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Stahls’
(UPIC: STAH0001)—
Carleen Gray
, promoted to vice
president of commercial sales
and marketing;
Jason Ziga
,
promoted to vice president,
screen print transfer technology;
Jennifer Joseph
, promoted to
vice president of U.S. regional
sales; and
Greg Peirce
,
promoted to vice president,
chief technology officer
Sterling Cut Glass
(UPIC:
STERL881)—
Mike Sellers
,
director of sales.
Storm Creek
(UPIC:
StormCrk)—
Sandy Nichols,
MAS
, national/key account
sales role
World Emblem
(UPIC:
WORLP003)—
Paola Soler
,
promoted to territory
account managers for the
Southeast region; and
Jorge
Saez
, promoted to territory
account manager for the
Northeast region
IN MEMORIAM
/ Marcy Lazarus
Marcy Lazarus, president of Fort Lauderdale,
Florida-based distributor Promotional Breezes
(UPIC: breezes), passed away on September
27 in Boynton Beach. She was 64.
While Lazarus’ career began in special
education, her husband, Bill, introduced her to
the promotional products industry. They worked
together at Promotional Images in Emerson,
New Jersey, which Bill started in 1985. He sold
the company to Allied Office Products in 1999.
They returned to the industry in 2004 with the
launch of Promotional Breezes.
“She was very supportive of my father,”
says her son, Steven Lazarus, MAS, who has
been running the company for the past three
years. He says his mother will be remembered
for her pink lipstick, sweet and sour meatballs,
and her passion for bringing people of different
backgrounds together.
At Lazarus’ funeral on September 29, about
600 people came to pay their respects. Steven
adds, “She was very, very loved.”
Lazarus is survived by her husband Bill;
her son Steven and daughter Alli; sister-in-law
and brother-in-law Jayne and Ed Hollander; her
nieces, cousins and many friends.
Memorial contributions honoring
Lazarus can be made to the American Heart
Association, 2300 Centrepark West Drive, West
Palm Beach, Florida 33409 or Temple Sinai of
Palm Beach County, 2475 W. Atlantic Avenue,
Delray Beach, Florida 33445.
IN MEMORIAM
Graham Bennington
Graham Bennington, former
CEO of BemroseBooth in Hull,
UK, passed away on October 20
after a short battle with cancer.
He was 66.
Bennington joined what was
then known as the Bemrose
Corporation in 1977. Over the
years he held a number of
positions within the company
before becoming CEO in 2000.
Martin Varley, CEO of
industry business services
provider Customer Focus,
credits Bennington for getting
him into the promotional
products industry. In a LinkedIn
post he writes, “He was so
talented as a business leader
it was impossible to hold him
in anything but the highest
of esteems, he was an expert
negotiator, HR guru (he called it
personnel) and leader. He took a
company that was just a supplier
of car park and rail tickets to
the number one company for
promo products in the world.
He knew when to invest and
when to divest, he shared
his skills widely, encouraged
enthusiastically, and every now
and again very elegantly gave
you that look and you knew you
had not quite done your best.
“He supported me when
I didn’t deserve it, he had my
back, front and side and we
laughed and we laughed and
we laughed.”
Bennington passed away at
the Butterfly Hospice in Boston,
Lincolnshire. He is survived by his
wife Sandie, and children Suzy
and Ian.
Carleen Gray
Jason Ziga
Jennifer Joseph
Jorge Saez
Paola Soler
Greg Peirce
Mike Sellers
Sandy Nichols, MAS
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