Promotional Products Association Intl. (PPAI), Irving, Texas, recently announced Fran Ford and Paul Kiewiet as the 2015 PPAI Hall of Fame inductees during the PPAI North American Leadership Conference in Boston.
Induction ceremonies for Ford and Kiewiet will take place during the Chairman’s Leadership Dinner at The PPAI Expo in Las Vegas, to be held Jan. 11-15,.
For more than 38 years, Ford, president of supplier Castelli North America, Sparks, Nev., has been a mentor, advisor, volunteer and advocate of the promotional products industry. His service includes Promotional Products Education Foundation (PPEF) chair from 2002-2003 and PPEF board trustee from 2000-2004.
Kiewiet, executive director of Michigan Promotional Professionals Association (MiPPA), has a long history as a speaker, coach, consultant and volunteer in the promotional products industry, and he founded the Kalamazoo-based distributor Promotion Concepts. Kiewiet has served in a volunteer capacity with MiPPA and PPAChicago, as well as countless boards, committees and advisory groups, and as chairman of the PPAI board from 2007-2008.
For more information, visit ppai.org. — L.M.
