GCCA Board of Directors

GCCA Board 2026

Tim Ludwig

Chair
Chief Commercial Officer, Congebec
Quebec, CAN, Canada

Francisco Moura

Vice Chair
Chief Executive Officer, IceStar
Santiago, Chile

Larry Alderfer

Treasurer
President & CEO, United States Cold Storage
Camden, New Jersey, United States

Karen Reece

Secretary
Vice President, Eskimo Cold Storage
Gainesville, Georgia, United States

Jason Dreisbach

Immediate Past Chair
President, Dreisbach Enterprises
Oakland, California, United States

Scott Albers

Director at Large
President, Nor-Am Cold Storage
Elwood, Kansas, United States

Devon Anders

Director at Large
President , InterChange Group Inc.
Harrisonburg, Virginia , United States

Rich Burke

Director at Large
President & COO, Konoike-Pacific California, Inc.
Wilmington, California, United States

Rob Chambers

Director at Large
President, Americas, Americold Logistics
Atlanta, Georgia, United States

Dwight Clark

Director at Large
CEO & President, Jamison Door Company
Hagerstown, Maryland, United States

Stephen Draper

Director at Large
Co-Founder & COO , Envision Cold
McAllen, Texas , United States

Paul Gibbons

Director at Large
Chief Executive Officer, Commercial Cold Holdings
Cape Town , South Africa

West Hutchison

Director at Large
President & CEO, Vertical Cold Storage
Atlanta, Georgia , United States

Andrew Lawrence

Director at Large
Director , Magnavale
Chesterfield , United Kingdom

Russell Leo

Director at Large
Chief Executive Officer, RLS Logistics
Mt. Laurel, New Jersey, United States

Chris Murphy

Director at Large
Chief Executive Officer, Sierra Pacific Warehouse Group
Modesto, California, United States

Richard Patenaude

Director at Large
President, Congebec Transport , Congebec
Mississauga, Ontario, Canada

Nicholas Pedneault

Director at Large
President & CEO, Congebec Logistics
Quebec, Canada

Rafael Rocha

Director at Large
Senior Vice President, Commercial, Emergent Cold LatAm
Mananitas, Panama

Jonas Swarttouw

Director at Large
Executive Vice President, Commercial, NewCold
Chicago, Illinois, United States

John Tippmann

Director at Large
Executive Vice President , Tippmann Group—Interstate Warehousing
Fort Wayne, Indiana, United States

Sean Vanderelzen

Director at Large
President, Eastern US Operations, Lineage Logistics
Novi, Michigan, United States

GCCF Board of Directors

GCCF Board 2026

Adam Forste

Chair
Co-Chairman, Lineage Logistics
San Francisco, California, United States

Graham Harvey

Treasurer
Global VP Quality, Safety & Sustainability, NewCold
Truganina, Australia

Mickey Hoffmann

Immediate Past Chair
EVP, Commercial Strategy & Development, United States Cold Storage
Camden, New Jersey, United States

Michael Jahncke

CSA Chair & Public Member
Professor Emeritus, Virginia Tech
Smithfield, Virginia, United States

Justin Brandt

Governor at Large
Vice President of Operations , Nor-Am Cold Storage
Elmwood, Kansas, United States

Jake Stefan

Governor at Large
Director, ARCOLD Design/Build
Atlanta, Georgia , United States

William Duggan

Public Member
Partner, Eskesen Advisory
Morristown, New Jersey, United States

Wes Dye

Governor at Large
Chief Commercial Officer, Refrigiwear
Dahlonega, Georgia, United States

Andrew Janson

Governor at Large
Chief Operating Officer, Arcadia Cold Storage & Logistics
Atlanta, Georgia, United States

Luis Jorge

Governor at Large
Business Advisor, Rannick / IS Services
Santo Domingo , Dominican Republic

Matthew Meredith

Governor at Large
Managing Director, LixCap LLC
Washington DC, United States

Mathew Moore

Governor at Large
VP, Global Market Strategy , Americold
Atlanta, Georgia , United States

Joris Olbrechts

Governor at Large
Director , Jodifrost
Ramsdonk , Belgium

Tom Poe

Governor at Large
President, Crystal Distribution
Waterloo, Iowa, United States

France Pomerleau

Governor at Large
President , Congebec Inc.
Montreal, Quebec, Canada

Kirk Robertson

Public Member
Consultant , Terra Vista Capital
Washington DC , United States

Marty Steinmetz

Governor at Large
Chief Commercial Officer , RealCold
Ackworth, Georgia, United States

Niels Lundgaard-Svenstrup

Governor at Large
Nordic Network & Bus. Dev. Director, Lineage Logistics
Southern Region, South Jutland, Denmark

Bob Tippmann

Governor at Large
President, Quick Freeze
Fort Wayne, Indiana, United States

Gary White

Governor at Large
Vice President Engineering , Bellingham Cold Storage
Bellingham, Washington, United States