Madison International Trade Association: Announces board of directors election results

Contact:

Ana Garic

608-335-3936

Communications@mitatrade.org

Madison, WI, August 25th, 2017 –The Madison International Trade Association is proud to welcome Michael Lauenstein, Katy Sinnott, and Andy Schutz to its board of directors. The newly elected members will serve three-year term on MITA Board of Directors starting in September.

Michael Lauenstein currently holds the position of Director of International Sales at Mueller Sports Medicine in Prairie du Sac. Katy Sinnott is Vice President of international business development with the Wisconsin Economic Development Corporation (WEDC). Andy Schutz is a Partner with the law firm Grunfeld, Desiderio, Lebowitz, Silverman & Klestadt LLP (“GDLSK”) in Milwaukee.

Continuing members of the board of directors include:

-Michael Gay, Senior Vice President for Economic Development at MadREP

-Ric Frantz, CEO and Co-Founder at LR International,

-Sandi Siegel, Executive Vice President at ME Dey & Co.,

-Richard Beranek, President of Miner Elastomer Product Corp.

-Jen Pino-Gallagher, Director of Food and Agribusiness Practices at M3 Insurance

-Erik Ibele, Attorney at Neider & Boucher, C.

-Aleda Bourassa, President at ExportABLE LLC

-Wendy Arends, Attorney at Godfrey & Kahn, C.

-Harry Haney, Associate Director at Supply & Value Chain Center, Loyola University Chicago

Future Programming:

“Tax, Trade and Top Tier Capital: Expanding Beyond Domestic Borders” will be the topic of MITA’s next monthly luncheon meeting, which will be held on September 12 from 11:30 a.m. to 2:00 p.m. in the Fluno Center for Business Education, located at 601 University Ave. Madison WI. The featured speakers will focus on possible upcoming global policy changes that continue to be a hot-button issue in this post-election year. Individuals that are interested can get more information and register at www.mitatrade.org.