Get to Know Your Staff – Mary Pluta, Workforce Program Manager

Mary Pluta

Workforce Program Manager, National Fluid Power Association

Mary Pluta joined NFPA in September 2021 after a twenty-plus-year career in the Wisconsin State Legislature, where she worked as a staff aide.

A graduate of Ripon College, she also has a Master’s in Public Administration from UW-Milwaukee. She focuses on university-level programs at NFPA.

Mary serves on the board of directors for the Friends of Hoyt Park and Pool, a non-profit organization she helped found, and as an elder at her church.

Reach me at:

414-778-3359

mpluta@nfpa.com

Recent Posts

Update to Regional Demand Estimates Report Now Available

The U.S. Fluid Power Regional Demand Estimates Report has been updated with 2023 estimates and is now available for download. This Excel-based report is prepared for NFPA by Oxford Economics and profiles the geographic distribution of fluid power products to end-use industries by state, including fluid power sales dollars, fluid power sales percentage, and number of…

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Hear from an NCAT Student Engaged in NFPA Workforce Programs

We’re excited to share a new testimonial video from David Castro Lastor, a junior mechanical engineering student at North Carolina Agricultural and Technical State University and president of the university’s Fluid Power Club. In his video, David shares how participating in NFPA programs has shaped his academic and personal growth. Through his leadership in the…

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New Episode of Fluid Power Forum: Advanced Modeling Techniques and Performance Comparisons of Electrohydraulic Systems

Today, our guest is Bruno Dupuis. Bruno is a Corporate Accounts Manager at Famic Technologies Inc., the company behind the development of Automation Studio™, a circuit design and simulation software for fluid power, electrical, robotics, process control and automation projects. He presented at NFPA’s Hydraulics Conference co-located at the 2024 iVT EXPO back in August.…

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