TIA Appoints New Treasurer and Sectretary

At its annual conference between 11 and 13 June, the Tire Industry Association (TIA) elected Tom Formanek as the new Board treasurer, and Michael Berra, Jr. as the new secretary. Both Formanek and Berra will assume their new roles effective 3 November, 2008.

Formanek is the manager of Tire Service Products with Stellar Industries, based in Garner, IA. He has served as a TIA Board member since 2002 and was a Tire Association of North America (TANA) and National Tire Dealer & Retreader Association (NTDRA) Board Member since 1992.

Berra is Vice President of Community Tire Retreading, based in Maryland Heights, MO and is the current president of the Tire Retread & Information Bureau (TRIB). He has been a TIA Board member since TIA’s creation in 2002, and served on both the Board and Advisory Committee of the International Tire & Rubber Association (ITRA) prior to its merger with TANA to form the Tire Industry Association.