Global Executive Cabinet

Guy Larnac, Ph.D
Guy Larnac, Ph.D
Global President
Materials, Structures and Industrialization Technical Coordinator
Ariane Group
KIYOSHI UZAWA, PH.D
KIYOSHI UZAWA, PH.D
Global Executive Vice President
Professor and Director, Innovative Composite Center (ICC)
Kanazawa Institute of Technology Japan
ALLAN CRASTO, PH.D
ALLAN CRASTO, PH.D
Global Immediate Past President
FSAMPE, Retired Executive Director
University of Dayton Research Institute
Place Holder
Place Holder
Global Secretary
Chief Executive Officer
SAMPE
XIAOSU YI, PH.D
XIAOSU YI, PH.D
President, China Region
FSAMPE, Li Duk Sum Chair Professor
University of Nottingham Ningbo China (UNNC)
Tamaro Blanco
Tamaro Blanco
President, Europe Region
Composite Materials and Processes
Airbus Operations, S.L.
Takeshi Tanamura
Takeshi Tanamura
President, Japan Region
Managing Executive Officer, Functional Materials Division Manager
Shikibo Ltd.
Sana Elyas
Sana Elyas
President, North America Region
Industrial Collaborations
Oak Ridge National Laboratory

2026 – 2027 SAMPE Global Board of Directors

ALL BOARD POSITIONS ARE TWO-YEAR TERMS

PAST PRESIDENTS

  • PAST PRESIDENT, EUROPE REGION

  • CHRISTIAN-ANDRE KEUN
  • CEO
  • CompriseTec GmbH

  • PAST PRESIDENT, NORTH AMERICA REGION

  • TIA BENSON TOLLE, PH.D, FSAMPE
  • Director, Technology & Sustainability
  • The Boeing Co.

CHINA REGION

  • PROF. ZHENGHUA CAO
  • Director, Composite Material Center of AVIC
  • Manufacturing Technology Institute
  • AVIC Composite Corporation Ltd.
  • Shunyi District, Beijing
  • Peoples Republic of China
  • PROF. DR. YAN LI, FSAMPE
  • Vice Chairman, SAMPE Shanghai Chapter
  • Dean, School of Aerospace Engineering
  • and Applied Mathematics
  • Tongji University
  • Yangpu District, Shanghai
  • Peoples Republic of China

EUROPE REGION

  • DR. JYRKI VUORINEN
  • Dean, Information Technology and Communication Sciences
  • Tampere University
  • Finland

JAPAN REGION

  • PROF. MASAHITO UEDA
  • Professor
  • Nihon University
  • Japan

NORTH AMERICA REGION

  • JEROME BERG
  • Technology and Development Manager
  • Northrop Grumman, Aeronautic Systems
  • DR. GERMAN REYES-VILLANUEVA, PH.D
  • Associate Professor, Mechanical Engineering
  • University of Michigan-Dearborn
  • ASHLEY TRACEY
  • Engineer
  • The Boeing Co.
  • PAUL D. WIENHOLD
  • Principal Professional Staff
  • Johns Hopkins University
  • Applied Physics Laboratory
  • Laurel, Maryland
  • United States