2024 Nov-Dec RETA Breeze

FORT WAYNE CHAPTER NEWS The Fort Wayne Chapter recently conducted their officer elections. Congratulations to the new Fort Wayne Officers! Gordon Rascoe, CIRO, CRST, RAI continues as President. Gordon has been a steading force for the chapter and brought consistency and prosperity during his time as Fort Wayne Chapter presi dent. Vern Sanderson CIRO, CRST, RAI was elected as executive Vice President. Vern is a former RETA National president and current international publications committee chairman. Cody Hegerfeld continues as the second vice president position. He has and continues to donate dozens of hours to the success of the Fort Wayne Chapter. Thank you for continuing to serve our chapter. Matt Targgart is once again treasurer and has performed admirably in the last several years. Matt, through his stewardship, has assured the chapter continues to be financially viable, now and into the future. Sarah Selzer CARO has been elected secretary. She has obtained her CARO over a decade ago. She is a second generation refrigeration professional and the proud mother of boys, both members of the 21st century club. Kyle Hall was elected sergeant of arms and will be in charge of security at chapter meetings. He is charged with keeping Gordy and Vern in line. Good luck to Kyle. In other news, Sarah Selzer was named as one of Refrigeration’s 30 under 30. The members of the chapter are certainly proud of the refrigeration professional Sarah has become. Most remember when she first started going to RETA chapter meeting with her father as a teenager. The technical presentation for the month was “Fine Tuning the People Machine”. This was a presentation on acquiring and maintaining our most important refrigeration asset, ……… people. An article by the speaker and will be published soon.

Editors note: If you have chapter news to report to the membership, please forward it to the publications committee chairperson. Vern.Sanderson@Schwans.com

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