News
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
October 17, 2000
PWIA Names New Executive Director
MEDIA CONTACT:
Dan Green (312-946-6269) E-mail dgreen@nmma.org
Greg Proteau (312-946-6215)
E-mail gproteau@nmma.org
National Marine Manufacturers Association
200 E. Randolph Dr., Suite 5100
Chicago, IL 60601-6528
312/946-6200
Chicago - Personal Watercraft Industry Association
(PWIA) has announced that it has hired a new Executive Director,
Monita Fontaine.
 In
her new role, Fontaine is responsible for the overall management
of PWIA. She is a lawyer by training and has spent the past
three years operating her private law firm in Washington,
DC. Prior to that, Fontaine was Director of State Government
Relations for the Distilled Spirits Council of the United
States (DISCUS) and previously served as Executive Director
and General Counsel to the Licensed Beverage Information Council.
She has practiced law in Alaska, Texas and Washington, DC.
She was appointed briefing attorney for a senior justice on
the 4th Circuit United States Court of Appeals and served
as a legislative assistant on Capitol Hill. An avid sailor,
Fontaine has skippered her wooden sailboat across the Atlantic
and throughout the Mediterranean and Caribbean.
Fontaine received her B.A. (Bachelor of Arts) in Political
Science and Economics from Mary Washington College of the
University of Virginia, her J.D. (Juris Doctor) from St. Mary's
University School of Law in San Antonio, TX, and her LL.M.
(Master of Laws) in Ocean and Coastal Law from the University
of Miami School of Law.
PWIA brings together member companies who manufacture or
distribute personal watercraft so that several key industry
objectives can be achieved. Those objectives are to promote
safe and responsible operation of personal watercraft among
consumers; to encourage recommended design and engineering
practices for safety and ease of operation; and to work with
federal, state and local agencies that have regulatory responsibilities
for recreational boating. For more information, contact PWIA
at (202) 721-1621.
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