2009 Board Election Results [1]

The tabulation of ballots has been completed in the nominating election of PEI board members from our odd-numbered districts and the service & construction division. Three members received enough votes in the nominating stage of the election process to be elected to the board without having to participate in a runoff election. Two members ran unopposed and have already been certified winners by the PEI Election Commission. The two nominees from District 9 and the service & construction division who received the greatest number of points now go into a runoff election. Ballots for the runoff will be mailed July 23. Here are the nominating election results, according to J. Stephen Hieber, PWI, Incorporated, New Oxford, Pennsylvania, chairman of the PEI Election Commission.

Distributor District 1 - The new director is Kenneth J. Hayden, Northeast Petroleum Technologies, Schenectady, New York. He will replace John Scandurra, Conklin Services & Construction Inc., Newburgh, New York. Geographic areas represented by District 1 include CT, ME, MA, NH, NJ, NY, RI, VT, New Brunswick, Nova Scotia, Quebec, England, Finland, Iceland, Ireland, Latvia, Norway and Sweden.

Distributor District 3 - The new director is Jared M. Samon, Norris & Samon Pump Service, St. Petersburg, Florida. He was elected to succeed J. Donald Wood, Don Wood, Inc., Orlando, Florida. District 3 members are located in FL, GA, NC, SC, Barbados, Dominican Republic and Puerto Rico.

Distributor District 5 - The new director is Doug Maze, M & W Equipment Co. Inc., Huntsville, Alabama. Maze will replace Susan Maples, RBM Company, Knoxville, Tennessee. The director will represent distributors in AL, AR, LA, MS, TN, Argentina, Bolivia, Chile, Colombia, Costa Rica, El Salvador, Guatemala, Panama, Paraguay, Peru, Uruguay and Venezuela.

Distributor District 7 - The new director is Steve Sulland, Valley Petroleum Equipment, Inc., Grand Forks, North Dakota. He will replace Duane Grippe, O'Day Equipment, LLC, Fargo, North Dakota. Members in District 7 maintain their headquarters office in either CO, MN, MT, ND, NE, SD, WY, Australia, Bangladesh, China, Hong Kong, Indonesia, Japan, Korea, Malaysia, New Zealand, Pakistan, Philippines, Singapore, Sri Lanka, Taiwan or Thailand.

Distributor District 9 - The two nominees in the runoff are Bill Mascott, Mascott Pump & Equipment Co., Portland, Oregon, and Bob Mathews, Northwest Pump & Equipment Co., Portland, Oregon. The new director will succeed Bob J. Hill, Franzen-Hill Corporation, Tulare, California. District 9 includes AK, AZ, CA, HI, ID, NV, OR, UT, WA, Alberta, British Columbia, Manitoba and Saskatchewan.

Manufacturer District 11 - The new director is Phil Parker, Samson Corporation, Swannanoa, North Carolina. He will succeed Jeanne Murphy Murck, Core Engineered Solutions, Inc., Herndon, Virginia. Members in District 11 manufacture automotive lifts, lubrication equipment, air compressors, tanks, tire inflators, hose reels, carwashes and other equipment.

Manufacturer District 13 - The new director is Dennis Grappin, Hose Master, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio. He will succeed Richard L. Basham, IRPCO, LLC, Poca, West Virginia. District 13 members manufacture hose, canopies and other equipment.

Service & Construction Division - The two members in the runoff are Terry L. Perry, Petroleum Solutions Inc., Raleigh, North Carolina, and Mike R. Choate, Applied Petroleum Technologies Ltd., Corpus Christi, Texas. The winner of the runoff will succeed Steven Hamilton, Hamilton Service Co., L.L.C., Basehor, Kansas.