Amato, Jenkins, Scribner Elected to Board of Trustees
National Board members elected Joel T. Amato first vice chairman, Donald Jenkins second vice chairman, and Gary Scribner member at large at the General Meeting in La Jolla, California.
Mr. Amato, chief boiler inspector for the state of Minnesota, fills the vacancy on the board left by Mark Mooney. His term will expire May 2010.
Mr. Amato has served as chief inspector since 1999, the same year he was elected to the National Board. Before joining the state, he worked for Stroh’s Brewery as power plant operator. He also served as boiler inspector with Kemper Inspection and Hartford Steam Boiler Company. A US Navy veteran, he was elected to the board of trustees in 2006 as member at large. He holds National Board Commission No. 11907 with “A” and “B” endorsements.
Replacing Mr. Amato as second vice chairman is Kansas Chief Inspector Donald Jenkins, whose term will expire May 2011.
Before joining the state, Mr. Jenkins worked as a paper mill machine operator before becoming a boiler operator for the Bureau of Indian Affairs. Born in Aitkin, Minnesota, the US Navy veteran became chief boiler inspector for the Indian Affairs organization in 1982. In 1996, after a 29-year career with the bureau, Mr. Jenkins joined the state of Kansas as chief boiler inspector. He previously served on the National Board Board of Trustees from 2004 to 2008. He holds National Board Commission No. 11837.
Replacing Mr. Jenkins as member at large is Gary Scribner, deputy chief for the Missouri Department of Fire Safety. He will serve a three-year term.
Mr. Scribner started working for the state of Missouri in 2003 as a boiler and pressure vessel inspector. He began his career as director of building services at Presbyterian Senior Care in 1997 before becoming maintenance supervisor at Smurfit Stone Container Corporation in Milwaukee, Wisconsin in 1999. From 2001 to 2003, he worked as maintenance manager at Mead Container/Smurfit Stoner in Forth Smith, Arkansas, before going to Missouri.
He served in the US Navy from 1975 to 1997, earning several commendation and achievement medals. During that time, he worked as boiler technician, recruiter, division officer, director of navy processing, boilers officer and repair officer, among other duties. He holds National Board Commission No. 12750.