Top tire dealers, the Virginia Automotive Association and Michelin/TIA scholarship winners were among those honored at this year’s virtual awards ceremony.
The Tire Industry Association recognized some of the industry’s top tire dealers, a state association executive and scholarship winners at this year’s Tire Industry Honors program.
Brian Rigney, past TIA president, kicked off the virtual ceremony reviewing his time as president of TIA in a year of unprecedented twists and turns. Rigney said as economies across the globe started to shut down due to COVID-19, he used it as a time to “challenge our [TIA’s] mission” and reach tire dealers through virtual training on a variety of topics. Through this initiative, TIA updated its basic commercial tire service (CTS) training, released a virtual CTS training in Spanish and launched a leadership training course for store managers.
“The response was fantastic,” Rigney noted about the trainings, which he said were attended by hundreds of TIA members.
Rigney also introduced new TIA President Dan Nothdurft, founder of Tires Tires Tires in Sioux City, Iowa and Sioux Falls, South Dakota. Nothdurft remarked on how the tire industry has been able to provide a living not only for he and his family but also for countless others in the industry, allowing them to live out their dream.
“The tire industry has opened the door for so many people to provide for their family and created jobs to serve each community’s tire needs,” he said, listing the dreams he’s fulfilled as a tire dealer.
“My fifth dream is leading the tire industry and working with some of the greatest assets the tire industry has to offer. Living the dream is what the tire industry is all about and that’s what America’s all about. Here’s to another 100 years of The Tire Industry Association and living the dream.”
Top tire dealers and state associations in the industry were also recognized at this year’s event, including 2020 Tire Review Top Shop Winner Waukegean Tire & Supply.
“The Waukegan Tire team works hard every day on continuous improvement, and, in the process, is raising the bar in the tire industry,” said Tire Review Editor Mary DellaValle in her remarks about the business. “Its guiding principles are based on doing things the ‘Waukegan Way,’ a guiding philosophy based on values of always working hard and with integrity, treating people with respect and kindness (like family) and exceeding expectations.”
An addition to this year’s Industry Honors event was the presentation of the State Executive Leadership Award. Roy Littlefield IV, TIA’s director of government affairs, presented the award to Steve Akridge, executive director of the Virginia Automotive Association. Littlefield commended Akridge on his leadership of the association in defeating bills in the Virginia state legislature that would have abolished the state’s vehicle inspection program, which Akridge said brings in $32 million into the state’s automotive industry.
“It was an uphill battle and it took a strong team to win,” Akridge said, thanking members and staff of the Virginia Automotive Association for their efforts.
To round out the awards, Cara Cornelius, director of wholesale and car dealer business for Michelin North America, announced the winners of the 2020 Michelin/TIA Scholarship Program, which are awarded to students of employees of TIA-member companies. The award recipients included:
The recipients will share $6,250 in scholarships for the 2020-2021 academic year that can be used to support the costs of college tuition, fees and books.
To close out the meeting, Rigney reminded TIA members of training that would take place Nov. 3 and 4 as part of the association’s industry week events. To register and view the training sessions, click here.
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Three new members will join the Tire Industry Association board of directors when the group takes office on Nov. 1.
New board members include Chris Rhoades of BKT USA Inc.; Gary Schroeder of Cooper Tire & Rubber Co., now owned by Goodyear Tire & Rubber Co.; and Leigh-Ann Stewart of Kal Tire. Don Vanderheyden of Hennessy Industries, was reelected to a second term on the board.
These four will join an additional 14 directors to make up the association’s 18- member board.
Chris Rhoades
Rhoades is senior product manager of technical solutions for BKT. He has 22 years of off-the-road tire industry experience working at BKT and for Bridgestone Americas Inc. At Bridgestone, Rhoades was the historical product manager of Bridgestone's TreadStat OTR tire and rim performance tracking solution. At BKT he is the developer of the company’s SPOTech field evaluation solution. Rhoades combines field work experience in mines across the world with a technical know-how to develop industry-leading solutions. He describes himself as passionate about seeing and developing the next generation of OTR industry experts and is interested in helping TIA’s training and education group develop standards on tire tracking and performance analysis.
Gary Schroeder
Schroeder is executive director of the Cooper brand’s global truck and bus tire business. Schroeder has 35 years of experience in sales and marketing, operations and finance, including 15 years in the tire industry.
For the last 10 years, he has led Cooper’s global commercial tire business and has expanded Cooper’s truck and bus business into all core channels – dealers, OEM and fleet – and created strategic relationships with customers in each channel. Schroeder said he hopes that serving on the TIA Board will allow him to have a positive impact on the entire industry.
Leigh-Ann Stewart
Stewart is director of health and safety for Kal Tire, where she has been the dealership’s senior safety professional for the past 18 years. In this role, she has led a variety of activities including: the implementation of a safety leadership program across 17 countries; carried out safety strategies that have resulted in a more than 60% reduction in workplace accidents; and introduced numerous safety and operational initiatives. She was the lead incident investigator for three tire-related fatalities and two court cases. In addition, she has advised the senior executive team and learning/development teams on improvements to various operational business activities.
She looks forward to sharing her experience from a safety perspective in the area of Occupational Safety and Health (OHS) law specific to passenger and light truck, commercial, industrial, farm and OTR tires, as well as retreading, warehousing and trucking.
Don Vanderheyden
Vanderheyden is vice president of commercial for Hennessy, the maker of the Coats brand of wheel service equipment. He joined the company in 2001 and has held positions in purchasing, marketing and sales. With deep roots in tire equipment, he said his focus is on the needs and challenges of the independent tire dealer. During his first term on the TIA Board of Directors, Vanderheyden said he welcomed the opportunity to advocate, educate and provide support for the Association’s membership and the broader tire industry.
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