Background
Platz, Joan Elnora was born on April 25, 1951 in Mishawaka, Indiana, United States. Daughter of William Edward and Elnora Geraldine (LaFree) Leininger.
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Joan Elnora Platz
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Joan Elnora Platz, American purchasing administrator. Certified purchasing manager; graduate Elkhart Chamber of Commerce Leadership Academy. Recipient Women Leadership in Community award Elkhart County Young Women’s Christian Association, 1982, Certified of Appreciation Youth for Understanding Foreign Exchange program, 1988-1995.
Education
Graduated from the high school, Mishawaka.
Career
Receptionist, general office manager, Ednl. Development Systems, South Bend, Indiana, 1968; typist, card indexer, Notre Dame U. Library., 1968-1969; file clerk, keypunch operator, traffic clerk, NIBCO, Inc., Elkhart, Indiana, 1969; corporation purchasing secretary, NIBCO, Inc., Elkhart, Indiana, 1970-1978; corporation purchasing buyer/expeditor, NIBCO, Inc., Elkhart, Indiana, 1978-1983; corporation purchasing manager of materials procurement, NIBCO, Inc., Elkhart, Indiana, 1983-1992; purchasing manager Metal Fittings Division, NIBCO, Inc., Elkhart, Indiana, 1992-1993; purchasing manager residential division, NIBCO, Inc., Elkhart, Indiana, 1993-1995; purchasing manager raw materials, capital equipment, plastics,, NIBCO, Inc., Elkhart, Indiana, 1995-1997; interim acting director worldwide procurement, NIBCO, Inc., Elkhart, Indiana, since 1997.
Membership
Host mother Youth for Understanding Foreign Exch. Program, Middlebury, Indiana, 1987-1993, area representative, 1990-1991, assistant field manager, 1991-1995, school representative, 1994-1996. Board directors Middlebury Junior Miss sholarship Program, 1995-1997.
Member American Copper Council (board directors since 1989, Copper Talk magazine committee 1990-1995), National Association Purchasing Management.
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Married Steven George Platz, May 19, 1972.
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Religion
Roman Catholic
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Recipient Women Leadership in Community award Elkhart County Young Women’s Christian Association, 1982, Certified of Appreciation Youth for Understanding Foreign Exchange program, 1988-1995.Recipient Women Leadership in Community award Elkhart County Young Women’s Christian Association, 1982, Certified of Appreciation Youth for Understanding Foreign Exchange program, 1988-1995.