6 - 7 p.m.

Reception

7 - 9:30 p.m.

Dinner Banquet

Master of Ceremonies:

Adam

Adam San Solo
AFS President; Vice President - Infrastructure, Neenah Enterprises

State of AFS Address:

Doug

Doug Kurkul
CEO, American Foundry Society

Awards Presentations by:

Jeff

Board of Awards Chair:

Jeff Cook
Chief Sales and Marketing Officer, Eagle Alloy, Inc.

Keating Founders Freedom Award
William J. Grede Award

7:15 - 8 a.m.

Breakfast

8 - 8:50 a.m.

Economic Outlook

Mark

Mark Vitner
Principal and Chief Economist, Piedmont Crescent Capital
Former Managing Director and Senior Economist, Wells Fargo

8:50 - 9:40 a.m.

The Future of U.S. - China Relations and Reshoring

Chang

Gordon Chang
Author and expert on U.S.-China relations

9:40 - 10 a.m.

Break

10 - 11 a.m.

America in 2022: The Political Outlook

Ari

Ari Fleischer
Former Press Secretary to President George W. Bush, Fox News Commentator and Communications Strategist

11 - 11:30 a.m.

Metalcasters' Agenda on Capitol Hill

Salmon

Stephanie Salmon
AFS Washington Representative, American Foundry Society

11:30 - 11:40 a.m.

Concluding Remarks and Announcement of 2023 Location

Brad

Brad Muller
AFS First Vice President; VP of Marketing, Charlotte Pipe Foundry

Angela

Angela Dine Schmeisser
AFS Second Vice President; President and CEO, St. Marys Foundry, Inc.