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Manufacturers’ Association Announces Incoming Board of Directors President, Mike Granby & Vice President Jonathon Crothers

(York, PA) – Mike Granby, of York, PA was named President and Jonathan Crothers, of Lancaster, PA, was named Vice President of the Board of Directors of the Manufacturers’ Association both will assume their new roles at the next board meeting in late May. The Association, founded in 1906, is the voice of manufacturing for hundreds of member & non-member organizations in southcentral PA & northern MD. The Association supports manufacturers with the knowledge they need to operate, hire & train smarter.

Mike Granby, President of Granby Consulting, is dual citizen of both the United States and United Kingdom. He was also named one of the Central Pennsylvania Business Journal’s ‘Forty Under Forty’ listing in 2007. Granby is the former President of Red Lion Controls, a manufacturing technology enterprise in York, and served as Managing Director and founder of Paradigm Controls Ltd. and as Technical Director of Overseer Systems Ltd.  of Chesterfield England. Mike is an instrument-rated private pilot, Angel Flight volunteer, and a published author in several aviation magazines.

Jonathan Crothers, Continuous Improvement Coordinator and a 14-year employee of Stoner, Inc. of Lancaster, PA, who is leading producer of products used in household automotive and thermoforming industries. Crothers has a bachelor’s degree in biology from Penn State University and an MBA from the Fox School of Business at Temple University. In his current role at Stoner, he is responsible for efficiency improvement and is a member of the strategy deployment team. Crothers previously served as a research and development scientist for 8 years and holds Six Sigma Black Belt and Lean Certifications.

Mike Granby & Jonathan Crothers were voted into their new roles as President & Vice President at the Manufacturers’ Association’s Board of Directors meeting on March 23rd.