QUARTERLY REPORT Spring 2024
and faces new market and regulatory challenges,” said OPEI President Kris Kiser. The 2023-2024 Board Executive Committee comprises: • Chair Mike Clancy, CEO, Chervon North America • Vice Chair David Thorne, Vice President, Turf & Compact Utility Business Unit, Deere & Company • Immediate Past Chair Brian Melka, Group President — Kohler Energy • Equip Exposition Show Chairman Dan Ariens, Chairman and CEO, Ariens Company Rounding out the Board of Directors are: • Rick Gray, President – Outdoor Power Equipment, Mil- waukee Tool • Klaus Hahn, President North America, Greenworks • Peter Hampton, President and CEO, Active Dynamics • Chris Keffer, President and CEO, STIHL Inc. • Rick Olson, Chairman and CEO, The Toro Company • Andreas Rangert, President – North America, Husqvarna Forest & Garden Division • Doug Redpath, President & General Manager, Outdoor, Stanley Black & Decker, Inc. • Harold Redman, President and CEO, Echo Incorporated • Tom Rugg, Senior Vice President & President, Energy Solu- tions, Briggs & Stratton • Nelson Wilner, Senior Vice President and General Manag- er, Engines, Kawasaki Motors Corp. USA The next Board meeting will take place at OPEI’s 2024 Annu- al Meeting, slated for June 24-26 at the Ponte Vedra Inn & Club in Ponte Vedra Beach, FL. OPEI TO HOST IICEMA ANNUAL MEETING OPEI will host the International Internal Combustion Engine Manufacturers Associations Annual Meeting May 8-9 at its headquarters building in Alexandria, VA. The group consists of engine manufacturer trade asso- ciations from the U.S., Europe, China, Japan, and India. The group’s Annual Meeting focuses on regional updates in the small engine, agriculture and construction, locomotive and rail, stationary, and marine off-road segments. In addition, the Environmental Protection Agency will dis- cuss recent regulatory developments in the U.S.
New OPEI Board members are, clockwise from top, Rick Gray, Presi- dent – Outdoor Power Equipment, Milwaukee Tool; Andreas Rangert, President – North America, Husqvarna Forest & Garden Division; Tom Rugg, Senior Vice President & President, Energy Solutions, Briggs & Stratton; and Doug Redpath, President & General Manager, Outdoor, Stanley Black & Decker, Inc. OPEI WELCOMES 4 NEW BOARD MEMBERS The Outdoor Power Equipment Institute recently named four new members to its Board of Directors. The new Board members are: • Rick Gray, President – Outdoor Power Equipment, Mil- waukee Tool • Andreas Rangert, President – North America, Husqvarna Forest & Garden Division • Doug Redpath, President & General Manager, Outdoor, Stanley Black & Decker, Inc. • Tom Rugg, Senior Vice President & President, Energy Solu- tions, Briggs & Stratton “We look forward to our new Board members’ perspec- tive and strategic thinking for OPEI, Equip Exposition, and the TurfMutt Foundation as the industry continues to evolve
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