Leadership
SAMPE Global is led by its Global Executive Cabinet and Global Board of Directors. These committees meet throughout the year to determine strategy and missions for the association.
Global Executive Cabinet
Guy Larnac, Ph.D
Global President
Materials, Structures and Industrialization Technical Coordinator
Ariane Group
Kiyoshi Uzawa, Ph.D
Global Executive Vice President
Professor and Director, Innovative Composite Center (ICC)
Kanazawa Institute of Technology Japan
Allan Crasto, Ph.D
Global Immediate Past President
FSAMPE, Retired Executive Director
University of Dayton Research Institute
Place Holder
Global Secretary
Chief Executive Officer
SAMPE
Xiaosu Yi, Ph.D
President, China Region
FSAMPE, Li Duk Sum Chair Professor
University of Nottingham Ningbo China (UNNC)
Tamaro Blanco
President, Europe Region
Composite Materials and Processes
Airbus Operations, S.L.
Takeshi Tanamura
President, Japan Region
Managing Executive Officer, Functional Materials Division Manager
Shikibo Ltd.
Sana Elyas
President, North America Region
Industrial Collaborations
Oak Ridge National Laboratory
2026 – 2027 SAMPE Global Board of Directors
ALL BOARD POSITIONS ARE TWO-YEAR TERMS
PAST PRESIDENTS
PAST PRESIDENT, EUROPE REGION
CHRISTIAN-ANDRE KEUN
CEO
CompriseTec GmbH
PAST PRESIDENT, NORTH AMERICA REGION
TIA BENSON TOLLE, PH.D, FSAMPE
Director, Technology & Sustainability
The Boeing Co.
CHINA REGION
PROF. ZHENGHUA CAO
Director, Composite Material Center of AVIC
Manufacturing Technology Institute
AVIC Composite Corporation Ltd.
Shunyi District, Beijing
Peoples Republic of China
PROF. DR. YAN LI, FSAMPE
Vice Chairman, SAMPE Shanghai Chapter
Dean, School of Aerospace Engineering and Applied Mathematics
Tongji University
Yangpu District, Shanghai
Peoples Republic of China
EUROPE REGION
ARNT OFFRINGA, FSAMPE
Director, Global Tech Center NL
GKN Fokker
AB Hoogeveen
Netherlands
DR. JYRKI VUORINEN
Dean, Information Technology and Communication Sciences
Tampere University
Finland
JAPAN REGION
PROF. MASAHITO UEDA
Professor
Nihon University
Japan
NORTH AMERICA REGION
JEROME BERG
Technology and Development Manager
Northrop Grumman, Aeronautic Systems
United States
DR. GERMAN REYES-VILLANUEVA, PH.D
Associate Professor, Mechanical Engineering
University of Michigan-Dearborn
United States
ASHLEY TRACEY
Engineer
The Boeing Co.
United States
PAUL D. WIENHOLD
Principal Professional Staff
Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory
Laurel, Maryland
United States