ALI elects officers, honors outgoing chairman

Jerome Lentz of Challenger Lifts, based in Louisville, Ken., has been elected chairman of the board of directors of the Automotive Lift Institute (ALI), a trade association of North American vehicle lift manufacturers.

Lentz was elected at the association’s annual membership meeting. He takes over from Douglas Grunnet of Stertil-KONI USA (Streator, Ill.) who was recognized at the meeting for his extensive contributions to the organization over his three-year term.

Continuing in their roles on the ALI board of directors are Gary Kennon of Vehicle Service Group (Madison, IN), Gary DiAngelo of Wheeltronic Ltd. (Mississauga, ON), Jeff Kritzer of BendPak, Inc. (Santa Paula, CA), Pete Liebetreu of Hunter Engineering Co. (Bridgeton, MO), and R.W. (Bob) O’Gorman (ALI president).

Founded in 1945, ALI’s mission is to promote the safe design, construction, installation, service, inspection and use of automotive lifts. In 1947, ALI developed the first Commercial Standard covering vehicle lifts published by the National Bureau of Standards.