Halpin New Mid-Atlantic President

Chuck Halpin of Brighton-Best International was elected president of Mid-Atlantic Fastener Distributors Association.
Rick Lubker of Lubker was elected vice president; Tricia Murty, Smith Associates, second vice president; Barb Traum, Brighton-Best, treasurer; Brian Caldwell, GTS/Sterling Fastener, secretary.
Halpin started in the industry 26 years ago as a warehouse summer fill-in and subsequently worked as a salesperson, branch manager, quality manager, regional manager and national accounts manager.
Halpin succeeds Lee Johnson Jr. of Lee S. Johnson Associates Inc., the president since the MAFDA was founded in 2003.
Schedule: December 11, 2008, holiday party; February 13, 2009, economic forecast, Atlantic City; April 21, plant tour; June 5, scholarship golf outing, Downington; and September 2009, fifth anniversary social.
The MAFDA covers Pennsylvania, New Jersey, Delaware and Maryland.
For MAFDA information contact administrator Jeannette Oakes, 1 Hawk Court, Swedesboro, NJ 08085. Tel: 877 634-7377 Fax: 866 329-5752 E-mail: info@mafda.us Web: �2008 FastenerNews.com