Consolidated Electrical Distributors Inc. (Westlake Village, Calif.): Joe Huffman, formerly vice president of sales with Leviton, has joined Consolidated Electrical Distributors (CED) as vice president — supplier relations. Huffman will be succeeding Ron Heronemus who will be retiring Oct. 1, 2003, after 30 years with the company.
Leviton Manufacturing Co. (Little Neck, N.Y.): William “Bill” Marshall has been promoted to vice president of sales and marketing. Marshall, who had served as corporate vice president of marketing and product management, assumes the additional responsibility for leading the strategic direction of the company's sales operations.
Maurice Electrical Supply (Washington, D.C.): Jack Justilian, chief operating officer, retired from Maurice Electrical Supply April 30. He had been with the company since July 1996. Justilian was also active in IMARK, serving on its marketing committee, and the National Association of Electrical Distributors, serving as eastern region vice president from 2000-2002.
Cooper B-Line (Highland, Ill.): Brad Criner has been promoted to product manager for the meter mounting and distribution equipment lines. Prior to his promotion, Criner served as a technical support representative. Dave Rice has been named new business development manager. Rice joins Cooper B-Line after more than 20 years at Cooper Bussmann, where he most recently served as marketing manager. Kent Kampwerth has joined the company as an inside sales/customer service manager. Kampwerth joins Cooper B-Line from WorldCom, where he served as customer service and dispute resolution manager. Kathy Neville has been promoted to inside sales/customer service manager. Neville served as product manager of the fastener division from 1998 to 2002 and also worked in the sales engineering department from 1996 to 1998. Scott Neal has been promoted to product manager in the spring steel fastener division. Over the past seven years at Cooper B-Line, Neal has served as an engineer, a sales engineer and as a sales engineering manager.
Kirby Risk Electrical Supply (Lafayette, Ind.): Tim Walsh has joined the company as vice president, finance. Most recently he was vice president, finance for ABB Inc. Joel Gavin has been named controller. Previously the northeast division controller for Rexel, Gavin has 12 years experience in finance and accounting and is a licensed CPA. Mark LaMar has accepted the position of manager, quality programs. Joining the company in 1985, LaMar worked as an automation specialist. Most recently, he was logistics analyst for the process improvement team at the Kirby Risk's regional distribution center in Indianapolis.