hxdbzxy / shutterstock.com Compiled by James Khattak What’s Happening Inside PPAI This Month P. 93 Board Candidate Vote Results P. 96 PPAI Media Welcomes Research Manager Robert Fitzpatrick P. 96 Amy Weisman Joins PPAI In Account Coordinator Role P. 97 Jill Begun Joins PPAI As Professional Development Manager P. 98 NALC Brings Leaders Together For Industry And Individual Growth Dan Pantano Joshua White Kara Keister, MAS PPAI Announces Three New Directors Joining Its Board New faces are joining the PPAI Board of Directors. Association members elected Dan Pantano, president and CEO of supplier alphabroder|Prime Line, and Joshua White, head of strategy for distributor BAMKO, to the PPAI board in September. Also in September, Kara Keister, MAS, “promise keeper” at her Ohio-based distributorship Social Good Promotions, joined the board as the Regional Relations Committee (RRC) delegate to the board. Pantano and White’s tenure on the board begins in January at The PPAI Expo 2023 and extends through The PPAI Expo 2027. The industry veterans will replace the expiring terms of R. Renee Jones, founder and CEO of A Creative Touch, and David Nicholson, vice chairman of PCNA. Keister was appointed to replace Lindsey Davis, MAS, who held the position from January 2021 until joining PPAI’s staff as the Association’s Promotional Products Work manager in July. Pantano joined alphabroder|Prime Line as its president in 2013. Prior to getting into the promo industry, he spent 20 years working for Baxter Healthcare, McKesson and Thermo Fisher Scientific, all Fortune 500 companies. “My first week on the job was Las Vegas [for The PPAI Expo],” Pantano says. “It was a way to truly get connected in the industry and start to build relationships.” Upon joining alphabroder|Prime Line, he led the commercial side of the “It’s a great honor to be elected to the PPAI Board. I am very excited to get started by listening to members to understand their needs and the challenges we face in this very dynamic environment. My goal is to help ensure that PPAI is focused on the most important issues so we can help the industry grow and prosper.” —Dan Paladino | OCTOBER 2022 | 93 CONNECT
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