The Deep Foundations Institute's (DFI) newly elected trustees - Robert Bittner (Ben C. Gerwick Inc.), Doug Keller (Richard Goettle Inc.) and Sam Kosa (Monotube Pile Corp.) begin their three-year terms on the organization's board on Jan. 1. These board members were elected by the membership this past fall to serve as DFI trustees through 2008, along with incumbent trustees Dan Brown (Auburn University), Steven Hain Jr. (Steven M. Hain Co.) and Ray Poletto (Mueser Rutledge Consulting Engineers).