The election is over...at TIA

With the voting results tallied, the Tire Industry Association (TIA) has announced the winners of its recent Board of Directors elections.

There were 12 seats open, including ten seats with three-year terms, one seat with a two-year term and one seat with a one-year term.

Elected to serve three-year terms were: Ken Brown, Alan Brown Tire Center, Newport, Ore.; Brett Matschke, Richlonn’s Tire & Service Centers, Greendale, Wis.; Ron Martin, Martin Tire, El Paso, Texas; Dan Clark, Tire Warehouse, Lake Orion, Mic.; Chip Huber, Q Fix Truck Service, Louisville, Ky.; Jim Short, Radial Tire & Bandag, Jasper, Ala.; Bruce Street, Hibdon Tire, Oklahoma City, Okla.; Ed Chrisman, Silver Creek Tire, LLC (Big O Tire franchise), Reno, Nev.; Bob Ross, Hercules Tire of Canada, Inc., Mississauga, Ontario.; and Bob Hendry, 31 Incorporated, Newcomerstown, Ohio.

Additional members selected for board service include: Tom Wright of Wright Tire Service, Anoka, Minn., who was placed into the two-year vacancy that was created by the election of Mike Berra Jr. of Community Tire Retreading in Maryland Heights, Mo. to the position of secretary. Freda Pratt-Boyer of Purcell Tire & Rubber Co. of Potosi, Mo. was placed into the one-year vacancy that was created by the election of Tom Formanek of Stellar Industries in Garner, Iowa to the position of treasurer.

The new board will take office on Nov. 3, at the TIA’s annual meeting at the Planet Hollywood Resort & Casino in Las Vegas. Also, after the Tire Industry Association Executives (TIAE) meeting, which will also occur on Nov. 3, Gordon Gough of the Ohio Council of Retail Merchants in Columbus, Ohio will take his position as a nonvoting member of the board.

For more information, visit www.tireindustry.org.