As the depth and range of WAI’s educational program, has expanded, so has the importance of the Education Committee. Below are the members who will help guide the Association in 2026.

The committee is chaired by Matt Miles, Southwire Co. Other members include: Erik Perks (Vice Chair), Prysmian; Brad Andrews, Condat Co.; Donald M. Dodge, Calmont Wire & Cable; Joseph P Domblesky, Marquette University; Jason Giebfried, Paramount Die Co.; Tracy Gooding, Mar-Mac Wire Inc.; C.  Richard Gordon, C. Richard Gordon Consulting; Erik A. Macs, Wire & Plastic Machinery Corp; Isaac Muller, American Wire Group; Donald Neville, RichardsApex Europe Ltd.;  Brian Parsons, Interstate Wire Co. Inc.; Svet Pavlovsky, Blachford Corp.; Horace Pops, Horace Pops Consulting;  Christopher Reeve, Insteel Wire Products; Matthew Reinoehl, SDI La Farga COPPERWORKS; Eric Wagner, Charter Steel; and Bhaskar Yalamanchili, Gerdau Long Steel North America.

The executive committee liaison is Raúl Garcia Martínez, Viakable SA de CV.