PPB January 2016

CONNECT

INSIDE PPAI

PAI HOSTED ITS NEWLY ELECTED board members at the Association’s headquar-

ters in Irving, Texas in November for a full-day orientation to prepare them to take office

in January.

Brittany David, vice president of sales at supplier SnugZ USA (UPIC: SNUGZUSA) and Perry

Wehrle, president of distributor PAW Marketing, Inc. (UPIC: PAW) met with PPAI President and

CEO Paul Bellantone, CAE, Executive Vice President Bob McLean and PPAI Legal Counsel Cory

Halliburton to learn about board roles and responsibilities, knowledge-based governance, liability and

legal obligations, and to get an overview of the strategic plan and budget. They also spent time with

each department director to learn about the responsibilities, activities and upcoming plans of each of

PPAI’s departments and the Promotional Products Education Foundation.

David and Wehrle were elected to the board by membership vote earlier in the fall and each will

begin a four-year term of office on the PPAI Board of Directors immediately following The PPAI

Expo this month. Larry Cohen, president and CEO of Axis Promotions, will also begin his two-year

term as at-large director with full voting rights following Expo 2016.

NEW PPAI BOARD MEMBERS MEET IN IRVING FOR ORIENTATION

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2020 VISION

PPAI’s newly elected board members—Perry Wehrle (center

left) and Brittany David (center right)—traveled to PPAI

headquarters in November for their board orientation,

meeting with (from left) PPAI Board Chair Rick Brenner,

MAS+; Chair-Elect Tom Goos, CAS; and President and CEO

Paul Bellantone, CAE, among others.