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Inside AED 10 | www.cedmag.com | Construction Equipment Distribution | February 2014 2014 Board of Directors Three new at-large directors have been elected to three- year terms on the AED Board. Mitch Nevins is CEO, Four Seasons Equipment Inc., Houston, Texas, which carries Hyundai, Liebherr, Terex, Sany and several more brands. New director Larry R. Miller is president of Kelbe Brothers, a Butler, Wis., dealer of Link Belt, Takeuchi, New Holland, Trimble and other equipment brands. Todd Bachman is president of Florida Coast Equipment, a dealer of Kubota, JCB, New Holland and more, with three locations in Florida. Other at-large directors include Mike Rooney, Thompson Tractor Co., Inc., Tarrant, Ala.; Dennis Heller, Stephenson Equipment Inc., Harrisburg, Pa., and Ron Barlet, president of Bejac Corp., Placentia, Calif. New regional directors include Giles Poulson, Farris Machinery, Commerce City, Colo. (Rocky Mountain Region); Jay Rodes, Wilson Equipment Co., Lexington, Ky. (Southeast Region); Ryan Greenawalt, Alta Equipment Co., Wixom, Mich. (Midwest Region); and Todd Hystad, VIMAR Equip- ment, Burnaby, British Columbia (Western Canada Region). Other regional directors include Christopher Palmer, Wood's CRW Corp., Williston, Vt. (Northeast Region); Gary D. Vaughn, OCT Equipment, Oklahoma City, Okla. (South Central Region); Patrick W. McConnell, Clyde/ West, Portland, Ore. (Western Region); and Rick Van Exan, Toromont Industries Ltd., Concord, Ontario (Eastern Canada Region). $(')RXQGDWLRQ2IÀFHUVDQG%RDUG Charged with enhancing the success of AED member companies by encouraging continuous learning as well as workforce development, AED Foundation officers work to provide educational opportuni- ties for the dealership management team. Roy Kern leads The AED Foundation as its newly elected chairman. Kern is president of Equipment Corporation of America, a 96-year old firm with facilities in Pittsburgh, Philadelphia, Washington, D.C., and Toronto. Serving as AEDF's vice chairman is Dennis Vander Molen, president of Vermeer MidSouth, Inc., Jackson, Miss., a leading Vermeer dealer with five locations in four states offering a full line of Vermeer environmental, trench- less and utility equipment. He was AED chairman in 2010. John D. Crum is AED Foundation treasurer and senior vice president, Wells Fargo Equipment Finance, Pittsburgh, Pa. Wells Fargo offers equipment financial services and solutions to dealers and manufacturers. Wes Stowers serves as the AED board representative to The Foundation. He is president of Stowers Machinery Corp. in Knoxville, Tenn., the East Tennessee Caterpillar dealer. Christopher Pera is the Foundation's immediate past chairman and is general manager, Pennsylvania Sales and Operations of Able Equipment Rental based in Deer Park, N.Y. Bob Henderson serves as The AED Foundation presi- dent. He is executive vice president and COO of AED. AEDF Board of Directors Newly elected Foundation Board members include David Reilly, division manager Customer Support, John Deere Construction & Forestry, Moline, Ill., and John Cosgrove, president and COO, Central Power Systems & Services, Inc., Liberty Mo. Other members of the board include Gary Bridwell, president of Ditch-Witch of Oklahoma, Edmond, Okla.; Sonja Metzler, director of Human Resources, Ohio CAT, Broadview Heights, Ohio; Timothy Kramer, president & CEO, Kramer Ltd., Regina, Saskatchewan; Kenneth Silverman, vice president of Custom Solutions, Volvo Construction Equipment, Region Americas, Shippens- burg, Pa.; M. Keith Tippett, vice president and CFO, Kirby-Smith Machinery, Inc., Oklahoma City, Okla.; Mike Hayes, director, Distributor/Customer Support, Komatsu Americas Corporation, Rolling Meadows, Ill.; Mark Teel, region manager, Western U.S. and Canada, Caterpil- lar, Inc.; and Dr. Wayne Longbrake, former Dean of the School of Natural Resources Management, Heavy Construction Equipment Tech, Pennsylvania College of Technology. Roy Kern (left) installed the 2014 officers of AED: (left to right) Don Shilling, Rick Van Exan, Michael Brennan, Whit Perryman and Wes Stowers. Mitch Nevins Larry R. Miller Todd Bachman Giles Poulson Ryan Greenawalt Roy Kern Todd Hystad Jay Rodes (continued from page 8)