Charles Myers has retired as president of Leather Industries of America (LIA) and management has passed to the LIA's long-term legal counsel, Collier Shannon and will be administered by John Wittenborn, LIA's environmental counsel.
John Wittenborn has succeeded Myers as president and the Washington headquarters of LIA will be moving to the Collier/Shannon offices where select staff will continue to serve members in the areas of trade shows, statistics, laboratory support and continued dialogue with several government agencies. In addition, John Wittenborn will continue his close collaboration with Dr Nick Cory, the technical director at the association’s Leather Research Laboratory.
The LIA has represented the leather and tanning industries in the USA for over 85 years and offers technical, environmental, educational, marketing and statistical services to its members.
