STLE Board of Directors

 STLE is governed by a 24-member Board of Directors. The President, who serves a one-year term, is the organization’s chief elected officer and the chairman of the Board of Directors. The Executive Director is a full-time paid employee and is the organization’s chief staff executive.

STLE President
Jack McKenna
Sea-Land Chemical Company
STLE Vice President 
Kevin Delaney
Vanderbilt Chemicals, Co.
STLE Secretary
Mr. Steffen Bots
Lubeserv
STLE Treasurer 
Dr. William B. Anderson
Afton Chemical Corporation
STLE Past President
Dr. Hong Liang
Texas A & M University

STLE Director 
Dr. Nicholas Argibay
DOE Ames
STLE Director
Dr. Vasu Bala
TRCC
STLE Director
John Bomidi
Baker Hughes
STLE Director
Hong Gao
Shell Global Solutions
STLE Director
Dr. Hannes Grillenberger
Schaeffler Technologies

STLE Director
Elaine Hepley
Solana Consulting Services LLC
STLE Director
Michael Kotzalas
The Timken Company
STLE Director
Dr. Peter M. Lee
Southwest Research Institute
STLE Director
Khalid Malik
Ontario Power Generation
STLE Director
Ms. Mandi Jo McElwain
Univar Solutions

STLE Director
Dr. Kuldeep Kishore Mistry
Chevron Oronite
STLE Director
Ramoun Mourhatch
Chevron Oronite
STLE Director
Jason Papacek
Calumet Specialty Products
Partners, L.P.
STLE Director
Angela Pitenis
University of California, Santa Barbara
STLE Director
Doug Sackett
TotalEnergies USA





STLE Director
Dr. Rajesh Shah
Koehler Instrument Company

 STLE Director
Dr. Dairene Uy
Shell Global Solutions US, Inc.

 STLE Director
Wenyang Zhang
Tesla, Inc.

 STLE Executive Director
Rebecca Lintow

PositionFull NameCompanyEmail
PRESMr. John Joseph McKennaSea-Land Chemical Companyjack.mckenna@sealandchem.com
VPMr. Kevin M. DelaneyVanderbilt Chemicals, LLCkdelaney@vanderbiltchemicals.com
STLE_SECMr. Steffen BotsLubeservsb@lubeserv.de
TREA_STLEDr. William B. AndersonAfton Chemical Corporationbill.anderson@aftonchemical.com
PPRESDr. Hong LiangTexas A&M University, J. Mike Walker '66 Dept of Mech Enghliang@tamu.edu
EXEMs. Rebecca LintowSociety of Tribologists and Lubrication EngineersRLintow@stle.org
DIRDr. Nicolas ArgibayDOE Ames Laboratorynargibay@ameslab.gov
DIRDr. Vasu BalaTRCCvbala@trcc.com
DIRDr. John A.R. BomidiBaker Hughesjohn.bomidi@bakerhughes.com
DIRDr. Hong GaoShell Global Solutions US Inc.hong.gao@shell.com
DIRDr. Hannes GrillenbergerSchaeffler Technologies AGHannes.grillenberger@schaeffler.com
DIRMrs. Elaine A. HepleySolana Consulting Services LLCehepley@solanaconsultingservices.com
DIRDr. Michael N. KotzalasThe Timken Companymichael.kotzalas@timken.com
DIRDr. Peter M. LeeSouthwest Research Institutepeter.lee@swri.org
DIRMr. Khalid Malik, CLSOntario Power Generationkhalid.malik@opg.com
DIRMs. Mandi Jo McElwainUnivar Solutionsmandi.mcelwain@univarsolutions.com
DIRDr. Kuldeep Kishore MistryChevron Oronitekuldeep.mistry@chevron.com
DIRMr. Ramoun MourhatchChevron Oronite, LLC.mourhatch@chevron.com
DIRMr. Jason PapacekCalumet Specialty Products Partners, L.P.jason.papacek@clmt.com
DIRDr. Angela A. PitenisUniversity of California, Santa Barbaraapitenis@ucsb.edu
DIRMr. Douglas A. SackettTotalEnergies USAdoug.sackett@totalenergies.com
DIRDr. Rajesh J. ShahKoehler Instrument Company Inc.rshah@koehlerinstrument.com
DIRDr. Dairene UyShell Global Solutions US Inc.DAIRENE.UY@SHELL.COM
DIRDr. Wenyang Zhang, Ph.D, CLS, CLGSTesla, Inc.wenyzhang@tesla.com