AFS Chapter Regions & Officers

Regional chapters are organized throughout North America. Chapters are listed below. These chapters help to enable local networking connections, presentations, site tours, educational opportunities, and other benefits.

1 - Gold and Silver Chapter
California, Nevada, Arizona, Oregon, Washington

President:
Rashit Merchant
Parker Hannifin Corporation
Ph: 802-604-3519
Email: [email protected]

Vice President:
Sreevalli Bokka
University of Akron
Ph: 724-719-5619
Email:  [email protected]

2 - Northcentral Chapter
Iowa, Kansas, Minnesota, Missouri, Nebraska, North Dakota, South Dakota, Wisconsin

President:                                                                            
Peter Cartwright
Cartwright Consulting
Ph: 952-854-4911
Email: [email protected]

 

Treasurer:
Tim Johnson
Freudenberg Performance Materials
Ph: 505-366-3907
Email: [email protected]

3 - Southwest Chapter
Arkansas, Louisiana, New Mexico, Oklahoma, Texas

 

President:
Joseph Ciminella
Midwest Filtration
Ph: 412-292-1981
Email: [email protected] 

Vice President:
Alex Knowles
JXP Systems
Ph: 713-464-6374
Email: [email protected]

Secretary:
Wu Chen
Consultant
Ph: 979-238-9943  
Email: [email protected]

Treasurer:
Wenping Li
Agrilectric Research Company
Ph: 337-421-6245
Email: [email protected]

4 - Midwest Chapter
Illinois, Indiana, Michigan

President:
Jia Ma
Aqua-Aerobic Systems Inc.
Ph: 815-654-2501
Email: [email protected]

5 - Cumberland Chapter
Kentucky, Tennessee

President:
John Hancock
Cerex Advanced Fabrics
Ph: 615-630-1986
Email:  [email protected]

Vice President:
Kaiyi Liu

Parker Hannifin Corporation
Ph: 931-548-7850
Email:  [email protected] 

 

7 - Empire State Chapter
New York State

President:
Krishna Gupta
POROUS MATERIALS INC
Ph: 607-257-5544  
Email: [email protected]

8 - New England Chapter
Connecticut, Maine, Massachusetts, New Hampshire, Rhode Island, Vermont

President:
Ashish Bandekar
Mativ
Ph: 978-436-6897
Email: [email protected]

9 - Southeast Chapter
Alabama, Florida, Georgia, Mississippi, North Carolina, South Carolina, Virginia, West Virginia

President:
Will Matthews
Norafin Industries
Ph: 828-595-7411
Email: [email protected]