Four Directors Elected to IHA Board

Four new directors have been elected to the board of directors of the International Housewares Association (IHA), the full-service trade association for the housewares industry.

The new directors are Mark Buss, CEO, govino LLC; William Endres, president, Select Brands; Melissa Kieling, CEO, PackIt LLC; and Kristine Malkoski, president, global business and chief commercial officer, World Kitchen LLC. Their three-year terms begin Oct. 1 and end Sept. 30, 2019.

Also elected were new board officers: Chairman Gregory Cairo, president, Groupe SEB USA; Vice Chairman/Chairman Elect Brett Bradshaw, president, Bradshaw International Inc.; Treasurer John (J.C.) Collins, president, global sales and marketing, Neatfreak. All officers serve one-year terms from Oct. 1 to Sept. 30, 2017.

Retiring from the board are Evan Dash, CEO, StoreBound; Dave Elliott, formerly general manager, KitchenAid global small appliances; Jenna Sellers Miller, president, Architec; and Daniel Oehy, president, Swissmar. Re-appointed for a second three-year term were JC Collins and Will Symonds, president, DKB Household USA Corp.

Also serving on the IHA Board are Hildy Abrams, CEO, Gourmet Settings Inc.; Fred Dohn, CEO, Arc; Richard Joseph, managing director, Joseph Joseph; Robert Kay, chairman/CEO, Taylor Precision Products Inc.; Anthony E. Kircher, president, Winix America & Winix Europe; Alejandro Peña, president, USA, Jarden Consumer Solutions; Paul Rowan, co-founder, Umbra LLC; David Sabin, CEO, The Fuller Brush Co.; Gary Seehoff, chairman, Sophistiplate LLC, and immediate past IHA chairman; Howard Steidle Jr., CEO, John Ritzenthaler Co.; and Philippe Trudeau, president, Trudeau Corp.

Serving on the executive committee of the board are Gregory Cairo, Brett Bradshaw, J.C. Collins, Gary Seehoff, Howard Steidle Jr. and Philippe Trudeau.