he was PPAI chair,” says Dale Denham, MAS+, PPAI president and CEO. “He was a fantastic board member who held board members and staff to high expectations while providing significant support, which continues today as he volunteers to serve PPAI once again.” More Board Moves In the October issue of PPB, PPAI Media reported the appointment of Kara Keister, MAS, of Social Good Promotions, as the Regional Relations Committee Delegate and the election of Dan Pantano, president and CEO of alphabroder|Primeline, and Joshua White, head of strategy for distributor BAMKO to the board of directors. Keister is serving the remainder of the unexpired term of Lindsey Davis, MAS, through the PPAI Expo 2023. Davis recently joined the PPAI team as the Promotional Products Works manager. The board has voted to appoint Keister to her own two-year term, which she will begin serving in January, and which ends in January 2025. Pantano and White will also begin their tenure on the board, slated to run until 2027, in January. Joshua White Dan Pantano Kara Keister, MAS Compliance Pros Discuss Sustainability And Promo’s Future In China Isaac Stone Fish, founder and CEO of Strategy Risks, speaks with PPAI Director of Member Engagement Anne Stone, CAE, MAS, about Chinese laws and challenges around doing business in the country. The in-person PPAI Product Responsibility Summit returned in September, bringing attendees together face-to-face for the first time since 2019. Along with education, networking opportunities and an up-close look at the Port of Long Beach, Summit delivered some eye-opening insights on the promo industry’s attitude about China and approaches to sustainability. A Return To In-Person “It’s great to see everyone back and in person and have the conversations that you don’t normally get to see when you’re doing it virtually,” says Brian Campbell, vice president of supply chain compliance at distributor 4imprint, and chair of the Product Responsibility Action Group (PRAG), the volunteer group assisting PPAI in developing Summit. 84 | NOVEMBER 2022 | CONNECT
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