WASHINGTON, DC -- The Worldwide Printing Thermographers Association (WPT) has announced the election of its officers and directors for 2004 including Steve Blake as President, Joel Fridgen as Vice President and Fred Cunningham as Secretary-Treasurer. Bob Hodgins remains on the Board as Past President. Hodgins is President of Hodgins Engraving (Batavia, NY). Blake is President of West Texas Printing (Brownwood, TX), Fridgen is President of Regency Thermographers (Waynesboro, PA) and Cunningham is the owner of Ink & Paper Magic Makers (Arlington, TX). Michael Bakehorn, President - Rytex Company (Peru, IN) was newly elected to the Board. Phil Derner, Vice President-Purchasing - Carlson Craft (North Mankato, MN), Joel Isenstein, President - Business Card, Inc. (Tullahoma,TN) and Tim Rice, Vice President - Sales & Marketing - Sunraise, Inc. (Lexington, MI) were elected to serve new two year terms on the Board. Remaining as members of the Board of Directors are Micah Chase, Checkerboard Ltd. (West Boylston, MA); Burt Dolgin, Birchcraft Studios (Rockland, MA); Allan Greenspan, Northeast Thermography (Wallingford, CT); Amy Sterling, DOT Thermography Inc. (Addison, TX) and Craig Schwartzer of Faust Thermographic Supply, Inc. (Linden, NJ).