SPE Automotive
Board of Directors
2024-2026 Executive Committee
Ramesh Iyer
Chair
ICIS
(517) 295-9241
Dr. Sassan Tarahomi
IMMEDIATE PAST Chair
Alterra Holdings
(989) 335-0060
Dr. Jeffrey Helms
Councilor
Celanese Corp.
(248) 377-6895
Jitesh Desai
Treasurer
Inteva, LLC (retired)
(248) 563-1657
Tom Pickett
secretary
General Motors Co.
(248) 432-9724
Dr. Allan Murray
Director Emeritus
Allied Composite Technologies LLC
(248) 814-8072
David Reed
Director Emeritus
General Motors Co. (Retired)
(734) 674-073
Fred Deans
Director Emeritus
Allied Composite Technologies LLC
(248) 760-7717
Dr. Norm Kakarala
Director Emeritus
Inteva, LLC (Retired)
(248) 840-6747
Dr. Suresh Shah
Director Emeritus
Delphi (Retired)
248-635-2482
2024-2026 DIRECTORS
TO DECEMBER 2024
Neil Fuenmayor
LyondellBasell (RETIRED)
(734) 929-8911
Tom Pickett
General Motors Co.
(248) 432-9724
Andy Rich
LMAT-UK
(781) 792-0770
Armando Sardianopoli
BASF (retired)
(734) 895-5875
Dr. Leonardo Simon
University of Waterloo
(519) 888-4567 x33301
Albert Chen
GEON PERFORMANCE SOLUTIONS
(810) 986-5255
Soydan Ozcan
OAK RIDGE NATIONAL LAB
Steven Van Loozen
LOTTE ADVANCED MATERIALS
(734) 771-0663
TO DECEMBER 2025
Drew Geda
Hyundai America Technical Center, Inc
(734) 337-2561
Mark Lapain
Advanced Composites
(248) 567-5455
Jeremy Lee
Faurecia
(248) 409-3584
Jeff Mayville
Ford Motor Co.
(313) 805-9500
Dhnendra Nagwanshi
SABIC
(248) 760-3860
Dr. Suresh Shah
GM/Delphi (Retired)
SPE-Fellow, "Plastics Hall of Fame" Inductee
(248) 635-2482
Keith Siopes
Sumika Polymers N.A. LLC
(248) 797-4607
Dave Helmer
General Motors Co.
(248) 431-9804
Suzanne Cole
Miller Cole LLC
(248) 990-5277
Dr. Arash Kiani
CEO of Alterra Holdings
(812) 271-1891
Dean Stevenson
Rivian
(313) 418-2203
Richard Umemoto
MAGNA EXTERIORS
(248) 463-0656
TO DECEMBER 2026
Umesh Gandhi
Toyota Technical Center
(734) 995-7174
Chuck Jarrett
The Materials Group
(248) 310-3283
Dr. Rodrigo Orozco
Ascend Performance Materials
(248) 660-1325
Rob Philp
Sirmax North America, Inc
(765) 639-3008
Brian Grosser
Lotte Advanced Materials
(248) 941-9368