MEET YOUR BOARD
Meet Your 2023 GAWDA Board of Directors
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fter another record-setting year in 2022, GAWDA looks to carry its momentum into 2023. President Robert Anders laid out his vision for the year from the stage at the Annual Convention in San Diego. He vowed to “live every day with intentionality” and challenged those in attendance to do the same. The GAWDA Board of Directors sets the tone for the membership throughout the year. Our volunteer leaders are on the front lines of the industry and can take the issues facing our industry and help to craft an effective strategy for the association. Members of the Board of Directors are here to serve the membership. The next few pages provide an opportunity to get to know this year’s volunteer board. We thank the 2022-2023 GAWDA Board for their help in putting this together and for their service on the Board. We asked the 2022-2023 GAWDA Board of Directors two questions: one get to know you question and one forward-looking question about our industry. These were their answers. What are you most excited about for GAWDA in 2023 and why? What do you feel will have the biggest impact on our industry or be the biggest industry disruptor in the next five years?
26 • First Quarter 2023
PRESIDENT
ROBERT ANDERS
Holston Gases, Inc. 1. As President this year, I am extremely excited about the SMC and AC. We are working very hard to put together meetings that people will want to attend. I am also excited to introduce the GAWDA MBA program to our customer offering. I hope we, as an industry, choose to invest in the future of our young talent by signing them up for this program 2. Industry disruptors aren’t necessarily bad. Companies that can thread the needle of adapting to an ever-changing business landscape while not straying from their core business strategies will thrive in a “disrupted” market environment. Others will be focused inwardly instead of on their customers which will create opportunities.
PRESIDENT-ELECT
GARY HALTER
Indiana Oxygen Company 1. For me, it is about learning from Bob Ewing (GAWDA’s 2022 President) and Robert Anders (our current President) about becoming an excellent contributor to GAWDA as the President for 2024. I am also looking forward to the SMC in Philadelphia; there is
