PPAI Announces 2018 Board Candidates

Promotional Products Association International (PPAI), Irving, Texas, has announced the candidates for PPAI Board of Directors Class of 2022 election. Distributor candidates are Steve Levschuk, president of Talbot Marketing; and Todd Pottebaum, MAS+, president of Quality Resource Group. The suppliers are Dan Frailey, president of RuMe Inc.; and Lori Kates, president of IMAGEN Brands, parent company of suppliers Crown Products and Vitronic.

PPAI’s 2017 board candidates include (from left) distributors Steve Levschuk and Todd Pottebaum, and suppliers Dan Frailey and Lori Kates.

One candidate from each category will be elected by the membership, and will begin their four-year board terms immediately following The PPAI Expo 2018. The PPAI board election will take place from Sept. 8 through Sept. 29, with results available in early October.

“I am pleased to announce that these highly qualified board candidates have volunteered to run for the PPAI Board of Directors,” said PPAI president and CEO Paul Bellantone, CAE. “Each is an accomplished leader with invaluable experience, and shares PPAI’s commitment to advancing the association and the promotional products industry.”

Distributors:

• Steve Levschuk
  Talbot Marketing
  President
  London, Ontario
  Number of years in industry: 21-plus
• Todd Pottebaum, MAS+
  Quality Resource Group Inc.
  President
  Plymouth, Minn.
  Number of years in industry: 16-20

Suppliers:

• Dan Frailey
  RuMe Inc.
  President
  Centennial, Colo.
  Number of years in industry: 1-5
• Lori Kates
  Vitronic
  President of IMAGEN Brands
  Mason, Ohio
  Number of years in industry: 21-plus

“When it comes to impacting the promotional products industry in a truly meaningful way, board service matters,” said PPAI Board Chair Mary Jo Tomasini, MAS. “The PPAI board [consists] of exceptional volunteer leaders willing to contribute their valuable time to guide the success of the association and the industry. I encourage each member company’s voting designee to get to know the candidates and cast your ballot.”

The board election will be administered electronically by a third-party election administrator and by paper ballot as required. To vote, each PPAI member company’s designated voter can visit the PPAI voter site and click on the “VOTE” button when voting opens on Sept. 8 to learn more about the candidates and cast their ballots.

For more information on PPAI, visit www.ppai.org.

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