SAN DIEGO – In recognition of their contributions to IPC and the industry, Karen McConnell, Northrop Grumman, and Linda Woody, Lockheed Martin, earned IPC Presidents Awards at IPC Apex Expo.

McConnell is currently a member of the IPC Designers Council and serves on IPC’s 2-30 Terms and Definitions Committee, as well as the 5-21f Ball Grid Array Task Group. McConnell chairs several IPC committees, including the 2-10 Committee, 2-40 Electronic Documentation Technology Committee, and 1-13 Land Pattern Subcommittee. In addition, she is a member of the IPC Technical Activities Executive Committee and the IPC Committee Chairman Council.

Woody has served on 21 IPC committees, chaired the 2-18d Printed Board Declaration Task Group, and currently serves as Chair of the 2-18e Assembly Technology Declaration Task Group. She has participated in numerous round robin testing programs to collect data to support requirements within the IPC documents.

In 2012, Woody served as conference co-chair for the IPC Tin Whiskers Conference and gave the keynote address on the state of lead-free and its impact on the printed board industry.