In March 2021, we sent out the call for nominations for a new batch of Discovery Summit Americas Steering members; you all came through for us.
Five new members rotate onto the committee, while five current members rotate off. These expert and dedicated JMP users provide a valuable service to JMP and our Discovery Americas event, helping JMP staff design and deliver the very best conference possible.
These new members join a long and distinguished group of Discovery Summit Americas Steering Committee members who have served us so ably in past years.
(A complete list of all US Steering Committee Members, Past and Present can be found here.)
Welcome to our new incoming members
The five new members will join our Discovery Summit Americas Steering Committee in October, after the conclusion of the Discovery Summit Americas 2021 event. The new group will join existing committee members and help make decisions for the next three Discovery events. The group was carefully selected from a number of nominations and represent a broad profile of JMP users. Given the variety of geographic balance, industry, application areas and JMP products used we feel confident future conferences will serve all current and prospective JMP users well.
Welcome to our newest members:
Ruth Hummel, SAS, Sr Manager, Analytical Education
Ruth Hummel is Senior Manager of Analytical Education for SAS. Previously, she was a principal technical advocate for the use of JMP in academic settings. Ruth holds a PhD in statistics from The Pennsylvania State University. She has been teaching and consulting since 2002 and began using JMP in 2010 as a faculty member teaching graduate statistics courses at the University of Florida.
Tom Bidwell, INEOS Composites, Statistician
Tom Bidwell has 30 years of experience in the chemicals industry. In his current role as a statistician at INEOS Composites, he uses JMP to analyze data from a variety of sources (manufacturing, R&D, product development and financial databases) to uncover relationships that improve the business. Tom also hosts the Central Ohio JMP Users Group (COJUG) at his company.
Stacey Cofield, Associate Dean for Recruitment, Retention, & Diversity at the UAB Graduate School and an Associate Professor in the School of Public Health, Department of Biostatistics
Dr. Cofield has been teaching with JMP in introductory biostatistics courses for more than 20 years in the face-to-face, blended, and online environment, and was a recipient of the 2018 UAB President’s Award for Excellence in Teaching and 2019 Graduate Dean’s Award for Excellence in Mentoring. In addition to teaching JMP she uses her research.
Tracy Desch, P&G, Products Researcher, Trainer and Coach
Tracy has been with Procter & Gamble for 31 years. She currently supports the Hair Care category with JMP expertise in understanding consumer tensions and desired product benefits. In addition, Tracy is a trainer and coach for her colleagues across the company helping improve quantitative analysis skill for individuals across the company.
Lucas Beverlin, Intel, Statistician
Lucas Beverlin is a statistician at Intel, where he assists fab engineers with optimizing statistical process control and teaches basic statistics and design of experiments courses. He graduated from Louisiana State University with master's degrees in mathematics and applied statistics, and from Iowa State University with a Ph.D. in statistics. His research interests include nonlinear modeling, reliability, and machine learning.
Thank you to our outgoing steering committee members
Though they still have work to do – again, their terms run through the conclusion of Discovery Summit Americas 2021 - we thank those who will rotate off the committee in the next few weeks. These individuals have done a tremendous job ensuring a top-notch conference for attendees; they have certainly earned our sincere thanks!
The following steering committee members rotate off after this year's conference:
Mark Bailey, SAS, Sr Analytics Software Tester
Fuding Lin, University of Oregon, Master’s Industrial Internship Program
Patti McNeill, Lundbeck, Associate Director of Cell Culture Development
Tom Mercier, Soap Health, CTO
Cameron Willden, W.L. Gore, Statistician
And, a thank you to... you
Finally, we thank those of you who submitted nominations for this year's committee members. If you have any questions about the committee or the selection process, please contact Kathy Walker.
