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CPS/Keystone
(UPIC:
keystone)—
Dawn Browne
, inside
sales representative for key
accounts and sales;
Betsy
Shuster
, inside sales representa-
tive supporting the Northeast and
Midwest; and
Christie Wright
,
Northeast regional sales manager
Gill Studios, Inc.
(UPIC:
gill)—
Dana Henton
, promoted to
product line manager/sales for
Bebco, and
Courtney Yantis
,
promoted to marketing assistant
Goodhope Bags Ind., Inc.
(UPIC: GOOD0004)—
Kate
Connolly
of Kateco Marketing
Group to represent the company
in the Northwest and
Jim Miller
of Miller & Associates to be its
representative in Georgia,
Tennessee, and as of June 1,
Alabama
Kenro Industries
(UPIC:
KEND8832)—
Debbie Bertram
of
Continental Premium Corporation
(UPIC: CONT0005) to represent
the company in Illinois and
Wisconsin
Keyfetch
(UPIC:
KEYFETCH)—
Mike Schenker,
MAS
, vice president of North
American promotional sales
Starline USA
(UPIC:
STAR0009)—
Jon Norris
, promot-
ed to vice president of opera-
tions; and
Greg
Jackson
,
Pat Dore
and
Alan Rice
of
Northwest Reps to rep-
resent the company in
Alaska, Idaho,
Montana, Oregon,
Washington and
Wyoming
IN MEMORIAM
PPAI mourns the
loss of former staff
member
Tanya Renee
Baugus
of Grand
Prairie, Texas, who
passed away January
30 at age 48. She
worked in
PPAI
’s marketing
department from the late 1980s
to the late 1990s where she met
her husband, RV Baugus, Jr., who
was
PPB
’s news editor.
For the past eight years, she
was an event coordinator and
office manager at Coaches
Outreach in Irving, Texas. A grad-
uate of Hawkins High School in
Hawkins, Texas, Baugus attended
Dallas Baptist University. She was
a member of Oak View Baptist
Church in Irving.
Baugus is precded
in death by her par-
ents and is survived
by her husband,two
brothers, a sister, an
aunt and numerous
cousins, nieces and
nephews. A funeral
service was held
February 7 in Irving.
Donations may be
made in her memory
to Coaches Outreach.
Faye M. Biesel
,
sales coordinator and
29-year employee at
Meridian Metal Works
(UPIC:
Custom1) in Delavan, Wisconsin,
and a 2013
PPB
Service
Superheroes honoree, passed
away February 12 after a battle
with cancer. She was 59.
When Michael Dustman,
Meridian vice president of sales,
nominated Biesel for the honor,
he said, “She isn’t flashy, does-
n’t seek glory and doesn’t ask
for recognition. But Faye is ‘the
foundation’ for Meridian. I’ve
not found a more rock-solid pil-
lar of reliability than Faye. …
Neither our owner nor I would
trade Faye for anything because
she’s always there for our
customers.”
Biesel is survived by her hus-
band, Bob, who also works at
Meridian as an artist and sculp-
tor. Services were held at
Calvary Community Church in
Williams Bay.
PEOPLE NEWS
APRIL 2015 •
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• 97
Mike Schenker,
MAS
Jon Norris
Rachel
Mundhenke
Tanya Renee
Baugus
Courtney Yantis
Christie Wright
GOT NEWS?
We’ll share it. Send your people news, including
high-resolution images, to
PPB
News Editor
James Khattak at
JamesK@ppai.org.
Faye M. Biesel