IDEA (Arlington, Va.) The IDEA board of directors elected David FitzGibbon, president and CEO, ILSCO Corp., Cincinnati, as the IDEA Chairman of the Board for 2008-2009. FitzGibbon served as the IDEA Vice-Chairman from 2007-2008. The other 2008-2009 IDEA officers are: IDEA Vice Chairman — Ron Schlader, V.P. Operations and Quality, Crescent Electric Supply; East Dubuque, Ill.; IDEA Treasurer — Larry Stern, president and CEO, Standard Electric Supply, Milwaukee; IDEA Secretary — Del Nickel, president and CEO, Hoffman Enclosures, Anoka, Minn.; and IDEA President — Robert Gaylord, president and CEO, IDEA.
In addition to these executives the following IDEA members are serving on the organization’s 2008-2009 IDEA board of directors: Phil Barrios, corporate director eBusiness, Hubbell Inc., Orange, Conn.; Valerie Jones, manager, national customer service center, Osram Sylvania, Danvers, Mass.; Todd Kumm, past IDEA chair, and president, Dakota Supply Group, Fargo, N.D.; James Tinker, manager, master file maintenance officer, Rexel Inc. Dallas; Joe Wallace, pricing manager, Van Meter Industrial, Cedar Rapids, Iowa; and Bernie Westapher, group V.P. marketing and sales, Panduit Corp., Tinley Park, Ill. The 2008-2009 non-voting directors are Tom Naber, president, National Association of Electrical Distributors, St. Louis; Evan Gaddis, president, National Electrical Manufacturers Association, Rosslyn, Va., and Gaylord.
Wohner USA, the North American operation of Wohner GmbH & Co. KG (Hampton, N.H.): Kevin Saunders has joined the company as vice president of marketing and sales. Prior to joining Wohner, Saunders worked for Pass & Seymour/Legrand and Ferraz Shawmut. Most recently, he was principal of a manufacturers’ representative company focused in the industrial MRO and OEM market segments in New England.