Officers Elected for PPAI Board of Directors

IRVING, Texas — Promotional Products Association International has announced the new officers for its 2009-2010 board. The one-year term for incoming officers begins immediately following The PPAI Expo 2009 in January.

The board of director officers for 2009-2010 are: chairman of the board, Sherri Lennarson, MAS; chair-elect of the board, Scott Siegel, MAS; vice chair of program services, Jim Burrow, MAS; vice chair financial services, Gene Geiger, MAS; vice chair marketing services, Joe Durand, MAS; vice chair of membership services, Tina Montgomery, MAS; and immediate past chairman, Stan Breckenridge, MAS.

Sherri Lennarson, MAS, has been in the promotional products industry for 27 years. Currently senior vice president business development of the distributor firm Bankers Advertising Co. in Iowa City, Iowa, Lennarson has been on the PPAI board since 2005. Lennarson holds a B.A. in education from Arizona State University and is a member of the Promotional Professionals Mentoring Network (PPMN).

Scott Siegel, MAS, has been in the promotional products industry for more than 20 years. He is currently president of R.S. Owens & Co. in Chicago and has been on the PPAI board since 2007. Siegel is an active member of both the Promotional Products Education Foundation (PPEF) and PPMN. He holds a bachelor’s degree in business from Miami University and a master’s degree in teaching from Northwestern University.

Jim Burrow, MAS, is the president of supplier Dart Manufacturing Co. in Dallas. Burrow has been in the promotional products industry for more than 20 years. He holds a B.S. in business administration from Emporia State University; majoring in business and an executive M.B.A. from University of Minnesota. He is a member of PPMN.

Gene Geiger, MAS, is the president and CEO of the distributorship Geiger based in Lewiston, Maine. He has more than 32 years of experience in the industry. Geiger holds a B.A. in economics from University of Notre Dame and is a member of PPMN.

Joe Durand, MAS, is the senior vice president of sales and marketing of the supplier company Fields Manufacturing in Saint Cloud, Minn. Durand has been in the industry for more than 20 years. He is a member of the Upper Midwest Association Promotional Products (UMAPP) and has served as board member, treasurer, secretary, vice president and president. He holds a B.A. in marketing from Metro State University.

Tina Montgomery, MAS, is president and CEO of the distributor L.W. Barrett Co. Inc. in Denver. Montgomery has been in the industry for nearly 30 years and is also a PPAI ADvocate. Montgomery attended Adams State College where she received a degree in accounting.

Stanley Breckenridge, MAS, has been in the promotional products industry for more than 21 years. As senior vice president of sales and marketing for supplier Moderne Glass Co. Inc. in Aliquippa, Pa., Breckenridge has been on the PPAI board since 2005. He earned the designation Master Advertising Specialist (MAS) and in 2003 was inducted into the Three Rivers Advertising Specialty Association (TRASA) Hall of Fame. Breckenridge is also a member of PPMN. He was recognized by the Society of Glass & Ceramic Decorators (SGCD) for being instrumental and successful in the passage of an FDA amendment to the Food and Drug Regulatory Modernization Act of 1997.