Recent News & Events

Special Olympics is IMAWA's Special Charity

IMAWA's annual charity fundraiser to benefit the Special Olympics Illinois was held in conjunction with our recent convention, during which our members raised $3,700!

All monies raised at every IMAWA auction go directly to Special Olympics Illinois. Including this year, IMAWA members have contributed more than $83,000 in cash (which doesn't even include all the generous donations of items for the auction and other events). Congratulations to all!

Board of Directors and Officers Election

The following movers were re-elected as officers of the Association and Illinois Movers Tariff Bureau and installed during the convention on March 17, 2009. They serve as the Association's Executive Committee:

  • Association President: Dave Carlson, Berryman Transfer, Joliet
  • Association Vice President: Jerry Clifton, Clifton Moving & Storage, Inc., Decatur
  • Association Secretary: Mark Miller, Anderson Bros. Storage & Moving, Chicago
  • Association Treasurer: Jon Hollander, Central States Packing Co., Elk Grove Village
  • Tariff Bureau President: Joe Hagemaster, Hagemaster Motor Service, Inc., Chicago Heights
  • Bureau Vice President: John Flanigan, Thompson Moving & Storage, Orland Park
  • Bureau Secretary: Mike Stevenson, Stevenson Transfer, Ottawa
  • Bureau Treasurer: Sue Shippert, Shippert's Moving & Storage, Dixon
  • Bureau Immediate Past President: Mike O'Mara, O'Mara Moving & Storage, Inc., Freeport

The following movers were elected to the Association's board of directors and installed during the convention on March 17, 2009:

  • Tom Paisley, Underfanger Moving & Storage, Springfield
  • Tom Swift, Hillier Stoage & Moving, Springfield
  • Dean Middleton, All About Moving, Rockton
  • Tom Roederer, Roederer Transfer & Storage, Davenport, IA
  • John Carlson, Carlson Brothers Movers, LTD, Addison
  • Jon Hollander, Central States Packing Co., Elk Grove Village
  • Mark Miller, Anderson Bros. Storage & Moving, Chicago
  • Mark Paiser, Lake County Movers, Inc., Waukegan
  • Tom Philbin, Nelson-Westerberg, Inc., Elk Grove Village

The following movers were elected to the Illinois Movers Tariff Bureau board of directors and installed during the convention on March 20, 2007:

  • Orin J. Hutchcraft, Hutchcraft Van Service, Urbana
  • Jason Judson, Two Men and a Truck St. Clair/Madison, St. Louis
  • Sue Shippert, Shippert's Moving & Storage, Dixon
  • John Adams, Mordue Moving & Storage, Inc., Peoria
  • Bruce Breda, Breda Moving Company, Inc., Roselle
  • Joe Hagemaster, Hagemaster Motor Service, Chicago Heights
  • John Flanigan, Thompson Moving & Storage, Orland Park
  • Mike O'Mara, O'Mara Moving & Storage, Freeport

Click here for a complete list of the Association and Tariff Bureau boards of directors