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Industry professionals (from left)
Harris Cohen, MAS
, president of
supplier of All In One;
Neil Levitt
, president of distributor I.D. Me
Promotions;
Stacy Weiss, MAS
, president of distributor Your
Choice or Mine; and
Jon Henrickson, CAS
, partner at multi-line rep
firm Henrickson and Associates, joined PPAI in Sacramento to rep-
resent the industry at L.E.A.D. Local California.
L.E.A.D. Local California
Builds Strong Connections
In Sacramento
On August 25, PPAI staff joined industry professionals at the
state capitol in Sacramento for
L.E.A.D. Local California
.
L.E.A.D. Local, the grassroots component of PPAI’s Legislative
Education And Action Day, is part of PPAI’s state-level legisla-
tive outreach efforts to deliver the message of the promotional
products industry to state legislators. PPAI Public Affairs
Director Anne Lardner-Stone and Government Relations
Manager Seth Barnett were joined by Jon Henrickson, CAS,
partner at multi-line rep firm Henrickson and Associates; Neil
Levitt, president of distributor I.D. Me Promotions; Stacy Weiss,
MAS, president of distributor Your Choice or Mine; and Harris
Cohen, MAS, president of supplier of All In One.
L.E.A.D. Local participants
Stacy Weiss, MAS
, and
Harris Cohen,
MAS
(right), visit with state
Sen. Jeff Stone
, for one of the 16
meetings the group held during the day at the state capitol.
Geiger Celebrates 100th
Anniversary Of The Walter W.
Cribbins Co.
Former associates of the Walter W. Cribbins Co., along
with members of the
Geiger
(UPIC: geiger) management and
sales team, recently gathered in Seattle, Washington, to com-
memorate the 100th anniversary of the company’s founding. It
became part of Geiger in 2001. The event was an opportunity
for those affiliated with the Walter W. Cribbins Co. to share
fond memories and honor those who were key to the success
of the company.
Tanya
and
Ed Johnson
, former owners of Walter W. Cribbins Co.
who sold the distributor in 2001, join Geiger staff members Vice
President
Laura Holt, MAS
(second from left); Associate
Tara
Praven, MAS
(center right); Vice President of Sales and Marketing
James Habzda, MAS
(second from right) and COO
Jo-an Lantz,
MAS
, in remembering the company’s late president, Carl Rosenfeld
(pictured).