ARLINGTON, Va. — North American Technician Excellence (NATE) elected a new slate of officers to the executive committee as well as five new members to the board of trustees for the 2011-2012 term at its biannual board of trustees meeting.
The NATE board of trustees named Don Frendberg, chairman of Heating, Air Conditioning & Refrigeration Distributors International (HARDI), as chairman of the board. Mitchell Cropp, president of Cropp-Metcalfe, and Chris Baker, president of Virginia Air Distributors, were both elected to vice-chairman positions. David Swift, president and CEO of Goodman/Amana, was elected treasurer for the 2011-2012 term. Ray Isaac, president of Isaac Heating & Air Conditioning, assumed the role of immediate past chairman. In addition, Steve Yurek, president of AHRI, was selected as parliamentarian to this new executive committee.