PPAI Announces New Board Members

Published: October 14, 2013

Promotional Products Association Intl. (PPAI), Irving, Texas, has added three new members to its board.

The new board members include: Bruce Perryman, CEO of supplier Embroidery Unlimited Inc., and Mary Jo Tomasini, CEO of distributor CE Competitive Edge LLC. In addition, David Nicholson, president of supplier Polyconcept North America, parent company of Leed’s, Bullet and Journalbooks/Timeplanner Calendars, has been appointed to the PPAI board to fill the inaugural at-large director seat with full voting rights.

The new board members will begin their terms immediately following The PPAI Expo 2014. Perryman and Tomasini will serve four-year terms, while Nicholson will serve a two-year term.

The at-large director seat is part of the board of directors restructure and bylaws changes announced to members in April 2012. Nicholson was selected from a field of distributors, suppliers, multiline reps, business services, international suppliers and international distributors, and he was nominated by a committee consisting of the PPAI board chair, chair-elect and immediate past chair.

For more information, visit ppai.org. — L.M.

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