Officers

President
Michael Gelskey, Sr.
Lift-It Mfg. Co., Inc.
4780 Corona Avenue
Los Angeles, CA 90058
Phone: 323-582-6076
Fax: 323-587-1630
Email: mgelskey@aol.com
Vice-President
Tom Wynn
Peerless Chain Company
1416 E. Sanborn St.
Winona, MN 55987
Phone: 507-457-9149
Fax: 507-457-9252
Email: tswynn@peerlesschain.com
Secretary/Treasurer
Steve Schroeder
Wear-Flex Slings
4961 Home Road
Winston-Salem, NC 27106
Phone: 336-767-2641
Fax: 336-767-9529
Email: sschroeder@wear-flex.com
Immediate Past President
John Walsh
Sling-Choker Mfg. Ltd.
15 Mead Avenue
Hamilton, ON L8H 3T6
Phone: 905-545-5025
Fax: 905-545-9789
Email: johnwalsh@sling-choker.com
 

Directors

Jim Calico
Kinedyne Corporation
151 Industrial Parkway
Branchburg, NJ 08876
Phone: 908-231-1800
Fax: 908-231-1379
Email: jcalico@kinedyne.com
Jeff Iden
Cargo Equipment Corporation
640 Church Road
Elgin, IL 60123
Phone: (888) 557-8727
Fax: (847) 742-1820
Email: Jeffiden@cargoequipmentcorp.com
Karl Heinz Keisewitt
Doleco GmbH
Hartmannstr 8, D-44147
Dortmund, 44147
Germany
Phone: 49231828540
Fax: 492318285777
E-mail: keisewitt@dolezych.de
Greg Pilgrim
Murdock Webbing Co., Inc.
27 Foundry Street
Central Falls, RI 02863
Phone: 401-724-3000
Fax: 401-722-9730
Email: greg.pilgrim@mrdkweb.com
Linda Summars
First Sling Technology LLC
5701 Stonegate
Mustang, OK 73064
Phone: 405-324-1777
Fax: 405-324-1778
Email: lindasummars@firstsling.com
Jim Bailey
Filtec Precise, Inc.
218 US 701 By-Pass
Tabor City, NC 28463
Phone: (910) 653-5200
Fax: (910) 653-2261
E-mail: jbailey@filtec-precise.com
 

Committee Chairs

Web Sling Technical
Shaun Glass
Testing
Charles Lucas
The Crosby Group, Inc.
Tulsa, OK
Load Securement Technical
Karl-Heinz Keisewitt
Doleco GmbH
Dortmund, Germany
Round Sling Technical
Gregory Babinchak
Lift-All Co., Inc.
Landisville, PA
Policy/Forms Review
Linda Summars
First Sling Technology LLC
Mustang, OK
Legal Resource
Michael Gelskey
Lift-It Mft. Co.
Los Angeles, CA
 

Legal Counsel

Gerard Panaro
Howe & Hutton
1901 Pennsylvania Ave, NW
Suite 1007
Washington, D.C. 20006
Phone: 202-861-1314
Fax: 202-466-5829
E-mail: gpp@howehutton.com
 

Technical Coordinator

Robert Jasany
Sanford, NC
Phone: 919-776-0237
Email: bobjasany@windstream.net
 

WSTDA Headquarters

2105 Laurel Bush Road
Suite 200
Bel Air, MD 21015
Phone: 443-640-1070
Fax: 443-640-1031
E-mail: wstda@ksgroup.org
Fred Stringfellow, CAE
Executive Director
Phone: 443-640-1070 x102
fred@ksgroup.org
Cynthia Jordan
Director of Meetings
Phone: 443-640-1070 x 117
Cynthia@ksgroup.org
Laura Izzo
Association Coordinator
Phone: 443-640-1070 x110
laura@ksgroup.org
Amy Chetelat, CAE
Director of Finance
Phone: 443-640-1040 x103
amy@ksgroup.org

 

Email to wstda@ksgroup.org