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Sept. 1 TIA Board Voting Deadline Nears

  • Release Date: August 15, 2023

BOWIE, Md. – The Sept. 1 deadline for voting on 12 candidates vying for four open spots on the 2023 Tire Industry Association Board (TIA) of directors is less than three weeks away.

TIA encourages all eligible association members to cast their votes in this important election. Those elected will serve three-year terms.

Following are the Board of Director nominees:

  • Josephine Foley, manager safety and fleet department, Sullivan Tire & Automotive Service, Norwell, Mass.;
  • Dave Gouthro, distribution center manager, Groupe Touchette/National Tire Distributors, Moncton, New Brunswick, Canada;
  • Brent Klomparens, director of marketing and key accounts, Technical Rubber Co., Johnstown, Ohio;
  • Justin Large, director of sales, commercial products, Sailun Tire Americas, Brampton, Ontario, Canada;
  • Tommy Lewis, contract maintenance assistant manager, Mangum’s Inc., Wilson, N.C.;
  • Mike Lukavsky, president of K&S Tire Recycling, Chicago Heights, Ill.;
  • Adam Moffatt, executive director, Tire Dealers Association of Canada, Port Dover, Ontario, Canada;
  • Glen Nicholson, training and program manager, TBC Corp.;
  • Brandy Sielaff (incumbent), vice president of human resources and safety, Commercial Tire, Meridian, Idaho;
  • Jeffrey “JD” Staggs, field director of risk management, training and safety, Purcell Tire & Rubber Co., Phoenix, Ariz.;
  • Craig Stevens, general manager, Big Horn Tire, Gillette, Wyo.; and
  • Craig Tinklenberg, sales and safety trainer, Fuller Brothers Inc., Clackamas, Ore.

Voting is open only to eligible TIA members in good standing. Members can vote via paper ballot or online on the association’s website at: https://www.tireindustry.org/about/leadership/tia-board-election-voting/.

Election results will be announced in mid-September with the new Board members taking office on Monday, Oct. 30, 2023, at TIA’s annual Membership Meeting during the Global Tire Expo/SEMA Show in Las Vegas.

For questions, contact Sandra Martinez at smartinez@tireindustry.org.