AISI Announces Recipient of 2026 Market Development Industry Leadership Award

WASHINGTON, D.C. – The American Iron and Steel Institute (AISI) today presented an award to recognize an individual who has made significant contributions to advancing the competitive use of steel in the marketplace — specifically in the construction market. The award was presented by Lourenco Goncalves, AISI Chairman and the Chairman, President and Chief Executive Officer of Cleveland-Cliffs Inc., at AISI’s General Meeting held at the InterContinental Hotel–The Wharf in Washington, D.C.

Goncalves presented the “2026 Market Development Industry Leadership Award” to Michael A. Grubb, P.E., executive director of M.A. Grubb & Associates, LLC.

“We are pleased to honor Michael, who has spent more than four decades turning research and innovation into market growth for the steel industry,” said Goncalves. “Through his leadership of the AISI Steel Bridge Task Force and his contributions to national bridge design specifications, he has driven the widespread adoption of steel in bridge construction and strengthened its position as a resilient, efficient and cost-effective solution.”

Grubb is the executive director at M.A. Grubb & Associates, LLC, a consulting firm specializing in steel bridge design and the development of national steel bridge design specifications. He has been a leader of the AISI-led Steel Bridge Task Force (BTF) for over 40 years and serves on the Bridge Task Force Oversight Council, coordinating research on promoting safe and cost-effective steel bridges. His decades of work developing the AASHTO LRFD Bridge Design Specifications (BDS) for steel bridges have had a transformative impact on the industry. Over his career, he has educated and mentored generations of bridge designers.

Pictured Left to Right: Lourenco Goncalves, AISI Chairman and the Chairman, President and Chief Executive Officer of Cleveland-Cliffs Inc.; Michael A. Grubb, P.E., executive director of M.A. Grubb & Associates, LLC.; Kevin Dempsey, AISI president and CEO

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Contact: Lisa Harrison

202.452.7115 / lharrison@steel.org

AISI serves as the voice of the American steel industry in the public policy arena and advances the case for steel in the marketplace as the preferred material of choice. AISI’s membership is comprised of integrated and electric arc furnace (EAF) steelmakers, steel pipe and tube manufacturers and steel processors and fabricators, reflecting the production and distribution of both carbon and stainless steels. These steels are critical to America’s national and economic security, including roads and bridges, buildings, the electrical grid, cars and trucks and all clean energy technologies. AISI also represents associate members who are suppliers to or customers of the steel industry. For more news about steel and its applications, view AISI’s website at www.steel.org. Follow AISI on Facebook, LinkedIn, Twitter (@AISISteel) or Instagram.