Air Products Says Reiter Elected to Board of Directors

Air Products' (NYSE: APD) Susan D. Reiter has been elected to the board of directors of the Gases and Welding Distributors Association (GAWDA), a 67-year-old trade organization representing the industrial gases and welding supply industry. The announcement was made today at the GAWDA 68th Annual Convention in Colorado Springs, Colo. Reiter becomes the first woman to hold the seat of supplier vice president on the GAWDA board.

An active member of GAWDA for nearly a decade, Reiter most recently served on the organization's member services committee and currently serves on the strategic planning committee for the Women of Gases and Welding—an organization launched at last year's convention for the advocacy, recruitment, and professional advancement of females in the gases and welding industry.

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