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DISTRIBUTORS
Activate! Promotions +
Marketing
(UPIC: Activate)—
Dave Claunch
, regional presi-
dent for the western U.S.;
William Booe
, regional president
for the eastern U.S.; and
Steve
Howe
, regional president for the
central U.S.
Brown & Bigelow
(UPIC:
BB1896)—
Sandy Nichols, MAS
,
director of vendor relations
Corporate Imaging
Concepts, LLC
(UPIC:
CORP8803)—
Marty Engel
, direc-
tor of sales
Geiger
(UPIC: Geiger)—
Nathaniel Bullock, CAS
,
promoted to product responsibility
and global services manager
Summit Group, LLC
(UPIC:
summit)—
Eleanor Andres-Cruz
,
Chicago division senior merchan-
diser;
Michele Claure
, DC division
merchandising supervisor;
Debbie
Blake
, Atlanta division manager of
program accounts;
Beth Graham
,
Chicago division accounts payable
supervisor, and
Edward Robbins
,
chief strategy officer
The Vernon Company
(UPIC:
Vernon)—
Shannon Bergman
,
director of administration;
Vicki
Palm
, promoted to director of
marketing
SUPPLIERS
ADG Promotional Products
(UPIC: ADGPROMO)—
Incentives
West
(UPIC: IDEAWEST) will rep-
resent the company in the western
states—
Mark Shinn, MAS
, in the
Northwest Promotional Marketing
Association and Promotional
Marketing Association of Northern
California markets;
Steve De Mars
in the Specialty Advertising
Association of California and
Arizona Promotional Products
Association regions, and
Mary Jo
Bieker
will provide support
The Allen Company
(UPIC:
ALLEN)—
Jennifer Durren
,
human resources, and
Judy
Richardson
, promoted to
manager, CamelBak Retail and
Collegiate division
BAG MAKERS, Inc.
(UPIC:
BAGMAKRS)—
Christopher
Duffy, MAS
, promoted to senior
vice president of business devel-
opment;
Courtney Carnehl
and
Aloisa Johnson
, sales and mar-
keting coordinators;
Corinne
Hardt
, GCM specialist/graphics
director;
Mallory Johnson
, graph-
ic artist/production artist coordina-
tor;
Jason LeBlanc
, marketing
graphic designer, and
Mark
Valleskey
, multimedia specialist
Heritage Sportswear/Virginia
T’s
(UPIC: HERI0002)—
Jeff Hurl
,
vice president of finance, and
Sarah Shifflett
, promoted to
director of merchandising
Jetline
(UPIC: jetline)—
Beth Kovanis
, strategic account
manager
National Gift Card Corp.
(UPIC: ngcgroup)—
Bill St. Clair
,
CONNECT
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Nathaniel Bullock,
CAS
Nancy Bercovitz
Nick Chipchase
Mark Colfer
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PEOPLE NEWS
By James Khattak