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• NOVEMBER 2015
CONNECT
The Promotional Products Education
Foundation (PPEF) has named its 2016
officers and completed its trustee elec-
tion for the upcoming term.
Serving January 2016 to January
2017, the incoming officers are:
Chair:
Pat Dugan, MAS
, Budgetcard Inc.
Immediate Past Chair:
Kippie Helzel,
MAS
, CPS/Keystone
Chair Elect and Vice Chair–Fundraising:
Lori Bauer
, BIC Graphic North America
Vice Chair–Strategic Planning/Budget:
David Tate
, Signet, Inc.
Vice Chair–Scholarship:
Carol de Ville,
MAS
, The Branding Company
Vice Chair–Marketing:
Bruce Perryman,
MAS+
, Embroidery Unlimited, Inc.
Drew Davis, MAS,
Specialty
Incentives, Inc.
A principal at distributor Specialty
Incentives, Davis has been in the promo-
tional products industry for 15 years. A
long-time contributor to PPEF, Davis has
been active in his regional association,
the Rocky Mountain Region Promotional
Products Association (RMRPPA) and
PPAI. At PPAI, he was an active member
of the Association’s Technology
Committee, while he held a number of
offices at RMRPPA, including president,
chair and treasurer of its board.
Wayne Greenberg,
MAS, JB of
Florida/Geiger
Greenberg, a sales partner at JB of
Florida/Geiger, returns to the PPEF
board for his third term. Also a two-time
chair of the PPEF board, he has played
an active role in a number of its pro-
grams, including awarding scholarships
and fundraising. During his 30 years in
the industry, Greenberg has also been
an active volunteer with PPAI, including
serving as chair of the board.
Brian Porter,
ProTowels, Kanata
& Superior
Decorating
Vice president of sales and marketing
at ProTowels, Porter brings 21 years of
industry experience to the PPEF Board.
A long-time volunteer with the
Promotional Products Association of the
Midwest (PPAM), he will be the regional
association’s president in 2016. Porter
has also been a member of the North
American Leadership Conference work
group for the past three years.
Stephanie Preston,
HALO Branded
Solutions
Preston has been in the industry
and with HALO for the past 11 years,
where she serves as director of market-
ing. She brings skills developed
through considerable experience as a
volunteer and fundraiser for a number
of charitable organizations, including
the YWCA of the Sauk Valley, the
Hospice of the Rock River Valley,
Whiteside Area Vocational Center and
the United Way of the Sauk Valley, to
her role.
PPEF Names Incoming Trustees, 2016 Board Officers
Pat Dugan, MAS
Kippie Helzel, MAS
Lori Bauer
David Tate
Carol de Ville,
MAS
Bruce Perryman,
MAS+
The incoming trustees’ three-year terms begin following the PPEF board meeting
at The PPAI Expo 2016. The incoming trustees are: