Lardner Leads MIA

  Lardner took over the presidency from Paul Vigna of Artisan Tile & Marble of New Jersey in Somerset, N.J., during the group’s annual meeting Oct. 27-30.
  “It is truly an honor to serve MIA in this capacity at this exciting time, when membership continues to swell in response to the very real advances MIA is making in serving the needs of the natural stone professional and the natural stone industry as a whole,” Lardner said.
  Other MIA officers for 2005 include Vice President Kenny Krebs of Tennessee Granite & Marble Co. LLC, Hermitage, Tenn.; Secretary Jack Seiders of Architectural Granite & Marble Inc., Austin, Texas; and Treasurer Jim Hogan of Carrara Marble Company of America Inc., City of Industry, Calif.  Vigna will serve as immediate past president.
  The MIA board of directors now includes Guido C. Gliori, Grazzini Brothers & Company, Eagan, Minn.; Vic Green, VIC International Corp., Knoxville, Tenn.; Jesus Gonzalez, Marble World SA de CV, Garza Garcia, Mexico; Anthony Ieraci, Ciot Imports Co., Ltd., Montreal, Quebec; Jim Janochoski, Cold Spring Granite Co., Cold Spring, Minn.; Abraham Mekuria, Mitin Pvt. Ltd. Mining Co., Addis Ababa, Ethiopia; Brett S. Rugo, Rugo Stone, Lorton, Va.; Mark Shedrofsky, Stone Source, New York; and Mario Venezia, Pisani Brothers SpA, Avenza-Carrara, Italy
  The MIA also enrolled 50 new members during its annual meeting, which was held in conjunction with StonExpo 2004.
  “We expect several more memberships to come in from the show and that we'll reach an all-time high of 1,200 members by December 31,” said Garis F. Distelhorst, MIA executive vice president.