Committees
Education/Technical Committee
Mission: To educate NIBA members by providing technical information and training materials relative to conveyor belting, power transmission belting and accessories.
2025-26 Committee Members
Chair: Mark Hiltgen, Baldwin Supply Co.
Travis Horton, Fenner Dunlop Conveyor Belting
Steve Tate, ICL America Limited
Brady Buegeler, Belt Power, LLC
Mike Hesslau, Flexco
Eric Samples, Thaman Rubber
Nathan Friesen, Sempertrans
Gary Hanson, Conveyor Belt Division of American Chemical Technologies
Jeremy Nylund, Argonics Inc.
Lee Williams, ASGCO - Complete Conveyor Solutions
Buddy Wilson, Southeastern Conveyor Services
Scott Frenz, Fenner
Don Rabb, Ammega
Sean Henry, Continental
Nick Antonucci, RAM Enterprise
Zach DeGroff, RGA
Chad Ackerman, Flexco
Marketing Committee
Mission: To promote the services, benefits, and value of NIBA, to the global markets through effective communication and research.
2025-26 Committee Members
Chair: Mike Wieland, Mulhern Belting, Inc.
Martin O’Neill, Flexco
Jess Thacker, Beltservice Corporation
Matt Moehlenhoff, Belt Power, LLC
Jessica Johnson, Motion
Brian Turpin, Thermoid
Kelly Bray, Continental
Alex Garcia, Davis Industrial
Membership Committee
Mission: To ensure the perpetuation of NIBA by maintaining an active plan to preserve existing membership and to sustain continuous recruitment of qualified prospective members.
2025-26 Committee Members
Chair: Kevin Kubota, Flexco
Ron Schuring, Precision Pulley and Idler
Ismael Salomon, AFC Materials Group
Haley Barnes, Fenner Dunlop Conveyor Belting
Rafael Benitez, Ammega
Jake Thaman, Thaman Rubber
Tamara Thimmel, BEHAbelt
Jim Jeffers, Applied Industrial Technologies
Program Committee
Mission: To develop a program for the NIBA Annual Convention that provides a forum for members to communicate, learn, and promote their common business interests.
2025-26 Committee Members
Chair: Jim Smith, UBR
Stephanie Weeks, Southeastern Conveyor Services, Inc.
Morgan Walker, Smiley Monroe Inc.
Kevin McCarthy, Motion Industries, Inc.
Casey Hutchinson, Empire Rubber & Supply Company
Brian Gerrity, Uniband
Laila Miguel, RAM Enterprise
Patricia Gunter, Ammega
Give Back
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