by Individuals voted on by membership on June 4 during Annual Membership Meeting held at annual summit in Washington D.C.
MOUNT LAUREL, N.J. —The Juvenile Products Manufacturers Association (JPMA) has announced its newly elected board of directors. They were recommended by the Nominating Committee and voted on by membership at the Annual Member Meeting on Tuesday, June 4, 2024, which was held during the JPMA Summit in Washington, D.C.
To be eligible to become a member of the JPMA board, an individual must be an employee of a member company that, at the time of election and throughout the board member’s tenure, is in good standing.
Regular member manufacturers make up most of the board, but one of the 13 seats may be occupied by a representative from an associate member.
Responsibilities of the board members include but are not limited to: sustaining JPMA’s mission and purpose; ensuring effective planning; monitoring and strengthening programs and services of JPMA; providing oversight of the JPMA budget and financial reporting; building a competent board; ensuring legal and ethical integrity; and enhancing JPMA’s public standing.
The newly elected officers, who will each serve a one-year term, are as follows:
Chair: Anna Early, Britax
Vice Chair: Walter Lehneis, aden+anais/Halo
Treasurer: Mark Zehfuss, Larktale
Rob Gardner, Joovy, will transition to the role of Immediate Past Chair.
The newly elected directors, who will each serve a three-year term, are as follows:
Dan DeSimone, Dorel Juvenile Products
Julia Lentini, Mockingbird
Sholeh Mirzai, Goldbug
Kerry Strzelecki, Graco/Newell Brands
Samuel Sykes, The Boppy Company
Continuing directors are as follows:
Vartan Chldrian, Munchkin
Eric Dahle, Evenflo
Ryan Radford, Amazon
Adam Segal, Storkcraft
