Douglas A. Desrochers (Doug)
District 1 Director
Welding Instructor
Old Colony RVTHS
269 Irvington St. Apt 2
New Bedford, MA 02745
E: dadaws@comcast.net
District 1 Sections
SECTION 009Boston
Website : http://awssection.com/boston/
Facebook : www.facebook.com/AWSBoston/
Contact : boston@awssections.org
CHAIR
Thomas Ferri, Airgas
1ST VICE CHAIR
Bob Lavole, The Portable Weld Shop
2ND VICE CHAIR
David Paquin
SECRETARY
Rick Moody, Artisan Industries Inc.
TREASURER
Gary Hylan, Middlesex Gases & Technologies
CERTIFICATION CHAIR
Jim Shore, Quality Lean Solutions
SECTION LIBRARY
Manchester Community College
1066 Front Street
Manchester, NH 03102
Librarian: Dan Chabot
P: 603-206-8043
SECTION 030Central Massachusetts / Rhode Island
Website : http://awssection.com/centralmass/
Contact : ctmassri@awssections.org
CHAIR
Timothy Kinnaman, New England Institute of Technology
1ST VICE CHAIR
Larry Smith
2ND VICE CHAIR
Kevin DeSousa
SECRETARY
Douglas A. Desrochers, Old Colony RVTHS
TREASURER
Douglas A. Desrochers, Old Colony RVTHS
CERTIFICATION CHAIR
Timothy Kinnaman, New England Institute of Technology
SECTION LIBRARY
Section 030 Central Massachusetts / Rhode Island
476 North Avenue
Rochester, MA 02770
Librarian: Douglas A. Desrochers
P: 508-763-8011 x 135
SECTION 57Connecticut
Website : http://awssection.com/connecticut/
Facebook : www.facebook.com/AWSConnecticut/
Contact : connecticut@awssections.org
CHAIR
John Jones, Edmond E. Jones & Sons, Inc.
1ST VICE CHAIR
Albert Moore
2ND VICE CHAIR
Joe Hanlon
SECRETARY
John Jones, Edmond E. Jones & Sons, Inc.
TREASURER
Walter Chojnacki
CERTIFICATION CHAIR
Rick Munroe, Asuntuck Community College
SECTION LIBRARY
Asuntuck Community College
170 Elm Street
Enfield, CT 06062
Librarian: Rick Munroe
P: 860-253-3167
SECTION 102Maine
Website : http://awssection.com/maine/
Contact : maine@awssections.org
CHAIR
Russ Norris
1ST VICE CHAIR
Paul McClay
2ND VICE CHAIR
Mark Legel
SECRETARY
Russ Norris
TREASURER
Scott E. Lee
CERTIFICATION CHAIR
Russ Norris
SECTION LIBRARY
Central Maine Community College
1250 Turner Street
Auburn, ME 04210
Librarian: Judy Frost
P: 207-755-5218
SECTION 116Green & White Mountains
Website : http://awssection.com/grn-wht-mountains/
Facebook : www.facebook.com/AWSGreenWhiteMountain/
Contact : gwmountains@awssections.org
CHAIR
Geoffrey Putnam, ESAB
1ST VICE CHAIR
Garry Buckley
2ND VICE CHAIR
John Steel, Steel's Welding
SECRETARY
Jennifer Eastley, Diamond J Ranch
TREASURER
Philip Witteman
CERTIFICATION CHAIR
Ray Henderson
SECTION LIBRARY
Green/White Mountains Library
1186 Borough Road
Charleston, NH 03603
Librarian: Geoffrey Putnam
P: 802-782-3259
SECTION 206Montreal
Website : http://awssection.com/montreal/
Contact : montreal@awssections.org
CHAIR
Marier Michel, Sodevec
1ST VICE CHAIR
Gil Trigo, Consultarc Inc.
SECRETARY
Gil Trigo, Consultarc Inc.
TREASURER
Gil Trigo, Consultarc Inc.
SECTION LIBRARY
Consultarc Inc.
1885 Cedar
Mascouche, Quebec J7L 1X1
Librarian: Michel Marier
P: 450-477-0240
District 1 Student Chapters
SECTION 102Maine Section
Eastern Maine Vo-Tech Institute
Stanley Siviski
Eastern Maine Community College
354 Hogan Road
Bangor, ME 04401
(207) 941-4600
Seacoast School of Technology
Jonathan Theberge
Seacoast School of Technology
40 Linden St.
Exeter, NH 03833
603-775-8736
Welding in Agriculture
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