LDI program offers taste of leadership

Four of this year's LDIs visited ASME headquarters last month. Standing, from left: Larry C. Russell, who works for the U.S. Army Research Office in Research Triangle, N.C., is working with the Council on Engineering, and Curtis E. Schmillen, who is employed by Harris Mechanical Contracting in St. Paul, Minn., and is working with the Council on Member Affairs. Seated, from left, are G. Mitchell Lowe, who is supporting the Council on Codes and Standards. He works for Eastman Chemical in Kingsport, Tenn. Yohei K. Yamamuro, seated right, will work with the Council on Public Affairs. He is employed at Hewlett Packard in San Diego, Calif. Not pictured are Aureen Currin, the intern for the Board of Governors who works for GE Aircraft Engines in Lynn, Mass., and Karma K. Snyder, who is working with the Council on Education. She is employed by John C. Stennis Space Center-NASA in Stennis, Miss.

ASME's Leadership Development Initiative (LDI) program is a year-long activity for younger members designed to identify and cultivate future ASME leaders.

Participants serve a one-year interactive learning experience with one of the five councils or with the Board of Governors.

Applications are now being solicited for next year's six LDI intern positions. The application deadline is Dec.10. Applications and program details are at www.asme.org/ldi/ or contact Warren Leonard at leonardw@asme.org for more information.

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