Mary H. Saunders to Serve Three-Year Term on ASTM Intl. Board of Directors

Mary H. Saunders, deputy assistant secretary for manufacturing and services (MAS) in the International Trade Administration, U.S. Department of Commerce (DOC), Washington, D.C., has been named to a three-year term on the ASTM Intl. board of directors.

As deputy assistant secretary, a role she assumed in 2008, Saunders manages the daily operations of the more than 200 MAS industry specialists, economists and international trade experts. Saunders also works to strengthen the position of U.S. industries in world markets through her coordination of DOC strategies, policies and programs.

Prior to her tenure in the DOC, Saunders was in federal service in positions with the Department of the Army starting in 1979, including the Office of Institutional Research, U.S. Military Academy, West Point, N.Y. She began her DOC career as an international trade specialist, and she then joined the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) in 1993 as an economist, becoming a group leader in 1997 and chief of the Standards Services Div. in 2001. In leading that division, Saunders oversaw programs in laboratory accreditation, standards coordination and conformity, global standards and information and implementing the National Technology Transfer and Advancement Act.

For her service at NIST, Saunders received the Bronze Medal in 1995, 2001 and 2007. She also received DOC Silver Medals in 1999 and 2005.

Source: ASTM Intl.