Stuart C. Irby Co. (Jackson, Miss.): Stuart M. Irby, former president of Stuart C. Irby, and his wife Karen are recovering from serious injuries suffered during a car accident in Jackson on Feb. 11. Updates on their condition are available at www.caringbridge.org/visit/stuartirby.
ILSCO (Cincinnati): Andrew B. Quinn has been appointed president and will be responsible for leading and managing the day-to-day operations of the U.S. and Canadian manufacturing and sales operations. David J. FitzGibbon will remain CEO of ILSCO. In other news at the company, Gary Norris, vice president of distribution, marketing and sales, was awarded NEMRA’s Thomas F. Preston Manufacturer of the Year Award at the meeting of the National Electrical Manufacturers Representatives Association Annual Meeting in Orlando on March 19.
Crawford Electric Supply/Sonepar USA (Dallas): Craig Levering, CEO of Crawford Electric Supply (CESCO) in Dallas has announced his retirement. During his tenure, the company grew from less than $2 million per year and one branch to over $400 million per year and nine branches in Texas and Louisiana. Levering sold CESCO to Sonepar USA in January, 2007. His email address is [email protected].
NEMRA (Tarrytown, N.Y.): At its recent annual meeting, the association announced its Board of Directors for 2009-2010. New officers are: Chairman, Kelly Boyd, Electrorep Inc.; Chairman-Elect, Rick Johnson, Andrews-Johnson-Brusacoram; Secretary/Treasurer, Michael Gorin, Gorin-Hopper-McCoy, Inc; Immediate Past Chairman, Ralph Bliquez, Ewing-Foley Inc.
Other Board members: Greg Reynolds, Flynn & Reynolds Agency, Inc.; Mark Gibson, Agents Midwest, Ltd.; Thomas Cotter, Riffle & Associates; Daryl Cook, G.T. Sales, Inc.; Stephen Goldschmidt, GES-Goldschmidt, Inc.; James Yore, Electrical Marketing Services; Kathy-Jo Van, Coleman Cable, Inc.; CEMRA Director, Denis Ricard, Contact Delage, Inc.; Kenneth W. Hooper, NEMRA president; and Nancy J. Sciotto, NEMRA vice president of operations.
Also at NEMRA’s Annual Conference members of the Association’s Manufacturers Group (NMG) Executive Committee were announced. They are: Chairman, John Hoffman, Legrand North America, West Hartford, Conn.; Co-chairman, Mike Winter, EGS Electrical Group, Easy Heat, LaPorte, Ind.; Immediate Past Chairman/Advisor, Paul Suzio, Bridgeport Fittings, Inc., Stratford, Conn.; Bruce Bittner, Hubbell Lighting, Inc., Greenville, S.C.; Dale Hull, Federal Signal Corp., University Park, Ill.; Tom Fredericks, American Polywater Corp., Stillwater, Minn.; Margie Basney, Hoffman Enclosures, Anoka, Minn.; Roger Vaught, Allied Electrical Group, Harvey, Ill.; Tom Pankratz, CPMR, Sola/Hevi Duty, Rosemont, Ill.; Robert Hartford, Prime Conduit, Cleveland; and Dean Pournaras, WattStopper/Legrand, Santa Clara, Calif.
Ewing-Foley, Inc., (Cupertino, Calif.): Gary Lessing, principal, won the 2009 Ganzenmuller Electrical Marketing (GEM) Award for Independent Manufacturers Representatives at the 2009 NEMRA Annual Conference.
Damin Sales, Inc., (Edison, N.J.): Kevin Venezia, principal, won the GEM Rising Star Award at the meeting.