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MHEDA Member Richard Donnelly is the<br />

Executive Vice President of Gregory Poole<br />

Equipment Company. He has held various<br />

positions throughout the Company, including<br />

Marketing Manager, Industrial Division Manager<br />

and Vice President of Construction and Industrial<br />

Divisions unt<strong>il</strong> he was promoted to his current position in 1999.<br />

Used equipment and rentals in the company is one of the core<br />

businesses and a major contributor to record sales and profits.<br />

MHEDA Member Tom Hobbs is the Executive<br />

Vice President of Naumann/Hobbs Holdings<br />

Corporation and its subsidiaries. Naumann/Hobbs<br />

places a high priority on ut<strong>il</strong>izing rental programs<br />

as a tool to generate business and increase<br />

market share. They have a fleet of over 2,000 units<br />

and have excelled in penetrating numerous market segments with<br />

customized programs to suit their customer’s needs.<br />

MHEDA Member B<strong>il</strong>l Ryan is a thirty-year<br />

veteran of our industry. He has a passion for the<br />

business and a particular interest in education<br />

and training. B<strong>il</strong>l spent the first two-thirds of<br />

his career in the manufacturing environment of<br />

NACCO, the parent company of both the Hyster<br />

and Yale brands. He served in virtually all of the roles in a<br />

number of their factory-owned stores and then as a member of<br />

the Dealer Development group that was responsible for selling<br />

those stores and putting them into the hands of independent<br />

dealers. He is currently the President of LiftOne based in<br />

Charlotte, NC.<br />

MHEDA Member Brenda Ryan is the owner<br />

of TDT, Inc., a firm dedicated to supporting<br />

its’ clients in the material handling industry<br />

by assisting them in the adoption and<br />

implementation of Best Industry Practices.<br />

TDT, Inc. offers expertise in the areas of I.T.<br />

(system integration and data management) and Operations<br />

(process improvement). Brenda has been in our industry for<br />

over twenty years and has served in a variety of key roles in the<br />

Dealership environment.<br />

MHEDA Member B<strong>il</strong>l Rowan is the President of<br />

Sunbelt Industrial Trucks which has fac<strong>il</strong>ities in<br />

Dallas and Houston, Texas. B<strong>il</strong>l served on the<br />

MHEDA Board from 2001-2004. He has also<br />

served on the Komatsu Dealer Counc<strong>il</strong> from<br />

1988-1999 and again from 2003-present, and is<br />

currently serving as the President of the Counc<strong>il</strong>. This year, <strong>2012</strong>,<br />

marks the 25th anniversary of Sunbelt Industrial Trucks which was<br />

founded by B<strong>il</strong>l and his business partner, Warren Corn<strong>il</strong>.<br />

Questions? Call (847) 680-3500<br />

Ema<strong>il</strong> connect@mheda.org<br />

Visit www.mheda.org<br />

MHEDA Member Jason Vavra has been in<br />

the material handling industry for 22 years. He<br />

has held positions of Field Service Technician,<br />

Rental Manager, General Service Manager and<br />

Used Equipment Sales Manager with Atlas<br />

Toyota Material Handling. Holding the position<br />

of General Service Manager for nine years provided valuable<br />

knowledge to assess reconditioning costs. He is an active<br />

member of MHEDA-NET as well as a Toyota Used Equipment<br />

Manager group.<br />

MHEDA Member Chris Wetle is the President<br />

of Papé Material Handling, Inc. He has over 40<br />

years of material handling business experience,<br />

including: sales, management and currently<br />

president. In 2007, the Papé Group added<br />

the Papé Kenworth dealership to his portfolio<br />

and named him President of that organization, as well. He is<br />

a current member and past President of the Hyster Company<br />

Dealer Counc<strong>il</strong>. In addition, he serves as the Western Region<br />

Representative to the PacLease Executive Committee.

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