Carmenita Leasing President Jerry Kress of Santa Fe Springs, Calif., was unanimously chosen by the members of the Truck Renting and Leasing Assn. (TRALA) as its 2004-2005 chairman
at the association’s 2004 annual meeting held recently in Phoenix, Ariz.
Kress, the association’s 27th chairman, challenged the association to work with TRALA’s leadership as they continue to expand programs and services to the membership.
In addition to Kress, the TRALA board of directors elected the following members as officers:
-- Mark Siegal, president of Edart NationaLease in Hartford, Conn., was elected as first vice chairman.
-- Robert Shingle, president of PRIMMS LP in Oak Brook, Ill., was elected second vice chairman.
-- Steven Lawrence, president of Lawrence NationaLease in Red Wing, Minn., was elected secretary.
-- Frank E. Walter, president of Palmer Leasing Group in Indianapolis, Ind., was elected treasurer.
-- Terry Young, president Advantage Truck Leasing in Charlotte, N.C., was elected immediate past chairman.
The following members were elected to the association’s 2004-2007 board of directors:
-- Duane Johnson, general manager of Inland Kenworth in Surrey, British Columbia.
-- Tracy Leinbach, chief financial officer of Ryder System Inc. in Miami, Fla.
-- Gerald Riordan, president of Budget Truck Rental in Denver, Colo.
-- Alan Serfas, assistant vice president of Enterprise Rent-A-Truck in St. Louis, Mo.
-- Robert Shingle, president of PRIMMS Inc. in Oak Brook, Ill.
-- Charles Sommer, president of Public Service Truck Renting Inc. in Long Island City, N.Y.
-- Bert Wise, president of Mack Lease of Omaha, Neb.
To fill a vacancy on the 2003-2006 board, the members elected Thomas Brown, president of Brown NationaLease in Des Moines, Iowa.
The following members are appointed directors for 2004-2005:
-- Michael Breeden, executive director of national accounts for Cummins Inc. in Columbus, Ind.
-- Doug Clark, president of AmeriQuest Transportation and Logistics Resources in Cherry Hill, N.J.
-- Terry Dubowick, director of Mack Leasing System Inc. in Allentown, Pa.
-- John Grainger, president of NationaLease in Oakbrook Terrace, Ill.
-- Mark Lampert, senior vice president of sales and marketing for Freightliner Trucks in Portland, Ore.
-- David Renz, vice president of worldwide sales and marketing for Eaton Corp. in Kalamazoo, Mich.
-- Bob Southern, president of Paccar Leasing Co. in Bellevue, Wash.
The Truck Renting and Leasing Assn., based in Alexandria, Va., is a voluntary, nonprofit national trade association, organized in 1978 to provide a unified and focused voice for the truck renting and leasing industry. TRALA's membership includes more than 600 leasing and rental firms and 100 suppliers that make up nearly the entire truck renting and leasing industry. The industry is responsible for approximately 40% of all new Class 3 through 8 commercial truck registrations.