D. Joshua Burgess
District 8 Director
General Electric
636 N. Main Street, #402
Greenville, SC 29601
E: djoshuaburgess@gmail.com
District 8 Sections
SECTION 031Chattanooga
Website : http://awssection.com/chattanooga/
Contact : chattanooga@awssections.org
CHAIR
Alex Hockman, Lincoln Electric Company
SECRETARY
Dusti Jones
TREASURER
Bill Brooks, Holston Gases
CERTIFICATION CHAIR
Jason West, Premier Pattern & Machine
SECTION LIBRARY
AWS Chattanooga Section Library
4101 Jerome Avenue
Chattanooga, TN 37407
Librarian: Delbert Butlar
P: 423-240-4566
SECTION 045Nashville
Website : http://www.awsnashville.com/
Contact : nashville@awssections.org
CHAIR
Eric Peterson, AO Smith Water Products
1ST VICE CHAIR
Larry Costello, Miller-Motte Technical College
2ND VICE CHAIR
Esther Freeman, Miller-Motte Technical College
SECRETARY
C. Heath Jackson, ESAB
TREASURER
Robert O'Neal, Sr., World Testing, Inc.
CERTIFICATION CHAIR
Robert O'Neal, Sr., World Testing, Inc.
SECTION LIBRARY
World Testing, Inc.
72 E. Hill Drive
Mount Juliet, TN 37122
P: 615-754-4147
SECTION 071Northeast Tennessee
Website : http://awssection.com/northeasttennessee/
Contact : netenn@awssections.org
CHAIR
Jonaaron Jones
1ST VICE CHAIR
Chris Hayes, CNS
2ND VICE CHAIR
Jian Chen, Oak Ridge National Laboratory
SECRETARY
Yong Chae Lim, Oak Ridge National Laboratory
TREASURER
Kenneth Nicklas, CNS
CERTIFICATION CHAIR
Paul Pipkin, Pip's Iron Works
SECTION LIBRARY
Oak Ridge National Laboratory
Oak Ridge, TN 37831
Librarian: Roger Miller
P: 865-241-7338
SECTION 077Holston Valley
Website : http://awssection.com/holstonvalley/
Contact : holstonvalley@awssections.org
CHAIR
Jon J. Cookson, RCAM
1ST VICE CHAIR
Robert Thomas, Unicoi Co. High School
2ND VICE CHAIR
Dale Hicks, Tennesee Center of Adv. Tech. - Elizabethton
SECRETARY
Jon J. Cookson, RCAM
TREASURER
Roger Painter, Airgas
SECTION LIBRARY
Holston Valley Section
C/o Airgas USA, LLC
1500 Fairmount Avenue
Bristol, VA 24201
P: 226-669-3161
SECTION 095Greater Huntsville
Website : http://awssection.com/greaterhuntsville/
Contact : grthuntsville@awssections.org
CHAIR
Rick Maroney, AIDT/RTP
1ST VICE CHAIR
Randy Hammond, Wallace State College
2ND VICE CHAIR
Ed Monroe
SECRETARY
Joe T. Smith
TREASURER
Joe T. Smith
CERTIFICATION CHAIR
Randy Hammond, Wallace State College
SECTION LIBRARY
Calhoun Community College
PO Box 2216
Decatur, AL 35609
Librarian: Zeb Ferguson
SECTION 106West Tennessee
Website : http://awssection.com/west-tennessee/
Contact : wtennessee@awssections.org
CHAIR
Davie Dean, Tennessee College of Applied Technology
SECRETARY
Phillip Cranford
TREASURER
Davie Dean, Tennessee College of Applied Technology
SECTION 147Northeast Mississippi
Website : http://awssection.com/nemississippi/
Contact : nemississippi@awssections.org
CHAIR
Jesse Pounders, Steel Dynamics Inc.
1ST VICE CHAIR
Jonathan Morrison, East Mississippi Community College
2ND VICE CHAIR
James R. Woolington, Taylor Machine Works
SECRETARY
Phillip Milner, Wrights Welding & Door
TREASURER
Gary Gammill, East Mississippi Community College
SECTION LIBRARY
Section 147 Library
8731 S. Frontage Road
Mayhew, MS 39759
Librarian: James C. Sanders
P: 662-436-8940
SECTION 195Western Carolina
Website : http://awssection.com/wcarolina/
Contact : wcarolina@awssections.org
CHAIR
Jamie Whims, General Electric
District 8 Student Chapters
SECTION 031Chattanooga Section
Bradley Central High School
Mark Kress
Bradley Central High School
1000 South Lee Hwy.
Cleveland, TN 37311
P: 423-479-0458
Sequoyah High School
Chris Renfro
Sequoyah High School
9517 Ridge Trail Rd.
Soddy Daisy, TN 37379
P: 423-595-5796
SECTION 045Nashville Section
Tennessee College of Applied Technology - Crossville
Joe Livesay
Crossville Tennessee Student Chap.
Tennessee Technology Center
910 N. Miller Avenue
PO Box 2959
Crossville, TN 38555
P: 931-484-7502
Tennessee Technology Center at Red Boiling Springs
David Porter
Tennessee Technology Center at Red Boiling Springs
2390 Carthage Road
Red Boiling Springs, TN 37150
P: 615-699-2224
SECTION 077Holston Valley Section
Holston Valley Student Welding Chapter
Jon Cookson
Northeast State Community College
2425 Hwy 75 PO Box 246
Blountville, TN 37617
P: 413-323-0209
SECTION 095Greater Huntsville Section
Blount County Career Technical Center
Randy Hammond
Blount County Career Technical Center
61500 US Hwy 231
PO Box 125
Cleveland, AL 35049
P: 205-625-3424
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