PPAI Announces 2021 Board Officers

Clockwise: Todd Pottebaum, MAS+; Dawn Olds, MAS; Ira Neaman; and Kevin Walsh, CAS

Promotional Products Association International (PPAI), Irving, Texas, has announced the 2021 PPAI board of directors officers. The new board officers will begin their one-year terms immediately following The PPAI Expo 2021 (Jan. 11-13, 2021). PPAI board officers are selected by the PPAI Board Officer Nominating Committee and voted on by the PPAI board.

The PPAI 2021 board of directors officers are:

Todd Pottebaum, MAS+, Chair of the Board
Pottebaum is president of distributor Quality Resource Group Inc., located in Plymouth, Minn.

Dawn Olds, MAS, Chair-elect
Olds is senior vice president of operations of distributor HALO Branded Solutions Inc., located in Sterling, Ill.

Kevin Walsh, CAS, Vice Chair, Financial Services
Walsh is president of supplier Showdown Displays, located in Brooklyn Center, Minn.

Ira Neaman
Current chair Ira Neaman, MAS, will assume the role of immediate past board chair.

"Todd, Dawn and Kevin are extremely capable leaders and business executives who have added much to the PPAI board,” Neaman said. “I look forward to their ongoing contributions."

“Thomas Edison once said that ‘opportunity is missed by most people because it is dressed in overalls and looks like work,’” Pottebaum added. “PPAI’s board of directors, staff and strategic partners are heavily engaged in an iterative strategic planning process that’s designed to uncover new opportunities for you, the industry, and the association. I’m looking forward to building on the work of past boards while working alongside Dawn and Kevin and the current board to deliver meaningful opportunities in 2021.”

PPAI Immediate Past Board Chair Brittany David, MAS, who led the nominating committee, remarked, “I look forward to both Dawn and Kevin’s leadership and know they will both do amazing things for the Association.”

For more information, visit www.ppai.org.

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