TRALA elects chairman, officers, directors

May 1, 2004
Jerry Kress, president of Carmenita Leasing, Santa Fe Springs CA, was unanimously chosen by members of the Truck Renting and Leasing Association as its

Jerry Kress, president of Carmenita Leasing, Santa Fe Springs CA, was unanimously chosen by members of the Truck Renting and Leasing Association as its 2004-05 chairman at the group's annual meeting in Phoenix AZ recently.

The TRALA board of directors elected these members as officers:

  • First vice-chairman — Mark Siegal, president of Edart NationaLease in Hartford CT

  • Second vice-chairman — Robert Shingle, president of PRIMMS LP in Oak Brook IL

  • Secretary — Steven Lawrence, president of Lawrence NationaLease in Red Wing MN

  • Treasurer — Frank E Walter, president of Palmer Leasing Group in Indianapolis IN

  • Immediate past chairman — Terry Young, president of Advantage Truck Leasing, Charlotte, NC

These members were elected to TRALA's 2004-2007 board of directors:

  • Duane Johnson, general manager of Inland Kenworth in Surrey, British Columbia, Canada

  • Tracy Leinbach, chief financial officer of Ryder System Inc in Miami FL

  • Gerald Riordan, president of Budget Truck Rental in Denver CO

  • Alan Serfas, assistant vice-president of Enterprise Rent-A-Truck in St Louis MO

  • Robert Shingle, president of PRIMMS Inc, Oak Brook IL

  • Charles Sommer, president of Public Service Truck Renting Inc in Long Island City NY

  • Bert Wise, president of Mack Lease of Omaha NE

To fill a vacancy on the 2003-2006 board, TRALA members elected Thomas Brown, president of Brown NationaLease in Des Moines IA.