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AED Committee Information If you have any questions regarding a round table or if you are interested in serving on one, please contact the AED Staff Liason indicated on the list below.
2008 Annual Meeting Committee Top The Annual Meeting Committee considers all facets of the coming year’s convention, and makes format, program, and policy recommendations to the board and staff. Areas of responsibility include overall time schedules, business functions and social events; the timing, policies and function of hospitality suites and CONDEX exhibits; and general session speakers and educational breakout session programming for both distributors and manufacturers. Sandy Brassel Associated Equipment Distributors Oak Brook IL Janet L. Dixon Associated Equipment Distributors Oak Brook IL Jim Doughty OCT Equipment, Inc. Tulsa OK David W. Gordon Associated Equipment Distributors Oak Brook IL Dawn Jamison Pengo Div. of Paladin, Utility Laurens IA Toby Mack Associated Equipment Distributors Oak Brook IL Regina Market IronPlanet Pleasanton CA Denis Prevost Ritchie Bros. Auctioneers Richmond BC Canada Tim Riordan Ritchie Bros. Auctioneers Olympia WA Paul W. Ross Ross Equipment Co., Inc. Midvale UT Barry L. Stoughton BLS Enterprises, Inc. Itasca IL Alison Wechman Associated Equipment Distributors Oak Brook IL Chairman Judy Worrell Berry Companies, Inc. Wichita KS Ex-Officio Dennis Vander Molen Vermeer MidSouth, Inc. Jackson MS AED Staff Liaison Marcia Arger Associated Equipment Distributors Oak Brook IL 2008 Future Leaders Task Force Top It is essential to the bright future of AED that the organization's activities and services remain relevant and attractive to the newer generations of industry leaders. As tastes, styles, priorities and expectations of new generations typically evolve from past norms, we consider it essential to stay abreast. Both the general membership and the leadership ranks of AED alike draw heavily from individual executives who began their AED involvement early in their careers. Thus we have comprised the AED Future Leaders Task Force of representatives of that new generation. The task force is charged with developing perspectives and recommendations relating to values affecting membership and participation in AED. Recommendations may include specific initiatives, or broader perception-related issues that improve AED's relevance and value with future leaders. The group will examine AED's purpose and clarify a vision that captures the essential elements of a successful value proposition from their perspective. Chris Felosky Monroe Tractor & Implement Co., Inc. Henrietta NY Scott Hunt Jr. Hunt Tractor, Inc. Louisville KY Timothy Kraut American State Equipment Co., Inc. Milwaukee WI Jeff Lashley Lashley Tractor Sales Lithonia GA Jim McGinley Case of New England Shrewsbury MA James Price Groff Tractor & Equipment, Inc. Mechanicsburg PA Thomas Reynolds Highway Equipment Company Zelienople PA Martin Shannon Williams Equipment & Supply Co., Inc. Memphis TN Shane Walsh BakerCorp Seal Beach CA Chairman Brandon G. Klein Valley Supply & Equipment Co., Inc. Baltimore MD Ex-Officio Dennis E. Kruepke McCann Industries, Inc. Addison IL AED Staff Liaison Ben Yates Associated Equipment Distributors Oak Brook IL 2008 Government Affairs Committee Top The AED Government Affairs Committee is responsible for supporting successful implementation of the public policy objectives of the AED Strategic Plan. The Committee's function is to help conceive and develop strategies and program that protect and promote members' business interests with government, through advocacy of pro-business, pro-industry public policy. The Committee's responsibilities include advising the AED Oak Brook and Washington staffs on activities that (1) create awareness of and provide information on important issues; (2) mobilize and coordinate members' political activity in support of AED objectives; (3) take direct action with Government to affect legislative and regulatory outcomes; (4) maintain an effective voice with key Government agencies and officials; (5) support state and local initiatives undertaken by Local Groups; and (6) leverage AED's public policy assets by participating in coalitions when appropriate. The Committee also helps plan and support the AED Political Action Committee's fundraising and donation activities. Walter Berry Berry Companies, Inc. Wichita KS Don Chambers Unified Equipment Resources Pooler GA R. Christopher Gaylor Power Equipment Company Knoxville TN Chad Gerondale Construction Machinery Industrial. LLC Fairbanks AK Roy H. Hunt Hunt Tractor, Inc. Louisville KY Ryan D. John Alban Tractor Co., Inc. Baltimore MD Frank Keeling Precision Tractor & Equipment, Inc. Grandview MO Patrick W. McConnell Clyde/West, Inc. Portland OR Todd Poulson Faris Machinery Company Commerce City CO Jeffery Scott Scott Machinery Company Salt Lake City UT Steven E. Wittman Hawthorne Machinery Co. San Diego CA Chairman Dale A. Leppo Leppo Rents/Bobcat of Akron Tallmadge OH AED Staff Liaison Christian Klein Associated Equipment Distributors Alexandria VA 2008 Industry Round Table Top The Industry Round Table (IRT) is a focus group of senior executives from dealers and manufacturers of major construction equipment product lines. The IRT meets to develop perspectives, analysis and recommendations for AED on key issues and trends affecting the distribution channel. The IRT provides input to AED's strategic planning process, and develops recommendations to AED's Board of Directors. Recommendations can be for specific initiatives that 1) improve working relationships in the industry or 2) increate AED's value or effectiveness for members involved in this market. Kayden W. Bell Arnold Machinery Company Salt Lake City UT Diane Benck West Side Tractor Sales Co. Naperville IL Don Chambers Unified Equipment Resources Pooler GA Bob Desel Terex Construction Americas Southaven MS Roger D. Euliss Multiquip, Inc. Carson CA Mike Festing-Smith NORTRAX, Inc. Moline IL Jeffrey Freeman Columbus Equipment Company Columbus OH Mark Harbaugh Ditch Witch Midwest Carol Stream IL James Hasler CNH America LLC Racine WI Dennis J. Heller Stephenson Equipment, Inc. Harrisburg PA Robert K. Henderson Associated Equipment Distributors Oak Brook IL Mike D. Hinrichsen Caterpillar Inc. Peoria IL Christian Klein AED Washington Office Alexandria VA David Koppenhofer Cummins Inc. Columbus IN Toby Mack Associated Equipment Distributors Oak Brook IL Edward Powers Komatsu America Corp. Rolling Meadows IL Mary Sedor Associated Equipment Distributors Oak Brook IL Terry Sheehan New Holland/Kobelco Construction Carol Stream IL Arlen T. Swenson Bobcat Enterprises, Inc. Cincinnati OH Scott Wagner Wagner Equipment Co. Denver CO Patrick Ward JCB Inc. Pooler GA Duane Wilder Liebherr Construction Equipment Co. Newport News VA Co-Chair Christopher Barnard Wacker Neuson Corporation Menomonee Falls WI Co-Chair Raymond E. Roland Roland Machinery Co. Springfield IL Ex-Officio Paul W. Campbell Wheeler Machinery Co. Salt Lake City UT AED Staff Liaison David W. Gordon Associated Equipment Distributors Oak Brook IL 2008 Product Support Round Table Top The Product Support Round Table (PRT) is a focus group of senior executives of construction equipment dealerships and manufacturing companies that have a strong product support interest and orientation. This group focuses on the evolving function of product support in equipment distribution, with particular emphasis on how it affects distribution patterns, customer preferences and relationships between manufacturers and dealers. This group provides input in to AED's strategic planning process and develops recommendations to the Board of Directors. Recommendations and input is provided to the association's Product Support Opportunities Action Team, which is charged with proposing services that help AED members understand and capitalize on product-support-related opportunites. John Bellardino H. O. Penn Machinery Company, Inc. Poughkeepsie NY Gerald Eastburn Roland Machinery Co. Springfield IL Ken Eggert Liftech Equipment Companies, Inc. East Syracuse NY Jamey Gibson Capital Tractor Inc. Greenwich NY Charles E. Glass EPG Insurance, Inc. Memphis TN Dale Heiner Stephenson Equipment, Inc. Harrisburg PA Robert K. Henderson Associated Equipment Distributors Oak Brook IL Richard Hoffmeyer McCann Industries, Inc. Addison IL Toby Mack Associated Equipment Distributors Oak Brook IL Charles W. Mulvaney Faris Machinery Company Commerce City CO Frank Pagura Komatsu America Corp. Rolling Meadows IL Earl Reger Valley Equipment Center Fishersville VA Mary Sedor Associated Equipment Distributors Oak Brook IL Don Tracy Van Lott, Inc. West Columbia SC Mike D Werner JCB Inc. Pooler GA Ron Wilson Road Machinery LLC Phoenix AZ Co-Chair Randal Jaminet John Deere Construction & Forestry Division Moline IL G. Bennett Closner Closner Equipment Co., Inc. Schertz TX AED Staff Liaison Mike Fotty Associated Equipment Distributors Oak Brook IL |