ASTM International Announces Leadership Succession Plan
W. CONSHOHOCKEN, PA — The future leadership of ASTM International was decided at the October meetings of the ASTM Board of Directors in Seoul, South Korea. In a unanimous decision, the board announced that Katharine E. Morgan, current ASTM Vice President of Technical Committee Operations, will succeed ASTM President James A. Thomas.
“Having been informed by Jim Thomas of his intention to retire, the executive committee of the board set out on a search for candidates whose passion for ASTM would again result in excellent stewardship of the society,” said Thomas A. Schwartz, 2014 Chairman of the ASTM Board of Directors. “Kathie is precisely that individual, with her instinctual knowledge of the workings of ASTM technical committees, the industry sectors they represent, as well as the global standardization landscape.”