IARW, WFLO and IRTA elect new officers at Annual Industry Convention in Phoenix.

New officers and directors of the International Association of Refrigerated Warehouses (IARW), the World Food Logistics Organization (WFLO) and the International Refrigerated Transportation Association (IRTA) were chosen recently at the IARW-WFLO-IRTA Annual Convention in Phoenix, Arizona.

Ray Tarnowski of Philadelphia Warehousing & Cold Storage Company, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA, was elected as chairman of the IARW. Bruce Jayne of Hall's Warehouse Corporation, South Plainfield, New Jersey, USA, was named to the same post at the WFLO, and John LaRue of Port of Corpus Christi, Corpus Christi, Texas, USA, assumed the IRTA chairmanship.

Other IARW officers elected for the coming year were Vice Chairman Michael Henningsen, Jr. of Henningsen Cold Storage Company, Hillsboro, Oregon, USA; and Treasurer Larry Laurin of Conestoga Cold Storage, Kitchener, Ontario, Canada.

Other new WFLO officers were also elected, including Vice Chairman Don Schoenl of Nordic Cold Storage, LLC, Atlanta Georgia, USA; and Treasurer Derk Van Mackelenbergh of Eurofrigo B.V./Nichirei Corp., Rotterdam, the Netherlands.

Stephen Galati of Mattioni, Ltd., Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA, was chosen as IRTA vice chairman. Chris Kozak of Willis Shaw Express, Elm Springs, Arkansas, USA, was elected treasurer.