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PEOPLE NEWS
See who has moved in—and up—
in the promotional world. By James Khattak
Matt O’Connor
Paul Schmitt
Mike Tarter
Colin Johnson
DISTRIBUTOR
Elevate Brand Marketing (UPIC:
WEELEVAT)— Mike Tarter, pro-
moted to senior account manager
MULTI-LINE REPRESENTATIVE
Linda Misiorowski &
Associates —Ben Black
SUPPLIERS
Cedar Crest Manufacturing
(UPIC: CCM)— Ken Cecco of
Kenneth Cecco & Associates to
represent the company in
Delaware, Maryland, New Jersey,
New York, Pennsylvania, Virginia
and Washington, D.C.
Halls & Company (UPIC:
IDLINE)— Colin Johnson, digital
marketing specialist
The Murphy Group (UPIC:
tmgimp)—Mike Hershey,
promoted to president
S&S Activewear (UPIC:
SSAC8463)—Matt O’Connor,
vice president of sales
STORMTECH Performance
Apparel (UPIC: slabster)—
Patrick Reinecker and Chris
Haynes of Reinecker Marketing
Associates (UPIC: Reine231) to
represent the company in
Oklahoma and Texas.
Pro Towels (UPIC: PROTOWEL)
—Paul Schmitt, controller
IN MEMORIAM
Stephen E. Slack, a 1992
inductee into the PPAI Hall of
Fame and member of the PPAI
Board of Directors from 1977 to
1981, passed away June 25 in
Winter Park, Florida. He was 78.
Slack was instrumental in the
relocation of the Association
from Chicago to Dallas in 1977
and moving the annual trade
show to the city. He served as
vice chairman for two of his four
years on the board; additionally,
he served as chair of the PPAI
Membership Services Committee
for two years and was a volunteer
on several other committees
throughout his career.
A 25-time PPAI Pyramid
Award winner, Slack founded
distributorship Marquis Specialty
Advertising in Winter Park in
1965 and later brought Marquis
into the Geiger family, remain-
ing as president of the opera-
tion. One of Slack’s more mem-
orable promotions was a stu-
dent-athlete fundraising effort
for the University of Central
Florida in the mid-1980s. The
“UCF Gate-Crasher” event
raised $1.2 million, the highest
total in national collegiate
fundraising at that time.
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