On Monday, 17 April 2023, ballots were tallied and results were confirmed by ASNT’s election partner, Intelliscan Inc. The ASNT Leadership Development Committee is pleased to announce the following individuals will be taking their seat on the Board of Directors of the American Society for Nondestructive Testing, for three-year terms, beginning 1 July 2023. Read on to meet your new Directors! DAVID ALLEYNE David Alleyne, PhD, is the CEO of Guided Ultrasonics Ltd. (GUL), a spin-out company from the Mechanical Engineering Department at Imperial College in London, UK. He co-founded the company in 1999 with products that were based on his foundational research. Since 1999, he has driven the adoption of guided wave testing (GW) technology globally to the point where it is now a significant and growing part of the NDT and structural health monitoring (SHM) market. GUL exports most of its products and services. Under Alleyne’s leadership, GUL has been pivotal in the creation of the GW method- ology and industry codes and standards, as well as all levels of associated engi- neering professional certifications. Alleyne completed his PhD at Imperial College in 1991. His research was to gain understanding of how guided waves (Lamb wave) in plates could be used for NDT. After starting GUL with a colleague (Brian Pavlakovic, PhD), the two continued the development of innovative GW technologies using the torsional modes. Over the next 23 years, Alleyne led and directed development and commercial- ization of transformational technologies for the global NDT industry. From 1999 till 2015, he was the operations director with responsibility for developing training schemes and material for the NDT industry based around a practitioner- based syllabus for Levels I, II, and III. Since 2015, Alleyne has led the company as CEO, devising strategies and business plans with the core objective to diversify the company’s technology base to include SHM and invent new application-directed tools for quantitative measurements (QSR). The new developments have also incor- porated artificial intelligence via machine learning tools to aid inspectors’ training and technical expertise uptake. Alleyne is an acknowledged world leader in the industrial application of GW technology and has gained a wealth of invaluable experience from wide- ranging collaborations with universities and industrial partners. This has resulted in an outward-facing approach that values talent with an emphasis placed on innovation via teamwork, respect, and customer service. Alleyne also serves on the advi- sory committee of a major UK charity (IntoUniversity) that works to assist and support young people through learning centers where they are inspired to achieve. Alleyne has also done committee work at ASNT and has been involved in many national and international code bodies, including ASTM, NACE, BSI, and ISO. SCOPE ASNT ANNOUNCES N 88 M A T E R I A L S E V A L U A T I O N • J U L Y 2 0 2 3 2307 ME July dup.indd 88 6/19/23 3:41 PM

KATHY FERGUSON Kathy Ferguson is a materials engineer who has spent her career working in the field of NDT. Ferguson joined Boeing in 2008 where her broad background in NDT, failure analysis, and materials selection allowed her to support multiple airplane programs including the F-22, 787, 737, 777X, P-8, and the 767 Tanker programs. She has been a role model and mentor to students and colleagues in the field of NDT for her entire career. Ferguson has received numerous tech- nical achievement awards, including a Boeing Meritorious Invention Award, and she currently holds five US patents in a variety of different technologies. Ferguson has served continuously for 13 years on the Board of Directors for the Pacific Northwest Section of ASNT. She served as chair for three years, ensuring that the Section continued winning Gold recognition in the ASNT President’s Award program. During that time, she was honored for her years of mentoring women and students pursuing careers in NDT with the 2018 ASNT Advancement of Women in NDT Recognition and the 2019 ASNT Mentoring Award. She has encouraged countless students with her message that NDT is the “Ultimate Superhero Career” because NDT saves lives before catastrophes strike and makes the world a safer place. She encourages every member to recognize the contributions that they have made in making the world a safer place. To that end, she has nominated numerous Pacific Northwest Section members resulting in them winning the following ASNT awards: Lou DiValerio Technician of the Year Award, Robert C. McMaster Gold Medal Award, three ASNT Fellow Awards, two Mentoring Awards, and the Advancement of Active Military and Veterans in NDT Recognition Award. Ferguson launched a “Building Connections” initiative, which helps students to network with other ASNT section members and to advance their NDT careers. Ferguson mentors high school and college students by making STEM presentations about NDT and orga- nizes student tours of aerospace compa- nies in the Seattle area. She served on the 2013, 2015, 2017, and 2019 Program Committee for the Pacific Northwest Section NDT of Composites Conference. Ferguson has been a role model to NDT students at Clover Park Technical College, many of whom she encouraged to join ASNT and later hold leadership positions on the Pacific Northwest Section board. She was part of the leadership team that created the Pacific Northwest Section David Hall Student College Scholarship Fund, which encourages students to pursue careers in NDT. She also consistently serves on the Scholarship Committee, Radiation Safety Committee, NDT of Composites Planning Committee, and the annual Pacific Northwest Section Golf Tournament Committee, which provides funding for the scholarship fund. Ferguson began her NDT career working for the Naval Aviation Depot in Jacksonville, Florida, after graduating with a degree in materials engineering from the University of Florida. While there, she mentored fleet and depot technicians in the appropriate techniques to use for inspecting airplanes for cracks and corrosion. She later joined a large chem- ical manufacturing plant in Pensacola, Florida, as the lead metallurgist, where she established an SNT-TC-1A certifica- tion program for plant NDT inspectors. She also began Ferguson Consulting Services, which provided failure analysis support in litigation matters involving industrial and aircraft accidents. Ferguson has spent her entire career mentoring students, technicians, and engineers in NDT and supporting the vision of ASNT. Her primary goal has been to help others build greater connections and form a more meaningful bond with ASNT. ANITA GREGORIAN Anita Gregorian graduated with a master’s degree in materials engineering from the California State University in Northridge. The focus of her studies was on corrosion and vapor phase inhibitors in pipelines and other industrial struc- tures. Immediately after graduation she became a member of the NDT team at The Aerospace Corp. based in the Los Angeles area, providing technical oversight of space missions to military, civil, and commercial customers. Her position at The Aerospace Corp. neces- sitates knowledge and experience in materials, physics, and NDT to provide mission-critical solutions. Gregorian has SOCIETYNEWS |SCOPE S NEWLY ELECTED DIRECTORS J U L Y 2 0 2 3 • M A T E R I A L S E V A L U A T I O N 89 2307 ME July dup.indd 89 6/19/23 3:41 PM