MIA Elects Officers, Directors

Michael Twiss, CEO Columbia Stone and Natural Stone Designs, in Tualatin, Ore., was elected president of the Marble Institute of America (MIA). Jonathan Zanger of Walker Zanger in Perth Amboy, N.J., was selected as vice president; Tony Malisani of Malisani Inc. in Great Falls, Mont., as secretary; and Dan Rea of Cold Spring Granite Company in Cold Spring, Minn., as treasurer. Also elected were three new members to the association’s board of directors: Claus F. Larsen of DANSK Marble & Granite Works in Carrara, Italy, was chosen to represent Europe; Jon Lancto of Surface Products Inc., in Cornelius, N.C., was selected to represent zone 3 (the Southeast); and Arik Grebelsky of A. Grebelsky & Son in Har-Tuv A Industrial Zone, Israel, was selected to represent the Middle East and Asia. Brenda Edwards, TexaStone Quarries, was also appointed to serve the remaining two years of a vacated at-large position.