The 2007 President’s Cup recipient is Lance M. Neward. Lance was active with the Southern California Section and helped to reactivate the Great Salt Lake Section, where he continues to serve on the Section Board of Directors. He is also active on the Board of Directors of the Product Design & Development Division. He served as General Operating Chair for ANTEC 1987 in Los Angeles, CA, and is a member of the Plastics Pioneers Association.

Lance was appointed to the SPE Executive Committee in 1987, served in all Executive Committee offices, and became SPE President in 1993. He served an additional term on the Executive Committee, filling a vacancy, in the 2005-2006 year.

Instrumental in the formation of The SPE Foundation, Lance currently serves as a officer on the Foundation Executive Committee and as a Trustee on the Foundation Board of Trustees.

Lance serves on the SPE Bylaws and Policies Committee, where he played a key role in rewriting SPE’s Bylaws to make them more useful in today’s world. The Committee, of which Lance is still a vital member, is now working to refine those new Bylaws and to draft strategic policies to cover the governance operations of the Society.