For the office of president Vote for One Only | Eligible to vote: Active, probationary, retired, life and associate members. Thomas (TOM) Foxwell RL, CFDI, CAI Baltimore Native Son, Served in the United State Marines and was attached to the White House Presidential Helicopters HMX-1 with a White house Top Secret Clearance. Got out of the Ma- rines in 1967 and started working in the locksmith industry. Aſter forty years working in the industry I decided that it was time to give back to the industry. Although I am still working as a manufacturer’s representative for ASSAABLOY EMS/OEM division I ran for ALOA North East Director in 2006 and was elected for that position. I reran for the Directors position again in 2008 and won. Then in 2010 I ran for the position of Secretary and won by a very small amount. I reran in 2012 and 2014 and was reelected. I am now running for President of ALOA-SPAI and hope to take the years of knowledge that I have and keep ALOA growing. Major changes have taken place while I have been on the board and I have been honored to be part of those changes that have made ALOA-SPAI a much better organization. To learn more about me go to my Facebook page. Joe Cortie CML, CPS, CMS, CAI I started locksmithing in 1977 in Norfolk, Virginia. In 1980 I opened my first locksmith shop in New Albany, Indiana. About three years later, I bought out another locksmith in Jeffersonville, Indiana and ran two shops with three employees. I joined ALOA in 1984 and SAVTA in 1986. In November 1996, I was offered a job at Mas-Hamilton in Lexington, Ky. and started working there as tech support and product testing. I closed my shops in May 1997 and moved to Lex- ington. Aſter Mas-Hamilton was bought out by Kaba in 2000, I was laid off. I started working at MBA USA in 2000 to build their education side of the business. I developed and taught the GSA courses until 2010 when I became President of SAVTA. For the office of North Central Region Director Vote for One Only | Eligible to vote: Active, probationary, retired and life members whose business is in Illinois, Indiana, Iowa, Manitoba, Michigan, Minnesota, Nebraska, North Dakota, Northwest Territories, South Dakota and Wisconsin hn Soderland, CML, CMST y name is John Soderland and I am running for the ALOA Board position of North Central ector. I have been and ALOA member since 1981, I am Life member of ALOA, and I am a CML and ST. I have previously served as the ALOA North Central Director for 3 years, Board Secre- y for 6 years and currently serve as an ALOA Ambassador. I received the ALOA Presidents ard in 2009. f elected, I promise to support ALOA’s effort to fight the scammer locksmiths. I thank you dvance for your support. WWW.ALOA.ORG MAY 2015 KEYNOTES 27
