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PPAI BOARD APPROVES PPEF FUNDING AMONG OTHER
ACTIONS AT RECENT MEETING
By Tina Berres Filipski
Minutes & Seconds
INSIDE
PPAI
THE PPAI BOARD OF DIRECTORS held its January meeting in Las
Vegas in advance of The PPAI Expo with board Chair Rick Brenner,
MAS+, presiding.
Following are key highlights from the meeting:
• PPEF Chair Pat Dugan, MAS, provided an overview of the successes
accomplished by the Foundation in 2015 including an update on its
scholarship program and fundraising activities. The board approved
a $100,000 in-kind administrative fee waiver for PPEF for 2016-2017.
• Paul Bellantone, CAE, President and CEO, presented an
Association update reviewing progress against the goals of the
strategic plan and setting expectations leading up to a strategic
planning session in May.
• Anne Stone, director of public affairs, recapped 2015 legislative ini-
tiatives including the successful outcome of PPAI’s Product Safety
Aware program, and discussed plans to expand L.E.A.D. Local to
two additional states, New York and Minnesota, in 2016.
• Darel Cook, director of expositions, updated the board on attendee
registration and exhibitor statistics for The PPAI Expo 2016 and pro-
vided a similar update for Expo East 2016.
• SAGE principals David and Eric Natinsky joined the meeting to pro-
vide an overview on the company’s activity, including the recent
renewal of the Power Of Two agreement.
• Keith Vincent, director of marketing, reported on the Industry
Branding Initiative (IBI) and the selection of Saxum as the
Association’s public relations partner. He also reviewed the status of
the market outlook survey for the ITR economic research initiative.
He noted that staff continues to proactively work to drive engage-
ment numbers to ensure the survey is statistically relevant.
• The board approved an honorary lifetime membership in PPAI for
Mark Jenkins, MAS, immediate past chair, who concluded his service
to the board at the meeting.
• Chair Rick Brenner, MAS+, and incoming Chair Tom Goos, MAS,
recognized three new board directors: Brittany David, Perry Wehrle
and Larry Cohen. Brenner also recognized and thanked outgoing
board members Chuck Fandos, CAS; Norma Jean Knollenberg, CIP,
CPIM; Julie Wright, MAS and David Nicholson.
Diane Ciotta