AEM Elects Skyjack’s Boehler as New Director

The Association of Equipment Manufacturers elected Brad Boehler, president of Skyjack Inc. to the AEM CE Sector Board to fill an unexpired term.

Michael Roth

March 23, 2017

2 min read

Skyjack president Brad Boehler elected to the AEM board is also active in leadership roles in IPAF — Skyjack president Brad Boehler, elected to the AEM board, is also active in leadership roles in IPAF.

The Association of Equipment Manufacturers elected Brad Boehler, president of Skyjack Inc. to the AEM CE Sector Board to fill an unexpired term.

AEM is the North America-based international trade group representing off-road equipment manufacturers and suppliers, with more than 900 companies and more than 200 product lines in the agriculture, construction, forestry, mining and utility sectors worldwide. AEM officers and directors work on behalf of all member companies, giving their time and talent to provide strategic direction and guidance for association action in areas such as public policy, market data and exhibitions, as well as technical, safety and regulatory issues, and education/training.

“At AEM, we benefit from the support of our member companies and the leadership talents of our board members, who are selected to reflect an industry cross-section,” said AEM president Dennis Slater.

Boehler joined Skyjack in 2003 and has served as vice president of engineering and vice president of sales and marketing before becoming president. He holds the designation of professional engineer and began his career as a military engineer with the Canadian Armed Forces. He is active in several AEM working committees and chairs the AEM Canada Working Group. Boehler is also active in leadership roles for the International Powered Access Federation.

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Michael Roth

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Michael Roth has covered the equipment rental industry full time for RER since 1989 and has served as the magazine’s editor in chief since 1994. He has nearly 30 years experience as a professional journalist. Roth has visited hundreds of rental centers and industry manufacturers, written hundreds of feature stories for RER and thousands of news stories for the magazine and its electronic newsletter RER Reports. Roth has interviewed leading executives for most of the industry’s largest rental companies and manufacturers as well as hundreds of smaller independent companies. He has visited with and reported on rental companies and manufacturers in Europe, Central America and Asia as well as Mexico, Canada and the United States. Roth was co-founder of RER Reports, the industry’s first weekly newsletter, which began as a fax newsletter in 1996, and later became an online newsletter. Roth has spoken at conventions sponsored by the American Rental Association, Associated Equipment Distributors, California Rental Association and other industry events and has spoken before industry groups in several countries. He lives and works in Los Angeles when he’s not traveling to cover industry events.