Members of the Gas Appliance Manufacturers Association elected William S. Rafferty, executive vice president of Mestek Inc., as chairman of GAMA for 2006-2007 at its 71st Annual Meeting in Phoenix.
Other officers elected were: First Vice Chairman Patrick J. Quilty, vice president of combustion controls, North America at Honeywell International; Second Vice Chairman Halsey Cook, president of North American residential at Carrier Corp.; Treasurer Robert J. McDonough, president and COO of worldwide heating and cooling at Lennox International; Director-at-Large Charles Carroll, president and CEO of Goodman Global Holdings Inc.; Director-at-Large Bonnie Kern-Koskela, president and CEO of Maxitrol Co.; Director-at-Large Simon Parfitt, president of Rheem's Water Heater Division.