Compiled by James Khattak What’s Happening Inside PPAI This Month P. 83 Tom Goos, MAS, To Rejoin PPAI Board Of Directors P. 84 Compliance Pros Discuss Sustainability And Promo’s Future In China P. 88 Bennie Giles, PPAI’s First Black Board Member, Passes Away Tom Goos Tom Goos, MAS, To Rejoin PPAI Board Of Directors A familiar face is joining the PPAI Board of Directors in January. Tom Goos, MAS, president of Kirkland, Washington-based distributor Image Source and former PPAI board member and chair, will return to serve the unexpired term of Dawn Olds, MAS, as she moves into the Immediate Past Board Chair role in 2023. “I am excited to join the PPAI board of directors for 2023 during this important time of transformation for both the industry and the Association,” says Goos. “PPAI has a fantastic board and staff that will lead us now and in the future, and I am excited to be a part of that.” An Open Seat Goos previously served on the PPAI board from 20132017 and as PPAI chair in 2016. He will fill Olds’ oneyear distributor term running through January 2024, keeping the board at 11 members throughout 2023. According to PPAI’s bylaws, if a director is elected chairelect with more than two years remaining on his or her term, the board elected officers and at-large director nominating committee shall nominate, and the board shall appoint, an individual representative of a company in the same membership category to serve the unexpired term when the director becomes immediate past chair. The appointed person must have previously served a minimum of two years on the board of directors. “I served as a PPAI board member during Tom’s original board term, including while “I am excited to join the PPAI board of directors for 2023 during this important time of transformation for both the industry and the Association. PPAI has a fantastic board and staff that will lead us now and in the future and I am excited to be a part of that.” —Tom Goos, MAS | NOVEMBER 2022 | 83 CONNECT
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