TRIB elects new officers, board

May 2, 2005

Mike Berra Jr. of St. Louis, Mo.-based Community Tire is the Tire Retread Information Bureau's (TRIB) new president.

Garry Heintschel of Heintschel Tire & Service has been elected TRIB's vice president.

Bandag Inc.'s Don Schauer is TRIB's secretary/treasurer.

Berra, Heintschel and Schauer also have been elected to TRIB's board of directors.

Other board members include Armond Boyes, Goodyear Tire & Rubber Co.; Phil Boarts, Cooper Tire & Rubber Co.; Roy Littlefield, Tire Industry Association; Eddy Burleson, Central Marketing; Doug Conley, Shamrock Marketing; Bob Majewski, Sumerel Tire Service; Leigh Marino, Rubber Manufacturers Association; and Marangoni Tread North America consultant Jack Woodland.

TRIB officials say one more vacancy will be filled at a later date by a Canadian representative.