Thank You To Our President's Circle!

Earlier this year, SME re-introduced its President's Circle as part of its gamification feature on SME Connect. The President's Circle is part of the member referral program, which is designed to draw more members into SME and recognizes active members who have committed themselves to SME's growth by recruiting and sponsoring at least 10 new members. This program originally launched in 1984, and since then, over 1,200 SME members have participated. The higher the number of new members recruited, the higher the reward!

In the spirit of Thanksgiving, we thought we'd shared the list of these loyal members who have recruited 10 or more members into SME.
 

Members' Names	# of Sponsored Members	President's Circle Level
Matthew Cotterell	296	Diamond
Ismail Fidan, PhD	287	Diamond
Mark Miller, PhD	249	Diamond
James Healy, LSME	247	Diamond
Eric McKell, PE	238	Diamond
Elaine Vavra, CMfgT	236	Diamond
Carl Williams, LSME, CMfgE	225	Diamond
Ronald Vander Weerd, CMfgE, LSME	203	Diamond
Ross Monroe, CMfgE	172	Platinum
Steve Dusseau	169	Platinum
Ralton Emory	166	Platinum
Rajendra Belokar	165	Platinum
Thomas Vanderloop	161	Platinum
Jeff Fuchs, LSC	158	Platinum
David Moulton	148	Gold
Deborah Robbins	135	Gold
Brad Fitzgerald	135	Gold
Zbigniew Prusak, PhD	124	Gold
Steve Adzanu	124	Gold
Gregory Neff, LSME, CMfgT, PE	121	Gold
Lloyd Lunde, CMfgT	115	Gold
Phillip Waldrop, PhD, LSME	113	Gold
Chris Cosby	107	Gold
Bruce MacKender	106	Gold
Cary Rosenberg, CMfgE	105	Gold
Iain Cameron, PE	105	Gold
Joseph Chen, PE	102	Gold
Greg Murray	99	Silver
Daniel Kandray	97	Silver
Tina Brudnicki	93	Silver
Stuart Hilton, PhD, CMfgT	91	Silver
Luis Sanchez, PE	85	Silver
John Tielemans	83	Silver
Gary Sweet, LSME, CMfgE	67	Silver
Mohammed Boudaia, CMfgT	64	Silver
Timothy Cooley, PE	63	Silver
John Sears, LSME, CMfgE	60	Silver
Roger Newhouse	58	Silver
Jack Day, CMfgE	52	Silver
Abayomi Ajayi-Majebi, PhD, CMfgE, PE	50	Silver
David Dejong	48	Bronze
Lisa Hix	47	Bronze
Jacob Lehman, CMfgT, CMfgE	45	Bronze
Yalcin Ertekin, PhD, CMfgE	43	Bronze
Ashok Agrawal	42	Bronze
Scott Danielson, PhD, PE	42	Bronze
Michael Mitchell	41	Bronze
Sherif El Wakil, PhD, LSME	40	Bronze
Natalie Lowell, CMfgT	40	Bronze
Janusz Romanski, PhD	39	Bronze
Travis Fralich, CMfgT	39	Bronze
Michael Geist	37	Bronze
Mulchand Rathod, PE	36	Bronze
Wayne Frost, LSME, CMfgE	34	Bronze
Sheldon "Skip" Marsh	33	Bronze
Torbjorn Bergstrom	33	Bronze
Ben Nwoke, PhD, LSME, CMfgE	31	Bronze
Timothy Bond, CMfgE	30	Bronze
Mohamed Gadalla, PhD	29	Bronze
Michael Timko, LSME, CMfgT	28	Bronze
Derek Yip-Hoi, PhD	28	Bronze
David Davidson	28	Bronze
Bob Johnson, FSME, CMfgE	26	Bronze
Claudia Wilson	26	Bronze
Perry Schultz, CMfgE	24	Bronze
Garret Hendrix, PE	24	Bronze
Farris Saifkani	24	Bronze
Alton Kornegay, PhD	22	Bronze
Ferdinand Salzmann, CMfgE, PE	21	Bronze
Tarun Gupta, PhD, LSME, CMfgE	20	Bronze
Howard Hale, LSME	20	Bronze
Subba Rao Potru, PhD, LSME, CMfgE	20	Bronze
Vincent Marzigliano	20	Bronze
Dennis Flattem	19	Bronze
David Vorst, LSME, CMfgE	19	Bronze
David Crandell, LSME	19	Bronze
Donald Patz	19	Bronze
Ross Kester, LSME	18	Bronze
Aaron Smith, PhD	18	Bronze
Manocher Djassemi, PhD, CMfgE	17	Bronze
Todd Szallay	17	Bronze
Stuart McRae	17	Bronze
Brian Holmes, FSME, CMfgE	16	Bronze
Ernest Hall, FSME	16	Bronze
David Bastl, LSME	16	Bronze
Harry Buhalis, PhD	16	Bronze
Austin Cheney, PhD, CMfgE, PE	16	Bronze
Iris Rivero, PhD	16	Bronze
Charles Gates, LSME, CMfgE	16	Bronze
William Butrum	16	Bronze
Joseph Kraft, LSME	15	Bronze
Edye Buchanan, CMfgT	15	Bronze
Kenneth Stromberg, CMfgT, LBC	15	Bronze
Richard Rook, LSME	15	Bronze
Barry Caudle, LSME	14	Bronze
Lewis Baum, CMfgE	14	Bronze
Tom Juell	14	Bronze
David Hoffa, PhD, CMfgT	14	Bronze
James Hamilton	14	Bronze
Zhenhua Wu	14	Bronze
Jerry Goldberg, LSME	13	Bronze
Charles Severance, LSME	13	Bronze
Cameron Willis, LSME	13	Bronze
Keith Gardiner, PhD, FSME, CMfgE, PE	13	Bronze
Mike Miller, CMfgE	13	Bronze
Dale Hutchinson	13	Bronze
Louis Papp, FSME, CMfgE	12	Bronze
John Le Baron, LSME	12	Bronze
Kevin Grow, CMfgT	12	Bronze
Doug Desroches	12	Bronze
Melissa Wheeler	12	Bronze
Kent Kohkonen, LSME	11	Bronze
Charles Lampman, LSME	11	Bronze
W. Ray Rummell, LSME, CMfgE	11	Bronze
Gregg Jones, CMfgE	11	Bronze
Charles Cox, FSME, CMfgE	11	Bronze
Robert Derga	11	Bronze
Mark Brinkerhoff, PE	11	Bronze
Jeffery Woodson, CMfgT	11	Bronze
Larry Targosh, CMfgE, CMfgT	11	Bronze
Steve Wenner	11	Bronze
Christopher Pung	11	Bronze
John Hand, LSME	10	Bronze
John Kilpatrick, LSME	10	Bronze
Kerry Tobin	10	Bronze
Shinichi Kimura, LSME	10	Bronze
Jenny Ono Suttaby, LSME	10	Bronze
Thomas Laviolette, PhD, CMfgE	10	Bronze
Michael Aznavorian, LSME	10	Bronze
Dick Tiano, LSME	10	Bronze
Harry Mundt	10	Bronze
Hwa-Soo Lee, PhD, CMfgE	10	Bronze
Christopher Brown, PE	10	Bronze
Denis Cormier, PhD	10	Bronze
Yuyi Lin, PE	10	Bronze
Louis Toutant	10	Bronze
Seiichiro Takayama, CMfgT, CMfgE	10	Bronze
Richard Picard	10	Bronze
Randy Raikes	10	Bronze
Gene Schultz, CMfgT	10	Bronze
Michael Miles	10	Bronze

How can you participate?

If you'd like to sponsor a new member:

1. Ensure the person signing up for membership includes your name, member ID number or email address when signing up on sme.org/join to receive you receive your incentive.
2. Sponsorship of 10 new members will result in being recognized with the bronze President's Circle badge on SME Connect and reward incentives.

Want to learn more about the Member Referral Program? Contact membership@sme.org.