Canadian Insulating Glass Manufacturers Alliance (IGMA) has announced that David Cooper of Guardian Industries Corp. has been elected as president for a two-year term.
IGMA has demonstrated world-cla…
Canadian Insulating Glass Manufacturers Alliance (IGMA) has announced that David Cooper of Guardian Industries Corp. has been elected as president for a two-year term. IGMA has demonstrated world-class leadership as a technical adviser in IG certification and as an advocate for the insulating glass manufacturers and their suppliers in North America, Cooper said. Working at Guardian“s Science and Technology Center has provided me a great deal of leadership training, and I am honoured to take over as president of IGMA. I look forward to serving the growing IGMA membership as well as the IG community. Cooper replaces outgoing president Ray Wakefield, from All Weather Windows, as vice president and Mark Hutchinson, from Intigral, as secretary/treasurer. Four IGMA members were also elected to the board of directors: Scott Cardwell from AGC Flat Glass N. America, Helen Sanders, vice president of Technical Business Development, Sage Electrochromics, Frank Caporiccio with PPG Industries, and Crystal Archibald of Kohltech International. Two new task groups were also created: the first is led by Mike Burke of Edgetech I.G., and is chartered with improving the focus on safety in the glass industry; the second, chaired by Jennifer Kempf of Dow Corning, will promote the extensive value of IGMA to the IG industry. The following board members were elected as committee chairs: Technical Services Committee: Chairman Ray Wakefield, Trulite Industries, and Vice Chairman Robert Gilles, senior vice president, All Weather Windows; Education and Certification Committee: Chair Helen Sanders, Sage Electrochromics and Vice Chair Jim Krahn, advanced research manager, Codes and Regulatory, Marvin Windows.