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Feb. 23, 2007
Capital Lighting & Supply, an operating unit of Sonepar U.S. (Alexandria, Va.) Tim McGowan has been promoted to vice president of corporate developme

Capital Lighting & Supply, an operating unit of Sonepar U.S. (Alexandria, Va.) Tim McGowan has been promoted to vice president of corporate development. McGowan has served Capital Lighting & Supply in various capacities and has been responsible for creating many of the tools for the company’s internal communications and employee development. Some of his most notable recent accomplishments have been the development of Capital Lighting & Supply’s intranet, operations manual and training initiative. In his new role, McGowan’s responsibilities will include organizational development, including employee development, recruiting programs and process development; special projects, currently including the company’s new CDC and headquarters facility; and strategic vision.

A.O. Smith Electrical Products Co. (Tipp City, Ohio) Steve H. Donithan has been named to the newly created position of vice president and general manager of the company’s China operations. Donithan will have full profit and loss responsibility for the company’s electric motor operations in Changzhou, Shenzhen, Suzhou and Yueyang. Donithan has been vice president of China operations since May 2004.

Dual-Lite, a subsidiary of Hubbell Lighting Inc. (Spartanburg, S.C.): Julia Davis has joined the company as national brand training specialist. Before joining Dual-Lite, she held the position of vice president of the American Cancer Society, Charleston, S.C., from 2001-2005. Her new position with Dual-Lite includes product training for electrical distributors, sales agents, engineers and specifiers. She will also represent the Dual-Lite product line at trade shows and other industry events.

National Association of Electrical Distributors (St. Louis): Jack Henderson, executive vice president for Hunzicker Brothers Inc. in Oklahoma City, has been appointed the incoming Western region vice president-elect. The Western Region Council elected Henderson by majority approval. Henderson has served in the industry for 36 years and has a long tenure on NAED’s Western Region Council. In addition, his company is active in the association, participating in many areas, including PAR, training with the NAED Foundation, and attending conferences. Henderson joined Hunzicker Brothers in 1970. Before attaining his current position of executive vice president in 1989, Henderson served as the company’s credit manager, controller and assistant vice president.

The Manufacturers’ Agents National Association (MANA, Lake Forest, Calif.): Bryan Colrud Shirley has been appointed president and chief executive officer. Shirley succeeds Joe Miller who retired from MANA in 2006. Shirley was previously the president/CEO of Colrud-Lowery, a manufacturers’ representative firm based in southern New Jersey engaged in selling electronic components.

Dialight Lumidrives (Knaresborough, UK):, Patrick Van Der Meulen has been appointed European OEM technical sales manager. Van Der Meulen joins Dialight Lumidrives with more than 12 years experience in the lighting industry. He spent the previous six years with LED manufacturer Lumileds, initially as a mechanical engineer and most recently as technical support manager for Europe with responsibility to train and educate customers on how to use high-power LEDs. Van Der Meulen will be based near Eindoven in The Netherlands. He will be responsible for focusing on Dialight Lumidrives OEM customers across northern Europe and providing them with sales and technical support.

Stahlin Non-Metallic Enclosures (Belding, Mich.): Ed Atanasoff has been promoted to plant manager. As Stahlin’s quality manager, Atanasoff championed Stahlin’s efforts to attain ISO certification in 2006. Kristie Walls has been promoted to assistant controller. She was most recently accounting supervisor. Sam Layle has been promoted to marketing specialist. Layle completed his marketing internship with Stahlin in 2005 and was hired on full time as a marketing assistant.

Beacon Products LLC, a subsidiary of Varon Lighting Inc. (Sarasota, Fla.): Edward J. Kramer has been promoted to head of sales nationally for Beacon Products LLC and its Visio Lighting division. Prior to joining Beacon/Visio, Kramer served as marketing director for the Metrolux division of Quality Lighting, a JJI lighting company, now part of Genlyte Group. His manufacturing experience includes progressive sales and marketing positions with Venture Lighting, Cooper Lighting and North American Philips.

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