Dean Srygley retired as Eastern WQA’s Executive Director at the end of 2016 and Marianne Metzger was formally introduced as the new Executive Director of the association, effective December 1, 2016. Srygley served in that position for the past 4.5 years. The Board of Directors expressed its sincere gratitude to Srygley for his diligence and hard work in bringing the association back to prominence. 
Metzger has been a member of the EWQA Board of Directors for 10 years and served as President in 2016. She will also be continuing as an independent representative for National Testing Labs and TECTA Technology.