The roundtable includes the Material Handling Industry Board of Governors and the MHIA Directors at Large. The Board of Governors consists of the officers of Material Handling Industry plus the Chief Executive Officer and General Counsel of the corporation. The Board of Governors serves as the Board of Directors for MHIA.
2008-2009 Material Handling Industry Board of Governors
?Colin Wilson, chief operating officer, NACCO Materials Handling Group, Inc., was elected to the position of executive chairman. George W Prest, director of business development, UNARCO Material Handling was elected to the dual position of executive vice chairman and chairman, MHIA. E Larry Strayhorn, president of Diamond Phoenix Corporation was elected to the position of vice chair of MHIA. Brian McNamara, president of Southworth International Group, Inc., will serve as last retiring executive chairman. The following industry leaders were elected to serve as Board of Governors vice chairmen:
– Michael Gonzalez, president and COO, HK Systems
– Gregg E Goodner, president, Hytrol Conveyor Company, Inc.
– Willard P Heddles, president, Tiffin Metal Products Co.
– John M Hill, principal, TransSystems | ESYNC
– Daniel J Quinn, president, Vertical Systems International, LLC
– David D Reh, president, Gorbel Inc.
– James C Robertson, executive vice president, Cattron Group International
– Richard L Torbeck, president and CEO, Torbeck Industries
– Dave Young, president, EGA Products, Inc.
– John B Nofsinger, chief executive officer, MHIA
Arthur Stroyd, Esq., partner of Del Sole Cavanaugh Stroyd LLC will serve as Material Handling Industry General Counsel. The primary mission of the Board of Governors is the overall governance of Material Handling Industry. The more visible external programming of the industry takes place through the MHIA. This mission is accomplished through regularly scheduled activities of the board, budget and finance, planning and standing committees.
2008 MHIA Directors at Large:
– Steve Ackerman, president, FKI Logistex
– Shankar Basu, president, Toyota Material Handling, USA, Inc.
– Lewis Cabot, chairman of the board, Southworth International Group
– Bryan Carey, president, Starrco, Co.
– Craig F Chamberlin, president and CEO, AWP Industries, Inc.
– Theodore D Crandall, senior executive vice president components and packaged applications group, Rockwell Automation Control Systems
– Paul Evanko, partner, St. Onge Company
– Don Frazier, chairman of the board, Frazier Industrial Company
– Craig Guttmann, president, Algood Casters Limited
– Rick Lee, president, Transnorm, Inc.
– Kenneth W Lewis, managing director, Viastore Systems
– Dave Lippert, president, Hamilton Caster & Mfg. Co.
– Dr Ben Montreuil, president, CICMHE, Universite Lavel
– John Paxton, president, Demag Cranes and Components Corporation
– William R Powell, president, Powell Systems, Inc.
– Joe Robillard, president, Autoquip Corporation
– David L Rollins, president, Nashville Wire Products Manufacturing Co., Inc.
– Markus Schmidt, senior vice president, North America-Swisslog Warehouse & Distribution Division
– John W Splude, chairman and CEO, HK Systems, Inc.
– James A Tompkins, Ph.D., president, Tompkins Associates
– Richard Uhlig, president and CEO, Spanco, Inc.
