Timothy Dorwart, who was just appointed CEO of Community Professional Loudspeakers in March, has passed away after an illness, according to the company.

Dorwart had over 30 years of sales, manufacturing and management experience in the pro audio and music industries. In his CEO role, Dorwart was tasked with overseeing the company’s overall business and sales strategies, and leading Community into a new era of exceptional growth.

Dorwart’s previous roles included director and VP positions with Bose Corporation and DMX Music. Since 2007, he led the Stanton Group through a successful turnaround as their CEO. Dorwart joined Community from Gibson Guitar Corporation where he held the position of general manager, pro audio and guided the integration of Stanton Group assets to form Gibson’s new pro audio division.

A memorial service will be held on Saturday July 20 at 2 p.m. (EDT) at:

First Presbyterian Church of Catasauqua
210 Pine St
Catasauqua, PA 18032

In lieu of flowers, the company requests that those who would like to make a donation in Tim’s name consider cancer.org/donate, standup2cancer.org, nokillnetwork.org, aspca.org, foundationformusiceducation.org, or the nammfoundation.org.