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IARW and WFLO announce 2022-2023 Board Members
13 May 2022

IARW and WFLO announce 2022-2023 Board Members

The International Association of Refrigerated Warehouses (IARW), the leading association promoting excellence in the temperature-controlled warehouse and logistics industry, and the World Food Logistics Organization (WFLO), the training and research foundation for IARW, are pleased to announce the 2022-2023 IARW and WFLO Board Members.

The IARW Board voted to elect Manuel C. Kabana from Friopuerto Investment, as the 2022-2023 Chairman of the IARW Board of Director; Michael J. McClendon, Lineage Logistics, as Vice Chairman; and Jason Dreisbach of Dreisbach Enterprises as IARW Treasurer.  Ron Buford of Premier Refrigerated Warehouse will now serve as the IARW Immediate Past Chairman.

For the IARW Directors-at-Large positions, Larry Alderfer, United States Cold Storage; and Francisco Moura, Superfrio Logistica Frigorificada, were renominated to serve an additional 3-year term.  The following new board members will each serve 3-year terms: Ina Botha, Commercial Cold Storage; George Chappelle, Americold Logistics; Russell Leo, RLS Logistics; John Tippmann III, Tippmann Group—Interstate Warehousing and Sean Vanderelzen, Lineage Logistics. 

The WFLO Board voted to elect Daniel Kaplan with Vertical Cold Storage, as the 2022-2023 Chairman of the WFLO Board of Governors; Greg Laurin, Conestoga Cold Storage, as Vice Chairman; and Mickey Hoffmann as the WFLO Treasurer. 

For the WFLO Governors-at-Large positions, Angela Schmidt of Mattingly Cold Storage and David Stuver of RLS Logistics were renominated to serve an additional 3-year term.  The following new board members will each serve 3-year terms:  Sam Charleston of Americold Logistics; and William C. Duggan of Eskesen Advisory.

Visit the GCCA website to view complete IARW and WFLO Board Rosters.

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