Tom White is co-owner of Dawson/White Management, Inc. doing business as Tire Source, Copley, Ohio. White left Goodyear in 1991 to help start Tire Source, a collection of five independent Goodyear Tire & Automotive Service Centers in the Akron, Canton and Medina, Ohio, area. His responsibilities include the management of personnel, finance, operations, marketing, advertising and growth and expansion. White also is president of the Ohio Tire & Automotive Association (OTAA).

John Kreidel is the CEO of Tire Factory, a Portland, Ore.-based member-owned tire dealer cooperative with more than 200 members operating more than 250 outlets in 14 states with end user sales exceeding $300 million. He has led over 15 business combinations or mergers in his career with his solid understanding of finance, operational integration and down-to-earth leadership style.

Paul Sullivan is the vice president and director of marketing at Sullivan Tire Co. He believes that the legacy of his late father, Robert J. Sullivan, is what has made the company a success. The business has grown from one shop in Rockland, Mass., to more than 80 locations in five states.

Stu Zurcher, the former co-owner and co-founder of “20 Group” Dealer Strategic Planning Inc., recently created and is the head of a new 20-group company, Strategic Alliance Group Inc., targeting commercial tire dealers. He is enthusiastic about ITEC and especially encouraged to hear that plans are to strengthen the commercial tire emphasis at ITEC 2012.

John McCarthy, Jr. is president of McCarthy Tire Service Co., Inc., based in Wilkes- Barre, Pa. McCarthy Tire ranked as the 11th largest commercial tire dealership in North America in 2011 with $151 million in commercial sales. It also ranked as the 13th largest retreader of medium and heavy truck tires in North America.

Ron Lautzenheiser is owner of two Big O Tire stores and two Grease Monkey franchises in Ft. Collins Colo. Lautzenheiser is a past member of the board of directors of the Tire Industry Association (TIA) and a former vice president of marketing for the former General Tire Co.

Peggy Fisher is president of TireStamp Corp., U.S. with headquarters in Troy Mich. Fisher is a former president of TIA and served on the TIA executive committee as a past president. She is past president of the Roadway Tire Co. and past president of Fleet Tire Consulting.

Paul Hyatt is owner of Superior Tire, Scarborough, Ontario, Canada. Hyatt is a past president of TIA and the first TIA president from Canada.