QUINCY, Ill. – Titan International announced that Mitchell Quain has retired from Titan International’s board of Directors. Quain has been on Titan’s board for 17 years. His retirement was effective Dec. 31, 2013.
Effective Jan. 1, 2014, Titan has added Gary Cowger to its board. Cowger brings a unique worldwide view of manufacturing knowledge that complements Titan’s move into a global manufacturer of wheels and tires. He is the chairman and CEO of GLC Ventures LLC, a management consultancy on business, manufacturing and technology strategy and global organizational structures and implementation. He is also immediate past chairman of the board of trustees at Kettering University (formally General Motors Institute) and serves on the board of directors of Delphi Automotive and Tecumseh Products, as well as the Detroit Symphony and the College for Creative Studies. Cowger has served as a board member of Saturn Corp., OnStar, Saab, Adam Opel AG, GM of Canada, NUMMI and GMAC.
Cowger enjoyed a long-term career with General Motors from 1965 until his retirement in December 2009. He was most recently group vice president of General Motors Global Manufacturing, Global Manufacturing Engineering and Labor Relations. Cowger received his bachelor’s degree in engineering at General Motors Institute (now Kettering University) in Flint, Mich., earning his master of science degree in management at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology as a Sloan Fellow in Cambridge, Mass., in 1978. He holds an honorary doctorate of humane letters degree from Lindenwood College (St. Charles, Mo.) and an honorary doctor of engineering from Kettering University. He is a member of the Society of Corporate Executives (ASCE).
