The Association of Equipment Manufacturers elected Glen Tellock, president and CEO of Manitowoc Co., Manitowoc, Wis., 2008 AEM chairman.

Also elected as 2008 officers were: Martin Richenhagen, chairman, president and CEO of Duluth, Ga.-based AGCO Corp., as AEM first vice chairman; Tiffany Sewell-Howard, CEO of Charles Machine Works, Perry, Okla., as AEM second vice chairman; Duane Wilder, president of Liebherr Construction Equipment Co., Newport News, Va., as AEM treasurer; and Dennis Slater as AEM’s full-time president.

Douglas DeVries, senior vice president ag marketing for Deere & Co., Moline, Ill., was named vice-chairman-agriculture. Lynne Woodworth, president and CEO of Stone Construction Equipment, Honeoye, N.Y., was named vice chairman-construction.

Named to the associations board of directors were Daniel Allan, president, Sandvik Mining and Construction; DeVries; Dennis Eagan, group president industrial and power equipment, Blount Inc.; Roger Euliss, president, Multiquip Inc.; Russell Fowler, president and CEO, Krone North America; Timothy Frank, vice president operations and strategy, Volvo Construction Equipment North America; Anirban Ghosh, president, Mahindra USA; Richard Kleine, vice president off-highway business, Cummins Inc.; Andre Kreining, president, Sunwest Screen Graphics; Gerald Randecker, president, Bomag Americas; Dennis Webster, president and CEO, Bush Hog LLC; and David Woods, executive partner, Giant Partners LLC.