Copper Development Association Names New President
NEW YORK — Thomas S. Passek has been named president of the Copper Development Association (CDA) effective Feb.1, 2015. He succeeds Andrew Kireta Sr., who retired this January after 36 years with the organization.
Passek brings nearly three decades of metals industry and association management experience to CDA. He was most recently the managing director of the ASM International (formerly the American Society of Metals), an organization that serves metallurgists, materials professionals and managers worldwide.