Tire
Industry Association (TIA) has released the results of
its recent 2011 Board of Directors election. There were
six seats open, each with a three-year term.
Returning TIA board members include Gary Albright of
Becker Tire & Treading, Inc., Great Bend, Kan.; Robert
Hendry of 31 Incorporated, Newcomerstown, Ohio; Brett
Matschke of Richlonn’s Tire & Service Centers, Muskego,
Wis.; and Steve Zimmerman of Tuffy Mfg. Industries Inc.,
Akron, Ohio.
New to TIA board are John Derringer of Driven Products,
Kent, Wash. and Robert Frick of Schrader International,
Columbia, S.C.
Additionally, Lyssa da Costa with Hercules Tire
International of Ontario, Canada was placed into the
two-year vacancy that was created by the election of
Randy Groh, U.S. Oil Co., Inc., to the position of
secretary.
The new board takes office Oct. 31 at the TIA annual
meeting being held at the Cosmopolitan Hotel in Las
Vegas.
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