The Power Transmission Distributors Association (PTDA)’s 2025 Board of Directors and Manufacturer Council have begun their leadership terms.

Bill Shepard — Cleveland, OH-based BDI’s Vice President — steps into the role of PTDA President.

Shepard has been a volunteer with PTDA since 2010 and a member of the Board of Directors since 2018. He has also contributed to various committees, including serving as chair of the Programs & Products Committee in 2014.

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Shepard will be joined on the 2025 PTDA Board of Directors by:

• Immediate Past President — Brian Nowak, President and CEO, Kurz Industrial Solutions (Neenah, WI)
• First Vice President — Jim Jeffiers, Vice President, Central States Area & U.S. Energy Subsidiaries, Applied Industrial Technologies (Cleveland, OH)
• Second Vice President, Tom Holtry, Division VP, Conveyance Solutions, Motion (Birmingham, AL)
• Treasurer — Mike McLain, VP, Allied Bearing & Supply Inc. (Harahan, LA)
• Manufacturer Council Chair — Sara Zimmerman, VP of Customer Experience and Product, Sumitomo Machinery Corp. of America (Chesapeake, VA)
• Manufacturer Council Vice Chair — Chris Gumas, Director of Marketing, Ruland Manufacturing (Marlborough, MA)
• PTDA Foundation President — Matt Pavlinsky, Director of PT Products, Applied Industrial Technologies (Cleveland, OH)
• EPTDA President — Henrik Walter, CEO, Nomo Group (Taby, Sweden)

Directors:

• Jeff Cloud, President & CEO, IBT Industrial Solutions (Shawnee Mission, KA)
• Sarah Musser, President, Bartlett Bearing Co. (Philadelphia, PA)
• Craig Pirie, President, Daemar (Oakville, Ontario)
• Joe Savage, President, Bearing Service (Livonia, MI)
• Anthony Smith, President, TBC Inc., Texas Bearing Company (Amarillo, TX)

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  Jos Sueters, Director of Sales IAM, NTN Bearing Corp. of Canada (Mississauga, Ontario)

Sara Zimmerman has been actively involved in PTDA committees since 2019, when she joined the End Customer Needs Committee. Since then, she has served on the Industry Summit Planning Task Force, the Voice of the End Customer Task Force and the Women in Industry Subcommittee. In 2022, she became a member of the Manufacturer Council.

“I’m committed to working as a liaison for our manufacturer members’ concerns and opinions to the Board of Directors,” Zimmerman said in a Feb. 6 news release. “Our volunteers bring years of expertise, fresh ideas and a strong commitment to advancing our industry.”

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The Manufacturer Council also includes;

• Immediate Past Chair — Andrew A.O. Brown, VP, Whittet-Higgins Company (Central Falls, RI)
• Manufacturer Council Vice Chair — Chris Gumas, Director of Marketing, Ruland Manufacturing (Marlborough, MA)
• George Basel, Director of Marketing & Product Management, U.S. Tsubaki Power Transmission (Wheeling, IL)
• Kristian Campbell, Industrial Sales Manager NA, Dayco Products (Birmingham, MI)
• Maxine Gomez, Sales Manager, Belden Universal (Hillside, IL)
• Chris Keyser, VP of Channel & Segment Sales, ABB Motors and Mechanical (Fort Smith, AR)
• Michael Moonan, SVP of sales, Solve Industrial Motion Group (Charlotte, NC)
• Paul Phillips, President, Maxi-Lift (Addison, TX)
• David Zoesch, Director of National Accounts, Schaeffler (Fort Mill, SC)

Chicago-based PTDA is a global association for the industrial power transmission/motion control distribution channel.