going places

The Penray Cos. has promoted Howard Laga to president in charge of the daily operations of the cooling and fuel systems treatment company. In addition, Erica Bryant has been promoted to lead customer service representative.

General Motors has appointed Chris Liddell vice chairman & CFO.

Bendix Commercial Vehicle Systems has announced the retirement of chairman Bob Oswald.

The American Trucking Assns. promoted David Osiecki to senior vp of policy and regulatory affairs; Robert Digges to chief counsel; and Prasad Sharma to vp and deputy chief counsel.

Mark Jurman, vp of commercial sales for Silver Eagle Manufacturing Co. and Craig Montgomery, senior vp-marketing and business development for SkyBitz, have been appointed to the National Private Truck Council Board of Governors.

Landstar System president & CEO Henry H. Gerkens has added the additional title of chairman of the board. Gerkens was appointed by the board of directors to replace Jeffrey C. Crowe, who will continue on the board and carry the title of chairman emeritus.

Jason Struthers has taken over as president of Kohler Power Systems, a Global Power Group division of Kohler Co.

Brenda Harmon is the new senior vp-global human resources and communications for Cooper Tire.

Bill Mc-Kee, a long-time executive and current president of Automotive Resources International (ARI) has announced he will retire, effective July 31, 2010. Taking over as president will be Carl Ortell.

J.J. Keller & Associates has announced that Timothy Riebau has joined the organization as vp-product sales.

ARI has also promoted Tim McHugh to vp of client relations.

Networkfleet has promoted Keith Schneider to president & CEO. Schneider had been serving as president.