TIA Names Board of Directors

The Tire Industry Association (TIA) has announced the winners of the recent board of directors elections. The TIA membership voted in open elections to place ten individuals onto the TIA Board for three-year terms. The 10 winners in alphabetical order are:

Buck Blair, Tech International – Johnstown, Ohio; Dean Bray, Bray’s Recapping Service, Inc. – Mount Airy, North Carolina; Roy Bromfield, New Bridge Consulting, Inc. – Greenville, South Carolina; Steve Craven, Craven Tire & Auto – Fairfax, Virginia; David Crawford, American Car Care Centers – Memphis, Tennessee; Tom Formanek, Stellar Industries Inc. – Garner, Iowa; Richard “Dick” Gust, Lakin Environmental Industries – Chicago, Illinois; Michael Jones, Sonsio, Inc. – Golden, Colorado; Ron Lautzenheiser, College Tire Inc. DBA Big O Tire – Ft. Collins, Colorado; Jim Pangle, Fountain Tire – Edmonton, Alberta, Canada

The new Board will take office on 30 October 2006 at TIA’s Annual Meeting at Caesars Palace in Las Vegas, Nevada.

“We want to thank the TIA members who participated in the election,” said TIA Executive vice president Roy Littlefield. “We are very pleased to welcome Roy Bromfield, Steve Craven, David Crawford, Michael Jones and Ron Lautzenheiser as new members to the TIA Board of Directors. We also want to welcome back Buck Blair, Dean Bray, Tom Formanek, Dick Gust, and Jim Pangle.”