OPEI announces additional board members

 

The new board members include:

• Tom Duncan, president and CEO, Positec USA

• David Withers, president, Jacobsen 

• Bjoern Fischer, incoming president, Stihl

 

“OPEI represents the depth and breadth of the outdoor power equipment, utility vehicle and small engine manufacturing industries. Board members play a vital role in overseeing our work, ensuring we continue to be the voice of this diverse industry. The additional board members will lend their unique vision and expertise to our already-strong board,” said Kris Kiser, president and CEO of OPEI. 

 

More than 18,000 people are expected to converge on the Kentucky Exposition Center for the Green Industry & Equipment Expo (GIE+EXPO) and Hardscape North America, Oct. 21-23.

 

Continuing their service on the OPEI Board of Directors are: Daniel Ariens, president, Ariens Company; Earl Bennett, general counsel N.A. & L.A., Husqvarna Group; Edward Cohen, vice president, Government & Industry Relations, Honda North America; Tim Merrett, John Deere; vice president of A & T Global Platform and Turf & Utility, Deere & Company; Tom Cromwell, group president - power, Kohler Company; Tim Dorsey, president, Echo Incorporated; Marc Dufour, president, Club Car; Peter Hampton, president, Active Exhaust Corporation; Jean Hlay, president and chief operating officer, MTD Products; Michael Hoffman, chairman, chief executive officer, The Toro Company; Paul Mullet, president, Excel Industries; Lee Sowell, president, Outdoor Products at Techtronic Industries Power Equipment; Todd Teske, chairman, president & CEO, Briggs & Stratton; and Fred Whyte, president, Stihl Incorporated.