Scott Stephenson
The Utah Advanced Materials and Manufacturing Initiative has named Scott Stephenson as senior advisor. He will provide technical support for the UAMMI EDA Tech Hub grant, which is focused on growing Utah and Idaho’s critical materials ecosystem. Stephenson has extensive experience in the industry, particularly in research and development of advanced composites and specialty coatings. He previously was the director of strategic initiatives and events at CompositesWorld from March 2007 to April 2023 and the Society for the Advancement of Material and Process Engineering (SAMPE) president and interim CEO in 2023. Before that, he worked as the vice president at Intertech from March 1994 to March 2007. He is the North American immediate past president of SAMPE, a subsidiary that serves Canada, Mexico and the United States.