Non-Ferrous Founders' Society Staff Directory

NFFS presently employees three full-time staff executives and one part-time administrative assistant.

James L. Mallory, CAE
NFFS Executive Director 
jlm@nffs.org

34 years Association Management experience
25 years in current position
4 years as a staff member with Steel Founders’ Society of America (SFSA)
20 years as a member of the U.S. Commerce Department’s Industry Trade Advisory Committee for Nonferrous Metals & Building Materials (ITAC 9)
16 years as a Board Member of the American Metalcasting Consortium (AMC)
6 years as a Board Member for the NAM Council of Manufacturing Associations

• Lecturer and Author on Metalcasting Industry Trends, Government Regulations, and Association Management Topics
• Former Professional Faculty Member for the U.S. Chamber of Commerce’s Institute for Organization Management at the University of Notre Dame
• Recipient of the 1996 CSAE Management Excellence in Association Programming award
• Recipient of the 2002 Leadership Award from the NAM Council of Manufacturing Associations
• BA – Loyola University (1972)
• Certified Association Executive (1985) - American Society of Association Executives

Jerrod A. Weaver, CAE
NFFS Director of Education and Training
jerrod@nffs.org

17 years as a NFFS staff member
ANAB Accredited Quality Management Systems Auditor
ASQ Certified Quality Manager
ASQ Certified Quality Auditor
Member of Engineering College Technical Advisory Committee for Western Michigan University

• Managing Director for the NFFS Quality Systems Registrar (NQSR)
• Managing Director for NFFS Quality Services Department
• Project Director for NFFS/AMC ISO9000:2000 Toolkit for Metalcasters
• Author and Lecturer on Best Practice ISO9000 Implementation for Metalcasting
• Project Director for NFFS/OSHA Safety Training Programs
• Lead Hazards for Copper-Alloy foundries
• Lockout / Tagout (Control of Hazardous Energy)
• Machine Guarding
• Workplace Emergency Planning
• Electrical Safety / NFPA 70E Arc Flash Hazards
• Foundry Air Contaminants
• BS – Western Michigan University (1996)
• Certified Association Executive (2009) - American Society of Association Executives
 

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Ryan J. Moore, CAE
NFFS Membership Services Manager
ryanm@nffs.org

13 years in current position

• Program Director for NFFS/AMC Electronic Commerce Implementation for Metalcasting
• Program Director for NFFS/AMC Procurement Readiness Optimization – Advanced Casting Technologies (PRO-ACT) Program
• Program Director for NFFS/AMC Castings for Improved Readiness (CIR) and Castings for Improved Defense Readiness (CIDR) Programs
• Author and Lecturer on Electronic Commerce Implementation for Metalcasting
• BS – Western Illinois University (1998)
• MBA – Roosevelt University (2004)
• Certified Association Executive (2009)

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