HDMA Announces 2009 Board of Directors - Tire Review Magazine

HDMA Announces 2009 Board of Directors

(AftermarketNews.com) Heavy Duty Manufacturers Association has announced that Dennis Michels, president and CEO of Link Manufacturing Ltd. in Sioux Center, Iowa, was elected the 2009 Chairman of the Heavy Duty Manufacturers Association (HDMA).

Additionally, named as vice chairmen was Terry Keating, presently serving on the board of directors of HDMA member companies, and Jack Shaffer, president and COO of Bergstrom Inc.
 
The 2009 HDMA Board of Directors includes:
 
Immediate Past Chairman: Joe McAleese, president and CEO, Bendix CVS

Director: Pat Cavanagh, president and CEO of Williams Controls

Director: John Coll, vice president of sales for Eaton Corp. – Truck Components

Director: Pedro Ferro, president, Marmon CV Undercarriage Group

Director: Tim Myers, Alcoa CV Wheel vice president and GM

Director: Tim Musgrave, president and CEO, Pressure Systems International

Director: Ed Oeltjen, president, Consolidated Metco

Director: Ron Parker, chairman, president and CEO, MGM Brakes

Director: Bob Phillips, president and CEO, Phillips Industries

Director: Joe Plomin, vice president, ArvinMeritor CVS

Director: Gary Smalley, president and CEO, Dayton Parts LLC

Director: Jim Wojciehowski, Dana Truck vice president and GM of marketing, sales and service. (Tire Review/Akron)
 

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