Manufacturing group names new president

ROLLING MEADOWS,- Kimberlee A. Humphrey was named president and chief executive officer the Association for Manufacturing Excellence Monday.

Humphrey has a long history with AME as a member and volunteer. She has served in several volunteer roles including director of alliances for AME's management team, Southeastern Region board member, AME Excellence Award examiner, and AME International Conference committee member. She succeeds George Saiz, who recently retired.

For the past decade, she has held various process excellence, project management and supply chain roles for Newport News Shipbuilding. Prior to this, Humphrey was executive director of the Virginia Conflict Resolution Center, the founder of a Baldrige-based consulting and training organization, and held several supply chain, quality and operations leadership roles of increasing responsibilities for domestic and international companies in the automotive, business system and public transit software solutions industries.

Humphrey earned a bachelor's degree in business administration from Nazareth College in Rochester, N.Y.