TIA Announces Candidates for 2009 Board Election

The Maryland, US based Tire Industry Association (TIA) has announced the slate of candidates for its 2009 Board of Directors election. TIA members will vote in open elections to place ten individuals onto the board for three-year terms. Members will receive ballots in the mail before the end of July, and can also download a ballot from the ‘members only’ section of the TIA website (www.tireindustry.org).

The following is a list of the nominees for the TIA’s Board of Directors:

Russell C. Belcher, QMI/Everwear, Lakeland, Florida
Dean Bray, Jr., Bray’s Recapping Service, Inc., Mount Airy, North Carolina
Roy Bromfield, Q Tires, Inc., Greenville, South Carolina
Eddie Burleson, Central Marketing, Inc., Colonial Heights, Virginia
Dick Gust, Liberty/Lakin National Tire Recycling, Chicago, Illinois
Keith Jarman, AME International, Brooksville, Florida
David Jelley, GE Money, Kettering, Ohio
Jeremy Lewin, American Car Care Centers, Memphis, Tennessee
Jim Melvin, Tire Pros of R.I., Inc. North Kingstown, Rhode Island
Aaron Murphy, China Manufacturers Alliance, LLC, Monrovia, California
Glen Nicholson, TBC Retail Group, Juno Beach, Florida
Jim Pangle, Fountain Tire, Edmonton, Alberta
Freda Pratt-Boyer, Purcell Tire & Rubber Company, Potosi, Missouri
Mike Wolfe, Southeastern Wholesale Tire Co., Raleigh, North Carolina
Steve Zimmerman, Tuffy Manufacturing Industries, Inc., Akron, Ohio