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By John MacIlroy
President and CEO
Michigan Manufacturers Association

John W. “Mac” MacIlroy serves as MMA’s president and CEO. He assumed the leadership position in August 2000. Formerly, he was president and CEO of the Virginia Manufacturers Association in Richmond. He joined that organization in 1988, became president in 1990 and was named chief executive officer in 1998.

MacIlroy currently serves on the board of the National Association of Manufacturers, and recently completed terms as vice chairman of the National Industrial Council and chairman of the Council of State Manufacturers Associations. He served on Virginia’s Administrative Law Advisory Committee and on the state’s Workforce Council, where he chaired the Existing Workforce Committee.

By Mike Johnston
Director of Regulatory Affairs
Michigan Manufacturers Association

johnston@mma-net.org

As director of regulatory affairs for MMA, Johnston is responsible for advocacy to state regulatory agencies and the legislature in the areas of air and water quality, solid and hazardous waste, wetlands, economic growth issues and electric industry restructuring. In addition to testifying on behalf of the manufacturing industry, Johnston leads several MMA member policy committees, including the MMA Air Quality, Water Quality and Environmental Quality Advisory Committees.

 

By Amy Shaw
Director of Education & Employment Relations
Michigan Manufacurers Association

shaw@mma-net.org

Amy Shaw was appointed to the Michigan Manufacturers Association’s newly-created position of director of education and employment relations in 2001. She has more than 13 years of experience in program development and implementation, including eight years in her previous capacity as MMA’s director of education.

By Chuck Hadden
Vice President of Government Affairs

Michigan Manufacurers Association

hadden@mma-net.org

Chuck Hadden is the vice president of government affairs for the Michigan Manufacturers Association, an advocacy organization representing manufacturing statewide. He can be reached at hadden@mma-net.org o

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