ISRI elects new slate of National Officers

During its 2014 convention and exposition, the Institute of Scrap Recycling Industries (ISRI) elected four new national officers, three directors-at-large, and one associate director to its board, all of whom will serve two-year terms ending in 2016. Among those elected is Doug Kramer of Kramer Metals Inc. (Los Angeles, CA) who will serve as ISRI’s new chair.

The three other national officers are: Chair-Elect Mark Lewon of Utah Metal Works, Inc. (Salt Lake City, UT); Vice-Chair Brian Shine of Manitoba Corporation (Lancaster, NY); and Secretary-Treasurer Gary Champlin of Champlin Tire Recycling (Concordia, KS). The three directors-at-large elected were: Josh Joseph, Muskingum Iron & Metal Co. (Zanesville, OH); Tom Knippel, SA Recycling Corp.(Orange, CA); and Eva Shine, Shine Bros. Corp. (Spencer, IA) Tim Shuttleworth of Eriez Manufacturing Co. (Erie, PA) was elected as associate director.

“ISRI welcomes the members of our newly elected board, whose strong leadership, recycling expertise, and personal backgrounds will help guide the industry over the next two years and set the tone for many more,” said Robin Wiener, president of ISRI. “There are many exciting opportunities and challenges that lie ahead for the recycling industry, and under their direction we are certain to rise to the occasion every time.”