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NEW YORK, June 19, 2003—William
K. Slate II, chairman of American Management Association, today announced
the election of two new members to AMA’s Board of Trustees during
the 80th Annual Meeting. Javier Urioste, senior vice president and chief
procurement officer of Global Procurement Services at JPMorgan Chase Corporation,
and Lew Cramer, managing director of Summit Ventures, LLC, were elected
to serve two-year terms.
Javier Urioste joined JPMorgan Chase and assumed his current role as chief
procurement officer at the firm’s Corporate Business Services organization
in February 2002. From 1994 to 2002, he worked for IBM, where he was Director
of Global Procurement Strategy and Policy and later Director of Global
Business Operations for IBM’s Global Procurement organization.
Mr. Urioste began his professional career at General
Electric Company in 1970. He held several positions at various GE businesses,
including manufacturing and supply, business development and international
trade. In 1991, he was promoted to general manager of Corporate Procurement
at GE’s headquarters. Mr. Urioste is also chairman of AMA’s
Supply Chain Management Council.
Lew Cramer is managing director of Summit Ventures,
LLC, a Washington, D.C. and Salt Lake City-based strategic business consulting
firm focusing on international business development, major project financing
and advocacy issues. He has worked extensively in the global telecommunications
and broadband sectors, including as vice president for MediaOne International
and US WEST, responsible for their international government and multilateral
financial institution relations, and public policy for numerous wireless
and broadband investments in over 30 countries.
Previously, Mr. Cramer served as director general of
the U.S. & Foreign Commercial Service, leading the U.S. Government’s
commercial staff of 1,400 employees at over 120 embassies overseas and
in 65 offices throughout the United States. His government service in
the Reagan and George H. W. Bush Administrations also included positions
as assistant secretary of commerce for International Trade, deputy assistant
secretary of commerce for Science and Electronics and White House Fellow
with the U.S. Trade Representative.
Mr. Cramer is also chairman of AMA’s International
Council, a member of the U.S. Department of State’s International
Communications and Information Policy Advisory Board, and special advisor
to the president of the International Chamber of Commerce in Paris.
Also during AMA’s 80th Annual Meeting, five members
were re-elected to the Board of Trustees. Re-elected for three-year terms
were Sir Paul Judge, chairman, Isoworth Group; Tony LeDinh, vice president-international,
Siemens Building Technologies, Inc.; Teresa E. McCaslin, executive vice
president, human resources and information systems, Contigroup Companies,
Inc.; and Susan B. Sentell, former CEO, Percipient. Re-elected for a two-year
term was David C. Anderson, former president, Executive Search, Heidrick
& Struggles International, Inc.
About AMA
American Management Association is the world’s leading membership-based
management development organization. For 80 years, it has provided valuable
and practical action-oriented learning programs to people at all levels,
in all industries, from companies and agencies of all sizes. More than
500,000 AMA customers and members a year learn new skills and behaviors,
gain more confidence, advance their careers and contribute to the success
of their organizations through a wide range of AMA seminars, conferences
and executive forums, as well as through AMA books and publications, research
and print and online self-study courses.
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