As per the Association’s bylaws, the affairs of WQA shall be under the direction of a 24-person board of directors, consisting of fifteen members elected by the manufacturer/supplier/retail membership category and nine by the dealer membership category.
Eight of the 24 directors shall also serve as a board of governors. They will include the four officers (board president, vice-president, secretary and treasurer), the immediate past president, and three governors-at-large.
Officers
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President
Toby Thomas
Kinetico Incorporated
Newbury, OH |
Vice President
James F. Stern
A.O. Smith Corporation
Milwaukee, WI
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Treasurer
Amanda Moore, CWS
Atlantic Filter Corporation
West Palm Beach, FL
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Secretary
Judd Larned
Culligan International
Rosemont, IL |
Governors
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Immediate Past President
DJ Shannahan,
MWS, CI, CCO
Sharp Water Culligan
Salisbury, MD
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Governor-at-Large
Mike Mitchell
PUR Water Filtration Products
(KAZ USA Inc.)
Marlboro, MA
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Governor-at-Large
Doug Ramer, MWS, CWR
Martin Water Kinetico
Myerstown, PA |
Governor-at-Large
Gregory Reyneke, MWS
Red Fox Advisors
Orem, UT
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Directors
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Mark Campbell
Primo Water North America
Atlanta, GA |
Darwin "Buzz" Goldstein, MWS
Charger Water Treatment
Products, LLC
Elgin, IL |
Larry Gottlieb
ResinTech, Inc.
Camden, NJ
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Douglas Haring,
MWS, CI, CWR
Clack Corporation
Ponte Vedra, FL
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Michael Herman, MWS
Driessen Water Inc.
Owatonna, MN
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Jeffrey B. Hill
Robert B. Hill Co
Minneapolis, MN
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Trent Jacobi
GE Appliances
Louisville, KY
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Edward P. "Ted" Jones, MWS
Kinetico Incorporated
Carmichael, CA
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Sun Yong Lee
Coway Co. Ltd.
Gongju-si, Republic of Korea |
Donald McGhee, MWS
Hydro Systems, Inc.
Harlingen, TX
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Michael McGowan, MWS
McGowan Water Conditioning
Mankato, MN
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Michael Mormino
ENPRESS LLC
Eastlake, OH
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Ken Steitz, MWS, CI
EcoWater of Central California
Fresno, CA
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Rebecca Tallon
A.O. Smith Corporation
Milwaukee, WI
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Stephen Ver Strat
Amway
Ada, MI |
Chris Wilker
Canature WaterGroup U.S.A.
White Bear Lake, MN
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