{"id":12058,"date":"2021-07-16T09:40:00","date_gmt":"2021-07-16T13:40:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/poweramericainstitute.org\/?post_type=news&p=12058"},"modified":"2021-07-16T09:40:00","modified_gmt":"2021-07-16T13:40:00","slug":"poweramerica-members-elect-new-chair-vice-chair-to-lead-organization","status":"publish","type":"news","link":"https:\/\/poweramericainstitute.org\/news\/poweramerica-members-elect-new-chair-vice-chair-to-lead-organization\/","title":{"rendered":"PowerAmerica Members Elect New Chair, Vice Chair to Lead Organization"},"content":{"rendered":"
The PowerAmerica Institute at NC State University recently announced new leadership representing the organization\u2019s 60+ member companies. Llew Vaughn-Edmunds, of AMAT, is the new chair of the PowerAmerica Membership Advisory Committee, while Stephanie Butler, of Texas Instruments, will serve as the new vice-chair.<\/p>\n
The positions are elected annually by the membership of PowerAmerica, and are responsible for guiding the organization in fulfilling its mission of accelerating the adoption of silicon carbide and gallium nitride wide bandgap power electronics technologies.<\/p>\n
\u201cWe are honored to have Llew as our new chair and Stephanie as our new vice chair to lead the organization\u2019s membership. Their election to these roles is a testament to how well regarded they each are for their work in the community of SiC and GaN professionals,\u201d said Dr. Victor Veliadis, Executive Director of PowerAmerica.<\/p>\n
Llew Vaughan-Edmunds is Director of Strategic & Technical Marketing – PowerTechnologies, within the ICAPS Group at Applied Materials. He has over 20 years of power semiconductor experience at Infineon, International Rectifier, Fairchild and ON Semiconductor. He has been responsible for various product lines including Gate Drivers, IGBTs, Diodes, and Wide Band Gap (SiC\/GaN). He holds an MBA from Chapman University, BS in Applied Electronics from Liverpool University, and a patent in GaN device technology.<\/p>\n