The Association of Women in the Metal Industries (AWMI) held its 2019-2020 elections at its 2018 annual conference in St. Petersburg, Florida.
Elections were held for four two-year term positions, including president, vice president, marketing chair and mentoring chair. No regional director positions were up for election this year.
Sonya Malvick was elected president of AWMI. She is a 25 year veteran of the steel industry. Malvick followed in her father’s footsteps and started her career working with him at Zalk Joseph Fabricators LLC, before moving into the steel service center industry where she held positions in inside sales, outside sales and general sales. She currently works as an outside sales representative for Olympic Steel Inc. based in Gary, Indiana.
Mary Wardle was elected as vice president of AWMI. She has worked in the steel industry for more than 36 years and has held several positions within Steelscape LLC. She began her career in the company’s accounting department and moved into the purchasing and inventory control division before settling into customer service and eventually outside sales. She is currently working as sales manager of Steelscape’s western region and is based in Northern California.
Anna Tompkins and Sian Marcone also were elected as marketing chair and mentoring chairs, respectively. Tompkins is currently director of marketing at Rockville, Maryland based Atlantic Recycling Group, while Marcone is marketing manager at Pittsburgh-based Arconic.
AWMI is a volunteer-run organization dedicated to empowering women in metal industries.
Published in the February 2019 Edition