ERIE – The Manufacturer & Business Association (MBA) recently announced its 2024-2025 Board of Governors.
Chairman Bob Frost is the vice president of Commodity Management for Wabtec Corporation in Erie. Frost has over 30 years of experience in various Global Supply Chain & Quality roles. He joined GE in 1993 in its Manufacturing Management Program (MMP), an entry-level leadership development program. After MMP, he held various Supply Chain roles including supervision, shop operations, master scheduling, purchasing, inventory, sourcing, Six Sigma Master Black Belt and plant manager.
As an executive in GE and Wabtec, Frost has held significant leadership roles such as Global Supply Chain / Operations manager, Manufacturing Quality & Process Engineering manager, as well as his current role. From 2015-2020, he also acted as the leader for the GE / Wabtec Erie Volunteers organization, working closely with the Erie School District and other local organizations to positively impact the community. He has a passion for operations, process excellence, quality culture advancement and sourcing / supply chain execution.
Frost earned a Bachelor of Science in mechanical engineering from the University of Pittsburgh and Master of Business Administration from Wake Forest University.
Frost is joined on the MBA Board of Governors Executive Committee by Vice Chairman Matt Clark, vice president and general manager of Humes Chrysler Jeep Dodge Ram; Treasurer Jennifer Nelson, senior vice president of Supply Chain for Airborn; Secretary Tammy Lamary-Toman, vice president and employment attorney, MBA; Lori Joint, president and CEO, MBA; and, Immediate Past Chairman Kyle Blakeslee, general manager of Grede Meadville.
New Board members appointed to three-year terms include:
Chuck Jenkins, president of E.E. Austin & Son, Inc., General Contractors and Construction Managers located in Erie. E.E. Austin performs commercial, institutional and industrial building construction in northwestern PA and western New York. Jenkins joined Austin in 1981 after college graduation, became a stockholder and named vice president in 1991 and became president in 2022. He is responsible for the construction operations with a focus on estimating and project management. He also manages the construction sales and marketing efforts and focuses on the company’s financial success.
An Erie native, Jenkins is a graduate of Penn State University with a degree in structural design and construction engineering and is a registered professional engineer. He is active in the community and has served on various facility committees at Erie Arts Museum and Saint Luke Church.
Tricia Staible, president and general counsel of Robinson Fans Holdings, Inc. in Zelienople, Pennsylvania. Staible initially joined as Robinson Fans as Risk and Marketing manager, and has held several roles, including as vice president of Sales & Marketing and executive vice president. She’s held her current role since 2016. Staible previously worked for the firm Dorsey & Whitney, LLP in Salt Lake City and has 
always been interested in serving the community both locally and globally.
Staible also is a member of several professional organizations and serves on the boards of the American Boiler Manufacturer’s Association, the Young President’s Organization – Pittsburgh Chapter, where she recently completed her year as chapter’s chair, the Passavant Development Corporation (associated with the Passavant Memorial Homes Family of Services) and the Veterans Breakfast Club.
Staible earned dual degrees from Calvin University in 2002 in political science (international relations) and business & sociology. She earned her Juris Doctorate with honors from American University, Washington College of Law in 2005.
Additional members of the MBA Board of Governors include Chad Betts, president and CEO of Betts Industries, Inc.; Scott Bonnell, owner of Bonnell’s Auto Sales; Gary Clark, CEO of Reed Manufacturing Co.; Jon DeArment, president and chief operating officer of Channellock, Inc.; Jana Goodrich, CEO of Seaway Manufacturing Corp.; Jeff Plyler, CEO and president of Plyler Entry Systems, Inc.; and Tom Tredway, president of Erie Molded Packaging.
