2022 Conference Recap

On October 25 & 26, 2022 IPWMAN held their 13th Annual Conference. Each year the conference grows in attendance and this year was no different. We had over 115 members register for the event which does not include the participation of our speakers, sponsors and vendors. 

We had amazing speakers and IPWMAN appreciates the time and effort that is involved in creating and giving a presentation. We are in the process of posting these presentations. You may view the presentations on our conference webpage: https://www.ipwman.org/2022-annual-conference.

Waffle House Index

Elections

Elections were held for Region 4 and 11. Graham Strebler, Village of Rolling Meadows and Kelly Kerr, Village of Hoffman Estates were elected to Region 4 Directors. Brandon Tanner, Johnson County Highway Department was elected to Region 11 Director. Mark Runyon, Village of Oswego was sworn in as the new IPWMAN President, along with Gary Holm, City of Batavia as Vice President and the newly elected Regional Directors.

Washers Tournament

We repeated our washers tournament and it was won by Tony Dati, IAA and Scott Schweda, Village of Arlington Heights. The runner-ups were Chester Gorecki, Village of Arlington Heights and Mike Rodgers, Village of Lakemoor.



Retirements

IPWMAN would like to thank Barb Stiehl, City of Urbana, Elias Koutas, Village of Palatine and Gene Felchner, Illinois Department of Transportation for there many years of service to IPWMAN.

• Barb Stiehl has been with IWPMAN since it's inception. Barb has held many positions, Vice President, Secretary, Secretary/Treasurer, Regional Director, Elections Committee Chair and Nominating Committee Chair to name a few. Her knowledge of all things IPWMAN is vast and amazing.

• Elias Koutas was chair of the Training Committee for years. He trained many of our Duty Officers. He most recently was our President.

• Gene Felchner has been a strong supporter of IPWMAN. He has been our liaison with the State and most recently has been instrumental in coordinating the state to print all of our conference materials.

We wish them the best in their retirement and thank them for all they have done for IPWMAN.

Sponsors

IPWMAN would like to thank our generous sponsors whose generosity makes this conference possible.

Reception Sponsors

Gold Sponsors

Bronze Sponsor

Altorfer Cat

Bonnell Industries

Chicago Communications

The Davey Tree Expert Company

Ewing Safety and Industrial, Inc.

Illinois Arborist Association (IAA)

IDOT-Technology Transfer Center

Illinois Public Service Institute (IPSI)

Imagination Print & Design

JX Truck Center - Peterbilt

LRS CleanSweep

Monroe Truck Equipment

Standard Equipment

We had some great exhibitors. If you have any suggestions for additional exhibitors you would like to have at our conference please send your suggestions to: info@ipwman.org and we will try our best to make that happen.