Middletown Works boasts 'Fresh Faces'
Friday, April 25, 2008
MIDDLETOWN — Five Middletown Works employees have been named "Fresh Faces of the Fortune 500," recognized as twentysomethings working in high positions at companies on the 2008 Fortune 500 list.
The AK Steel employees at the Middletown plant include Ian Braun, 26, hot strip mill operations shift manager; Sara Gerspacher, 27, associate metallurgist; Molly Keith, 23, assistant human resources representative; Justin
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Minnich, 27, melting shift manager; and Dean Stumpf, 26, ironmaking maintenance shift manager.
The employees are included in an article on Fortune 500's Web site. Minnich also is featured in the print magazine.
The list includes excerpts from the employees about why they enjoy their jobs.
"The best thing about my job is the reflection of human ingenuity and genius that I see every day. I was trained to do this job by someone else who had also been trained to do this job, but someone had to figure all this out. Somebody somewhere had to tame this beast that is the steel-making process and figure out how to do this," Minnich said in an interview with Fortune.
The West Chester Twp.-based steelmaker is glad its employees made the list, said spokesman Alan McCoy.
"AK Steel is very proud of its representatives portrayed in Fortune's 'New Faces' feature," McCoy said. "Clearly,
AK Steel's 'fortunes' have seen a dramatic turnaround in the past five years, and we are delighted that our employees are sharing the spotlight."
The entire 'Fresh Faces' list is at money.cnn.com.
