PTDA Announces 2022 Board and Manufacturer Council
Time：21 Jan,2022
<p style="text-align: center;"><img src="/ueditor/php/upload/image/20220121/1642739092116792.png" title="1642739092116792.png" alt="6.png"/></p><p style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;">The recently-elected 2022 Board of Directors and Manufacturer Council of the Power Transmission Distributors Association (PTDA) begins their leadership terms.</span></p><p style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;"><br/></span></p><p style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;">JP Bouchard, vice president, General Bearing Service Inc. (Ottawa, Ontario, Canada) assumes the leadership of the association as PTDA President. Bouchard has been active in PTDA since 2015 when he served on the editorial board of Transmissions, PTDA’s quarterly newsletter. Subsequently, he served on the Industry Insights and End Customer Needs Committee, respectively. Bouchard has served on the PTDA Board of Directors since 2018. </span></p><p style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;"><br/></span></p><p style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;">“This is a pivotal time for the PT/MC industry. Changes driven by the COVID pandemic make professional networking, development and knowledge sharing more valuable than ever. I look forward to collaborating with my fellow PTDA volunteers and members to develop programs and opportunities to help shape the future of the industry,” said Bouchard.</span></p><p style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;"><br/></span></p><p style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;">Joining Bouchard on the 2022 PTDA Board of Directors are:</span></p><p style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;">Immediate Past President Brian Davis, co-CEO, B & D Industrial (Macon, Ga.)</span></p><p style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;">First Vice President Mike McLain, vice president, Allied Bearing & Supply, Inc. (Harahan, La.)</span></p><p style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;">Second Vice President Brian Nowak, president and CEO, Kurz Industrial Solutions (Neenah, Wis.)</span></p><p style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;">Treasurer Bill Shepard, vice president, BDI (Cleveland, Ohio)</span></p><p style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;">Manufacturer Council Chair Randy Disharoon, sales director, conveying division, Regal Rexnord Industries, LLC (Charleston, S.C.)</span></p><p style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;">Manufacturer Council Vice Chair Kristin Jennings, director marketing & industrial distribution, Climax Metal Products Company (Mentor, Ohio)</span></p><p style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;">PTDA Foundation President Bill Moore, vice president business development (ERIKS North America) </span></p><p style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;">EPTDA President Des Spillings, director, Acorn Industrial Services Ltd (United Kingdom)</span></p><p style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;"><br/></span></p><p style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;">Directors:</span></p><p style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;">Chris Curran, vice president industrial business development, RBC Bearings, Inc. (Oxford, Conn.)</span></p><p style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;">Jim Jeffiers, vice president, Applied Industrial Technologies and Applied US Energy (Fort Worth, Texas)</span></p><p style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;">Tom Holtry, vice president corporate accounts, Kaman Industrial Technologies Corp. (Salt Lake City, Utah)</span></p><p style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;">Rob LaRue, president, Baldwin Supply Co. (Minneapolis, Minn.)</span></p><p style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;">Jeff Mattson, president and COO, ISC Companies, Inc. (Minneapolis, Minn.)</span></p><p style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;">Craig Pirie, president, Daemar, Inc. (Oakville, Ontario, Canada)</span></p><p style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;"><br/></span></p><p style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;">Randy Disharoon, sales director, conveying division, Regal Rexnord Industries, LLC (Charleston, S.C.) assumes the duties of the PTDA Manufacturer Council chair. Disharoon has been active in PTDA committees since 2013 when he joined the Power Transmissions Handbook revision task force. He later served on the Education and Training Committee and the Leadership Development Conference task force. He joined the Manufacturer Council in 2018. </span></p><p style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;"><br/></span></p><p style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;">“My time serving in various capacities with PTDA has affirmed for me the collective power and prowess of our members and industry. I am eager to embrace the opportunity to work with my fellow manufacturers and PTDA members to creatively address challenges so the PT/MC industry may celebrate growth and progress into 2022 and beyond,” Disharoon said.</span></p><p style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;"><br/></span></p><p style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;">Joining Disharoon on the Manufacturer Council is:</span></p><p style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;">Immediate Past Chair Chester Collier, senior vice president global distribution, Walter Service Technologies (Pointe Claire, Quebec, Canada)</span></p><p style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;">Manufacturer Council Vice Chair Kristin Jennings, director marketing & industrial distribution, Climax Metal Products Company (Mentor, Ohio)</span></p><p style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;"><br/></span></p><p style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;">Council Members:</span></p><p style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;">?Tammy Balogh, vice president human resources, Flexco (Downers Grove, Ill.)</span></p><p style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;">?Andrew A.O. Brown, vice president, Whittet-Higgins Company (Providence, R.I.)</span></p><p style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;">?Bill Fuentes, VP U.S. operations, RBI Bearing, Inc. (Roselle, Ill.)</span></p><p style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;">?Maxine Gomez, sales manager, Belden Universal (Hillside, Ill.)</span></p><p style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;">?Chris Gumas, director of marketing, Ruland Manufacturing Co. (Marlborough, Mass.)</span></p><p style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;">?Chris Keyser, VP channel & industry management, ABB Motors and Mechanical Inc. (Fort Smith, Ark.)</span></p><p style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;">?Mike Power, national accounts manager, Altra Industrial Motion (Braintree, Mass.)</span></p><p><br/></p><p><br/></p>
