PPB February 2018

GOT NEWS? We’ll share it. Send your people news, including high-resolution images, to PPB News Editor James Khattak at JamesK@ppai.org Eversole Run (PPAI 199242) — Sierra Luke , manager of the graphic design and artwork department, and Shawn Naeter of Shawn Naeter and Associates to represent the company in Arkansas, Louisiana, Oklahoma and Texas Hirsch Gift (PPAI 221823) — Christian Brown to represent the company in the Pacific Northwest IMAGEN Brands, parent company of suppliers Crown Products (PPAI 113430) and Vitronic (PPAI 114197) — Nicole Chamberlin, regional sales manager for Arizona, Colorado, Nevada, New Mexico and Utah Pinnacle Designs (PPAI 112704) —Langton Promotions’ Brad and Ryan Langton to represent the company in Arizona, Colorado, New Mexico, Utah and Wyoming; Southwest Marketing’s Karin Otterstrom and Mark Heidmann to represent the company in Alabama, Florida, Georgia, Kentucky, Mississippi, North Carolina, Puerto Rico, South Carolina and Tennessee; and David Messe , acting president Polyconcept North America, parent company of Leed’s (PPAI 112361), Bullet (PPAI 113079), JournalBooks (PPAI 110769) and Trimark (PPAI 198982) — Matt Dyke , hard- goods field sales manager for Northeastern Ohio and Western Pennsylvania; Julie Nordine Jacob , hard-goods field sales manager for Northern Georgia; and Jim Ferris , hard-goods field sales manager for Indiana Pro Towels (PPAI 112755) — Keith Lofton , promoted to vice president of sales Starline USA (PPAI 112719) — Brian Porter , senior vice president of sales and marketing STORMTECH Performance Apparel (PPAI 260245) — Brian Harris Agencies to represent the company in Northern Alberta Sweda Company, LLC (PPAI 113914) — Craig Wallace , national accounts executive IN MEMORIAM Frank Rauch Francis Bernard (Frank) Rauch, III, president and CEO of distributor Apex Advertising in Lancaster, Pennsylvania, passed away on December 4 after a long illness. He was 62. Rauch is survived by his wife Janise, daughter Amanda and her husband Jon Miller, son Frank and his wife Natalie, grandchildren Frankie and Katie, and his sisters, Kathie Dill and her husband Herb, Mary Otto and her husband Steve, Ellen Anderson, Sally Haddox and her husband Darryl, Martha Brueggeman and her husband Richard, and Molly Dawson and her husband John. A memorial mass was held for Rauch at St. Anthony of Padua Catholic Church on December 9. In lieu of flowers, contributions in Rauch’s memory can be made to Hospice and Community Care, PO Box 4125, Lancaster, PA 17604 or at www. hospiceandcommunitycare.org . Brian Porter Craig Wallace Keith Lofton Nicole Chamberlin Christian Brown Shawn Naeter Sierra Luke 88 | FEBRUARY 2018 | CONNECT