b'MEMBER NEWSMEMBER NEWS New Leadership Teamat Burger Boat Company B urger Boat Company has madeutive roles at Modine Manufacturingopment across all company segments, aleadershipteamtransitionCompany, Bradley Corporation, and,aswellasleadbranddevelopment, with a goal of growth across itsmostrecently,EnerconIndustriesmarketing, and product management. newconstructionyacht,commercialCorporation. In his new role, he willTogether,heandNickwillco-lead vessel,militaryvessel,andrefit/repairreport directly to the board and leadstrategicplanningfortheorganiza-segments. Nick Siler has been appoint- the executive team. His focus will betion. Thompson has held senior and ed president and CEO, succeeding Jimonstrengtheningcompanystrategy,executive roles at Illinois Tool Works, Rufulo, who has become chairman ofenhancingorganizationalculture,DuPont, and Newell Rubbermaid.the company after over three decades ofdrivingperformance,andadvancing leadership and over 15 years as president.continuous improvement and sustain- DavidVillar,asthecompanyschief Rufulowillnowfocusonlong-termable growth across the business. operatingofficer,isresponsiblefor strategic oversight and governance. thecompanysshipyardandjoinery Rich Thompson assumes the new roleoperations,includingengineering, Siler comes to his new role with leader- ofchiefsalesandmarketingofficer.construction,supplychain,program ship experience from senior and exec- Inthisrole,heleadsbusinessdevel- management,andquality/continuous improvement teams. He will focus on expandingoperationalcapabilityand capacityandcomestoBurgerwith operational expertise from senior and executive roles at GE Healthcare, GE Power & Water, Bradley Corporation, and most recently, Perlick Corporation.Tom Connor, a more than twenty-year Burger Boat veteran, will continue in his current role of chief financial of-ficer in this new team structure, with leadershipresponsibilitiesforthefi-nance, human resource, information technology, and legal functional areas of the company.Also with the company for more than 25 years, Ron Cleveringa has been pro-moted to senior vice presidentprod-uct portfolio management, reporting to Rich Thompson. He will lead the developmentofBurgersproduct development and design DNA across custom yachts, commercial vessels, re-pair & refit, and military applications.FOGHORN 54'