AMUG Elects Four Board Members

The Additive Manufacturing Users Group (AMUG) announces the election of four individuals to its board of directors. Heather Natal, Alex Roschli, Kim Killoran and William (Dallas) Martin will serve as secretary, director of Education and Conference, director of Marketing and Events, and director of Sponsors and Exhibitors, respectively.

Heather Natal was re-elected to the position of secretary, a position she has served in for the past 2 years. Presently, she serves as chair of the Governance Committee, co-chair of the Registration Committee, and as a member of the Executive Committee and Event and Hospitality Committee. Heather also was awarded AMUG’s DINO (Distinguished INnovator Operator) Award in 2024.

Alex Roschli was elected to serve as director of Education and Conference after 4 years as a member and co-chair of the Track Leader Committee and Agenda and Program Committee member. These committees are components of AMUG’s education and conference programs, which he will oversee in his new role. Alex received his DINO Award in 2023.

Kim Killoran is returning to the board to fill the new director of Marketing & Events position, having previously served as secretary for 5 years (2014–2019). Presently, she is chair of the Marketing Committee, where she has served for 5 years, and a member of the Recognition and Agenda and Program Committees. Kim was presented with a DINO Award in 2017.

Dallas Martin, newly elected director of Sponsors abd Exhibitors, has been an active supporter of AMUG since first attending 11 years ago. Dallas is a member of two committees, Expo and Sponsors and Exhibitors. He received the DINO Award at the 2025 AMUG Conference.

Serving as board members is made possible by support of their respective employers: GoEngineer (Heather Natal), Oak Ridge National Laboratory (Alex Roschli), Stratasys (Kim Killoran) and Toyota (Dallas Martin).

“The board of directors that will serve AMUG for 2025-2026 is comprised of various backgrounds, skillsets, additive manufacturing disciplines, years in the industry and personalities," Shannon VanDeren, AMUG President, said. "We will have the opportunity to glean from the diverse perspectives and viewpoints of our board members, consisting of men and women, engineers and non-engineers, as well as people with business-oriented and technically focused careers.”

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