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2018-2019 RETA Officers & Board of Directors Announced

RETA is pleased to announce the 2018-2019 Officers and Board of Directors at their Annual Business Meeting, held recently in Dallas, Texas. Eric Girven of Devault Refrig- eration Service, assumes the role of the Association’s Chairman of the Board. Arlie Farley of Farley’s SRP Inc, assumes the role of National President. Other officers for 2018-19 are: Executive Vice President, Vern Sanderson of Wagner-Mein- ert, LLC.; Treasurer, Eric Teal of Cargill.; and National Second Vice President, Keith Harper of Tyson Foods Inc. Industry leaders elected to serve a three-year term on the Board of Directors are: David Gulcynski of Dot Foods; Edward Johnson of Dean Foods; Jordan Reece of Lanier Technical College; andWilliam Ellena of Coastal Pacific Food Distributors, Inc.

Additional members of the 2018-19 Board of Directors are: Peter Lepschat of Henningsen Cold Storage Co.; William Lape of SCS Engineers; Richard Veloz Jr of C&L Refrigera- tion; Troy Baker of TRATT Industries; Bengie Branham of Perdue Farms; Matt Hayes of Wagner-Meinert, LLC; Michael Hawkins of Midatlantic Refrigeration, LLC; and Frank Certification: Todd Metsker of Parker Hannifin Corporation – R/S Division; National Confer- ence: Jacqueline Kirkman of Cargill; Educa- tion: David Gulcynski of Dot Foods; Member- ship: Michael Hawkins of Midatlantic Refrigeration, LLC; Marketing: Jodie Rukamp of SCS Tracer Environmental; and Publica- tions: Matt Hayes of Wagner-Meinert, Inc. Kologinczak III of Kolo Compression. Committee Chairs for 2018-2019 are:

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