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Last summer, HARDI held a casting call for the industry’s top performers and rising stars younger than 40 years of age. HARDI members across the country nominated the top talent among wholesalers, manufacturers and affiliated vendors to create the first-ever list of HARDI’s best and brightest.

For the misguided readers who tell me that you actually read my columns, it’s probably occurred to you that I find behavioral economics fascinating. Had this discipline existed when I was an undergraduate, I conceivably could have gone in a different direction. (For those who read the Freakonomics Fellows or Malcolm Gladwell’s books, you understand.)

Here’s how I know I’ll never make it as a politician: I’m keeping my promises. On the night I became HARDI president, I made a commitment to everyone. I said I believed in the importance of training – specifically HARDI’s training resources – so passionately that I was going to start calling members who aren’t taking advantage of this monumental opportunity in HARDI’s repertoire.

FORT WAYNE, Ind. — It is with sorrow that WaterFurnace International, Inc. announces the passing of its president and CEO, Tom Huntington, after a battle with cancer. Tom passed away peacefully, surrounded by his family at the Kansas City Hospice House in Kansas City, Mo.

COLUMBUS, Ohio — At its annual conference, HARDI recognized Warren Lupson, director of education for the Air-Conditioning, Heating, & Refrigeration Institute (AHRI), with an Award for Outstanding Dedication.

COLUMBUS, Ohio — HARDI announced its speaker lineup for the Purchasing Focus Conference, April 10-12 in Charlotte, N.C. The keynote speaker for this event is Chad Pilbeam, who may be familiar to HARDI members from his well-received session at the 2015 Annual Conference.

This April, HARDI’s Focus Conference series returns to the Southeastern region with the Purchasing conference in Charlotte, N.C.