Jerome Lentz of Challenger Lifts (Louisville, KY) has been elected chairman of the Automotive Lift Institute (ALI) board of directors. Buck Gasner of DEKRA North America (Marietta, GA) was re-elected to a second two-year term as associate class representative.

Doug Brown of the Vehicle Service Group (Madison, IN) was elected to the board for the first time. He joins returning members Jeff Kritzer of BendPak (Santa Paula, CA), Stan Poweska of PKS Lifts (Ancaster, Ontario), Harold Yeo of TLS Lifts (Oakville, Ontario), past chairman Stet Schanze of the Gray Manufacturing Co. (St. Joseph, MO) and ALI President Bob O’Gorman.

The ALI board of directors includes representatives of vehicle lift manufacturer members, as well as a representative elected by the ALI associate class. ALI associate class membership is available to North American lift service organizations with at least one ALI-certified lift inspector on staff.