Zachary Mottl is the fourth generation of his family to own and operate Atlas Tool Works, Inc., a world class precision manufacturing facility that offers a broad array of metal manufacturing services. Atlas Tool Works is involved with the Defense and Aerospace, Medical, Telecom and Electronics, and Industrial products industries. Zachary also focuses on operational alignment within Atlas and the family's related businesses including Accushim Inc. and Abet Industries.

Zachary has also obtained a substantial amount of success in the state. At 35 he is the youngest chairman to serve on the TMA Board of Directors. He served two terms on the TMA Board of Directors and in 2013 served as TMA's 76th Chairman.

As well as serving on the TMA Board of Directors, Zach was also elected to serve a 4-year term as Director of Governmental Affairs for the Illinois Defense & Homeland Security Association (IDHSA) in 2005. He was also a Manufacturing council member from 2015-2016 serving the US Department of Commerce.

Zachary received his Bachelor's degree in Business Administration from Benedictine University.

Stan Sorscher is Labor Representative at the Society for Professional Engineering Employees in Aerospace (SPEEA), a union representing scientists, engineers, technical and professional employees in the aerospace industry. He has been with SPEEA since 2000. Stan has a PhD in physics from UC Berkeley.

 He served on the Executive Board of the Washington State Labor Council, and is currently on the Board of the Washington Fair Trade Coalition. He represents organized labor on the Puget Sound Regional Council Economic Development District Board.  In 2009, Governor Christine Gregoire appointed Stan to the Washington Council on Aerospace, and in 2010, to the Board of the Export Finance Assistance Center of Washington. Stan represents SPEEA at the Puget Sound Health Alliance, and serves as the Legislative Coordinator of the Council of Engineers and Scientists Organization, a coalition of engineering and technical labor unions around the country. He is on the Board or Directors of the Economic Opportunity Institute in Seattle, and is on the advisory board of the program in Global Trade Transportation and Logistics at the University of Washington.

John Hansen is president of the Nebraska Farmers Union, first elected President in 1989, and has been re-elected ten times since.  Hansen also serves as the Chairman of the Legislative Committee for National Farmers Union, and on the National Farmers Union Executive Committee.  Before moving to Lincoln to serve as President in 1990, he operated a diversified grain and livestock operation in Madison County, NE.

Burl Finkelstein has worked at Kason Industries for over 34 years in various roles from manufacturing engineer thru VP of engineering and now serves as the Executive VP of Operations and in-house counsel.  Burl has almost four decades of technical work that includes product design and manufacturing process design and development.  His hands on experiences have nurtured a passion for manufacturing and a drive to make products in the United States.

 Mr. Finkelstein has superb business acumen and an uncanny intuitive mechanical ability allowing him to “see” the big picture without loosing the “feel” for the intricate details.  He handles general legal work for a mid size private company including outside litigation, IP and contracts issues and has negotiated several positive settlements.

Activities are designing, building and flying all sizes of model rockets, Current prefect of Atlanta TRIPOLI rocket club, shooting professional fireworks displays, representing the national armature rocketry organizations in dealing with ATF, Working with local teachers and scout groups to promote science education. He enjoys playing rock guitar and drums, house remodeling and many craft activities.

I was born in Ontario a fairly long time ago and began my working years in institutional food sales.  I left that to become a police officer with the Ontario Provincial Police Force where I served in various locals in the Province and on special duty in Quebec over a 7 1/2 year period. I then went to the University of Toronto in the Commerce Program and then to law school at the University of Windsor.  After graduation I began to teach at both the Faculty of Law and the Faculty of Business Administration at Windsor (19 years) while practicing law (25 years civil litigation and appellate litigation). While practicing and teaching I completed a Masters degree in Law as well at Wayne State University in Detroit. I then went into consulting and ultimately became the President & CEO of the TMTA (formerly the Michigan Tooling Assoc.).

Pam Potthoff is the former president of Women Involved in Farm Economics, which is dedicated to improving profitability in production agriculture through educational, legislative, communicative and cooperative efforts. WIFE will continue to work as a catalyst to bring about cooperation between farm organizations.

 Pam farms with her husband in Trenton, Nebraska.

Kevin J. Kelley serves as the Executive Director of the Rochester Technology and Manufacturing Association. 

Previously, he was the Executive Director of High Technology of Rochester, a technology development and manufacturing consulting organization. He has also served as the Senior Vice President of the Rochester Metro Chamber of Commerce (now the Rochester Business Alliance) responsible for economic development and government relations.

Bill Jones was appointed President and CEO of Penn United Technologies, Inc. in 2004, succeeding his father Carl, the founding President of the employee-owned company. Prior to this, Mr. Jones served as Manager of Precision Assembly, Automation, and Prototyping and then VP of Tooling Manufacturing. He served on the President's Manufacturing Council of the Department of Commerce from 2007 through 2010 and has remained dedicated to continuing Penn United’s strong support of CPA as one of its founding companies.

Beginning as an apprentice in 1981, Mr. Jones rose through the ranks of Penn United because of his strong moral values and his ability to motivate teams to create new and profitable manufacturing solutions, exemplifying the leadership and innovation that are the hallmarks of this world-class tooling and precision manufacturing corporation. Mr. Jones has led Penn United through several major transitions in the midst of a challenging economy and roiling global markets. This includes acquisitions as well as the introduction of new product lines to leverage the competencies of the company into new markets while maintaining the stability and profitability of the company.

During his tenure, Penn United has received recognition as Healthiest Employer, National Award Winner for Wellness, Healthiest 100 Workplaces in America and in 2013 – Manufacturer of the Year.

He is a husband, a father of three, a Deacon in Westminster PCA Church where he has served as President, and a major supporter of several area Christian schools and ministries. He has served as a Board Member of the local Boy Scouts of America organization.

Marc Fasteau is the founder and has served as chairman of the the American Strategic Insurance Group, a property & casualty insurer with approximately $1.1 billion in premium operating in 26 states. The holding company for the Group, Arx Holding Corp, and its shareholders, have entered into a definitive agreement, expected to close in April 2015, to sell a majority interest in Arx to Progressive Corporation (PGR:NYSE).

 Mr.Fasteau is a partner and investor in Sereno Properties, LLC, a developer and manager of small, high design luxury hotels. Fulcrum owns and operates Le Sereno hotel in St Barths and is building a new hotel on Lake Como, Italy in the town of Torno.

Mr. Fasteau was an investment banker in New York for 14 years, and served as a Managing Director and partner at Dillon Read & Co.

From 1979-81, Mr Fasteau served as Staff Director and Counsel to the Rockefeller Foundation funded Study Commission on US Policy Toward South Africa. The Commission produced South Africa:Time Running Out, a book length report with policy recommendations for the federal government, US corporations and US non-profit.

From 1963-66, Mr Fasteau served on the professional staffs of the US House of Representatives Banking & Currency Committee (now the Committee on Financial Services), US Senate Majority Leader Mike Mansfield and the Joint Economic Committee.

He is a graduate of Harvard College (1963) and Harvard Law School (magna cum laude 1969) where he was an editor of the Law Review.

He is married to Anne Gerard Fredericks, an artist, art historian and former Wall Street professional specializing in the Japanese and other non-US equity markets.