ROSEMONT, Ill.–The International Housewares Association has announced the election of four new directors to its board, as well as its first international chairman, Robert Trudeau, chairman of the Canada-based Trudeau Corp.
The new directors are Evan Dash, chief executive officer, Dash Holdings Group, LLC; Kenneth Lefever, president, Wilton Armetale; Michael Magerman, president/chief executive officer, Quickie Mfg. Corp.; and Joseph Mollof, president/chief executive officer, World Kitchen, LLC. They will serve three-year terms that begin on Oct. 1.
Besides Trudeau, other newly elected board members include Bruce Kaminstein, chief executive officer, Casabella Holdings LLC, as vice chairman/chairman elect, and Barry Harper, president/chief executive officer, Harper Brush Works. They will begin their one-year terms Oct. 1.
Peter Cameron, chief executive officer, Lenox, is retiring from the board. Re-elected to a second three-year term were Marty Armstrong, senior vice president, sales and marketing, Master Brands HK Ltd.; Richard Boynton, Jr., president/chief executive officer, Jura Capresso; Marc Navarre, president/chief executive officer, Groupe SEB North America; and Bill Reibl, president/chief executive officer, Progressive International Corp.