The Additive Manufacturing Customers Group (AMUG) has confirmed the election of Heather Natal, Alex Roschli, Kim Killoran, and William (Dallas) Martin to its board of administrators.
AMUG members voted for his or her most well-liked board nominees on the AMUG Convention earlier this month.
Natal will function Secretary, Roschli as Director of Training & Convention, Killoran as Director of Advertising & Occasions, and Martin as Director of Sponsors & Exhibitors.
The multi-year phrases for these positions will begin on July 1, 2025. The steadiness of the board contains three elected and two appointed positions, every with a number of years remaining of their phrases.
The AMUG Board Members for the 2025-2026 time period are:
Officers
- President: Shannon VanDeren, Layered Manufacturing & Consulting
- Vice President: Tim Bell, Sciath aiM Forge Inc
- Treasurer: Robin Van Bragt, Eagle Plastics Plus LLC
- Secretary: Heather Natal, GoEngineer
Administrators
- Director at Giant: Bruce LeMaster, Obsidian Options Group, LLC
- Director of Training & Convention: Alex Roschli, Oak Ridge Nationwide Laboratory
- Director of Advertising & Occasions: Kim Killoran, Stratasys
- Director of Membership: Claire Belson Barnes, Markforged
- Director of Sponsors & Exhibitors: Dallas Martin, Toyota
Shannon VanDeren, AMUG President, mentioned: “The board of administrators that can serve AMUG for 2025-2026 is comprised of assorted backgrounds, skillsets, additive manufacturing disciplines, years within the trade, and personalities. But collectively, they’re centered and dedicated to upholding the integrity and function of AMUG.
“We can have the chance to glean from the various views and viewpoints of our board members, consisting of women and men, engineers and non-engineers, in addition to individuals with business-oriented and technically centered careers. I sit up for wholesome conversations and a forward-moving strategy.”
Natal was re-elected to the place of Secretary, a job she has stuffed for the previous two years. Presently, she serves as Chair of the Governance Committee, Co-chair of the Registration Committee, and as a member of the Govt Committee and Occasion & Hospitality Committee. She was awarded AMUG’s coveted DINO (Distinguished INnovator Operator) Award in 2024.
Roschli was elected to function Director of Training & Convention after 4 years as a member and Co-chair of the Monitor Chief Committee and Agenda & Program Committee member. These committees are instrumental elements of AMUG’s schooling and convention applications, which he’ll oversee in his new function. Alex obtained his DINO Award in 2023.
Killoran is returning to the board to fill the brand new Director of Advertising & Occasions place, having beforehand served as Secretary for 5 years (2014 – 2019). At the moment, she is Chair of the Advertising Committee, a job she has stuffed for 5 years, and a member of the Recognition and Agenda & Program Committees. Killoran was introduced with a DINO Award in 2017.
Martin, the newly elected Director of Sponsors & Exhibitors, has been an lively participant and vocal supporter of AMUG since first attending 11 years in the past. At the moment, he’s a member of two committees, Expo and Sponsors & Exhibitors. For these contributions, he obtained the DINO Award on the 2025 AMUG Convention.
Serving as board members is made potential by the assist of their respective employers: GoEngineer (Heather Natal), Oak Ridge Nationwide Laboratory (Alex Roschli), Stratasys (Kim Killoran), and Toyota (Dallas Martin).
Past oversight and administration of the AMUG organisation, the board’s main duties will embrace constructing this system for the 2026 convention, soliciting assist from companies within the additive manufacturing trade, and overseeing the occasion’s day-to-day actions. The all-inclusive, five-day convention will function hands-on workshops, tutorial periods, technical shows, the AMUGexpo, and the Particular Occasion & Dinner.
The 2026 AMUG Convention shall be held in Reno, Nevada, from March 15 -19, 2026.
Jason Lopes receives President’s Award
At this month’s AMUG Convention, Jason Lopes, Chief Know-how Officer of Light Big Studios, was recognised with its President’s Award.
The President’s Award acknowledges the exemplary imaginative and prescient, management, and tireless years of service for the development of AMUG. Over its total historical past, AMUG has introduced solely twelve President’s Awards.
VanDeren mentioned: “As I labored by way of this 12 months, there was one identify that frequently rose to the highest in lots of cases, Jason Lopes. As AMUG president, I used to be impressed to recognise Jason for his character and contributions as an individual, contributor, teammate, trainer, and scholar. The sharing of this award with Jason was a delight and honor.”
Joe Allison — CEO of Light Big Studios, previous AMUG board member, DINO recipient (twice), and Innovators Award honoree — added: “So long as I’ve recognized Jason, he eats, sleeps, and breathes 3D printing. He’s at all times on the lookout for what he can do with new applied sciences and supplies. His ardour and his enthusiasm are contagious.
“He likes to share the whole lot he learns with anybody who’s . Through the years, he has at all times been very beneficiant together with his time to share his journey and information. This very a lot contains AMUG, which I do know holds a particular place in his coronary heart. I’m very comfortable to increase my congratulations to Jason and categorical my appreciation for all he has achieved for our trade.”
Lopes’ first AMUG Convention was in 2010, and he has continued to contribute to and advocate for the convention since. For his early work, he obtained the coveted DINO Award in 2012, and has gone on to serve as a chair or member of a number of AMUG Committees, together with DINO Choice, New Members, and Technical Competitors.
Promoted to Chief Technical Officer at Light Big Studios 15 months after becoming a member of the corporate in 2022, Lopes’ journey into the mixing of know-how and creativity began at Stan Winston Studio and expanded at Legacy Results. After 11 years, he moved to Carbon to assist clients ‘join the dots’ between the know-how and their functions. Lopes served as chair for SPE AM & 3D Printing, coincident together with his time at Light Big Studios. Presently, he’s a board advisor for Axtra3D, Inc.
Lopes mentioned: “I’m past humbled to obtain the President’s Award and to take a seat alongside the earlier eleven recipients that got here earlier than me. I want to thank AMUG President Shannon VanDeren for all her arduous work and seeing the worth that I convey to the group and trade. 2025 marked my 15th 12 months of attending the Additive Manufacturing Customers Group, a customers group in contrast to every other, and it’s an occasion I sit up for 12 months after 12 months. The expertise and openness are actually what makes this group what it’s, and the motto says all of it, ‘For Customers, By Customers.’”
Previous recipients of the President’s Award are Thomas A. Sorovetz (2000), Patti Brown (2006), Man E. Bourdeau (2007), Robert Zubrickie (2010), Timothy Gornet (2013), Gary Rabinovitz (2014), Mark Abshire (2016), Elizabeth Goode (2019), Terry Hoppe (2021), Vince Anewenter (2021), and Mark Wynn (2023).
