{"id":4259,"date":"2017-10-18T06:50:12","date_gmt":"2017-10-18T06:50:12","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.findadistributor.com\/news\/?p=4259"},"modified":"2017-10-18T06:50:12","modified_gmt":"2017-10-18T06:50:12","slug":"mhefis-new-board-directors-members-2018","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.findadistributor.com\/news\/mhefis-new-board-directors-members-2018\/","title":{"rendered":"MHEFI\u2019s New Board of Directors Members for 2018"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The Material Handling Education Foundation Inc. (MHEFI) has named four new members to the board of directors. Beginning January 1, 2018, Sal Fateen, of Seizmic Inc.; Brian Neuwirth, of UNEX Manufacturing; Michael Mikitka, of WERC; and Tom Rogers, of Western Pacific Storage will join the MHEFI board and begin their terms.<\/p>\n<p>Fateen, elected as president of the board, is CEO of Seizmic, a company focused on providing complete solutions to companies planning, implementing and maintaining material handling systems. Seizmic proudly evolves from the core belief system of its founder, which is to conduct business in order to bring safety and efficiency to the material handling industry.<\/p>\n<p>Neuwirth, elected as vice president of the board, is the president of UNEX, a family-owned business and a leader in providing innovative order picking solutions that maximize space usage, increase pick rates and improve ergonomics at the point of pick. All products have one goal in mind: to help customers keep processes and profits flowing.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_4260\" style=\"width: 730px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-4260\" class=\"size-full wp-image-4260\" src=\"http:\/\/www.findadistributor.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/10\/Screen-Shot-2017-10-18-at-07.44.41.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"720\" height=\"251\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.findadistributor.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/10\/Screen-Shot-2017-10-18-at-07.44.41.png 720w, https:\/\/www.findadistributor.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/10\/Screen-Shot-2017-10-18-at-07.44.41-400x139.png 400w, https:\/\/www.findadistributor.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/10\/Screen-Shot-2017-10-18-at-07.44.41-440x153.png 440w, https:\/\/www.findadistributor.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/10\/Screen-Shot-2017-10-18-at-07.44.41-650x227.png 650w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 720px) 100vw, 720px\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-4260\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">MHEFI is an independent charitable organization that was established in 1976. Since then, more than $2.5 million in scholarships and grants have been awarded to students at colleges and universities in the United States and Canada. 45 scholarships were awarded for the 2017\/2018 academic term for a total of $146,100. The next Call for Scholarships will be in the Fall of 2017.<\/p><\/div>\n<p>Mikitka is the executive director of WERC, a professional organization focused on logistics management and its role in the supply chain. He leads the WERC team to ensure it provides its members with education, research and services to develop them professionally and to improve the performance of logistics within their organizations.<\/p>\n<p>Rogers is the president of Western Pacific and works to utilize lean principles to keep the team focused on the big picture to help amaze customers. For over 30 years, Western has established itself as a premier supplier and manufacturer of industrial shelving and work platforms (mezzanines) to some of the world\u2019s largest corporations.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Material Handling Education Foundation Inc. (MHEFI) has named four new members to the board of directors. Beginning January 1, 2018, Sal Fateen, of Seizmic Inc.; Brian Neuwirth, of UNEX Manufacturing; Michael Mikitka, of WERC; and Tom Rogers, of Western Pacific Storage will join the MHEFI board and begin their terms. 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