The National Association of Manufacturers has named Grant Thornton LLP’s Walter (Wally) D. Gruenes to its Board of Directors. Gruenes is the National Managing Partner, Consumer and Industrial Products for Grant Thornton, and is based in the firm’s Dallas office.Gruenes holds a BS in accountancy from the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, and is a member of AICPA, the Texas Society of Certified Public Accountants and the Illinois Society of Certified Public Accountants.