The Heavy Duty Manufacturers Association (HDMA) has released the results of election of officers and governors for the Heavy Duty Marketing and Sales Forum (HDMSF).
Matt Forner, director of aftermarket sale at Grote Industries, has been re-elected as Chairman of the HDMSF Board of Directors for 2016. Forner joined the Heavy Duty Marketing & Sales Forum in 2009, and has served on the board of HDMSF since 2012.
Forner is joined on the board by Vice Chair Steve Plomin, manager, transportation market at ORAFOL Americas; and Immediate Past Chairman – Bob Goldston, senior manager, business development – Specialty Markets at Dana.
Also elected to the board are Edward Powderly, vice president of sales at Betts Spring Company; and Rodrigo Meirelles, vice president of new business development at Defiance Metal Products Corporation. Returning board members are Sean Coleman, general manager at Hendrickson; Jeff Lindgren, vice president and general manager, On Road at Horton Holdings; and Jim Huls, executive vice president and COO at Link Manufacturing.
The Heavy Duty Marketing and Sales Forum (HDMSF) is a council comprised of sales and marketing executives of HDMA member companies. This council is designed to drive the direction and content of HDMA market research publications, peer networking, as well as to discuss industry trends and forecasts, HDMA says.
