Board Elects Officers

The Association's Board of Directors elected its 2016 president at the Fall Convention.

Ric Kirby, President of Kirby Manufacturing in Merced, Calif., will lead the board through the 2016 Fall Convention.

He succeeds Mike Kloster, President of Worksaver in Litchfield, Ill.

Other members of the 2016 executive team are:

Paul Jeffrey, MacDon Industries, Inc., first vice president

Stan McFarlane, McFarlane Manufacturing, second vice president

Michael Irish, Landoll Corporation, secretary

Marc McConnell, Art's Way Manufacturing, treasurer

McConnell succeeds Bob Atkinson, president of W&A Manufacturing in Pine Bluff, Ark. Atkinson has served as the Association's treasurer for 13 of the last 14 years. S