Adam Jackson noticed a discrepancy when he walked into the 2018 AHTD Spring Meeting. “There were a bunch of people who didn’t look like me, and that’s because of a generational gap,” says Jackson, 35, Regional Sales Manager – Iowa, Illinois, Nebraska for Power/mation, an automation solutions provider.

But he did spot other people his age, and after spending time with them and attending a social event, he came to AHTD Executive Director Leigha Schatzman with an idea. “I wanted to put together a group of younger future leaders and executives in industrial automation so we could build up experiences and enjoy the same benefits our mentors have had as part of AHTD,” Jackson says.