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 Jay
Lewitt
Company/Title: Every Promotional Product, President
Birthday: August 8, 1959
Marital Status: Happily married
Hobbies: Hiking, learning, exercise
Education: USC undergraduate degree in Political Science and
J.D. at Pepperdine University
Favorite Food: Kosher
Favorite Movie: It’s A Mad, Mad, Mad World
Favorite Team: Los Angeles Lakers
Favorite Book: The Five Books of Moses by Everett Fox
Favorite Music: Classic rock
Favorite Web Site: www.everypromotionalproduct.com
Greatest Business Moment: Occurs the same time every year at
our trade shows when I get to see all my friends from around this
great country of ours and spend meaningful time with them.
Biggest Inspiration/Most Influential Person: My three beautiful
children Evan, Julia and Leah
Secret to My Success Quote: “Life is 10 percent what happens
to you and 90 percent how you react to it.”
 Debbie
Mahoney
Company/Title: Sacs & Boxes 2, Corporate Secretary-Treasurer
Birthday July 4
Marital Status: Married
Hobbies: Running, old house renovation
Education: BS/B.A. in Accounting, Masters Program work in Business
Administration
Favorite Food: Oatmeal cookies
Favorite Movie: Young Frankenstein
Favorite Team: Kansas City Chiefs
Favorite Book: To Kill A Mockingbird by Harper Lee
Favorite Music: U2, The Who
Favorite Web Site: www.sacsandboxes2.com
Greatest Business Moment: Running a small business, realizing
your efforts make a big difference!
Biggest Inspiration/Most Influential Person: Gerda Weissman
Klein, Holocaust survivor
Secret to My Success Quote:”The highest destiny of the individual
is to serve rather than to rule.” –Albert Einstein
 Steven
Marder
Company/Title: Inkwell Promotions, President
Personal Bio: Born in Brooklyn, New York. Live in Marlboro,
New Jersey with wife and daughter
Birthday: October 28
Hobbies: Golf, wine, piano, music and reading
Education: University of Hartford;Degrees in Marketing and Economics
Favorite Food: Thai, Japanese
Favorite Team: New York Jets
Favorite Book: Long Strange Trip: The Inside History of the
Grateful Dea by Dennis McNally
Favorite Music: The Grateful Dead Favorite Web Site: www.cnn.com,
www.winebid.com
Greatest Business Moment: Realizing there is a lot of money
to be made in this industry
Biggest Inspiration/Most Influential Person: Carol and Ed Marder,
Jay Flesher
Secret to My Success Quote: “There are no problems, only solutions”
and "If opportunity doesn't knock, build a door."
 Craig
Morantz
Company/Title: Aware Marketing Group, Chief Visionary Officer
Birthday: January 26 (Aquarius of course)
Marital Status: Single
Hobbies: Wake boarding, photography, scuba diving, offthe- beaten-track
travel
Education: High school
Favorite Food: Sushi
Favorite Movie: Great Expectations
Favorite Team: My sales team
Favorite Book: Changes every six months. One that sticks in
my mind is Danny the Champion of the World by Roald Dahl.
Favorite Music: Changes every six months. Best album ever
is The Beatles’ The White Album.
Favorite Website: My competitors’ sites
Greatest Business Moment: Witnessing the “Aware Team” working
together and focusing on results. There is nothing greater than
seeing a diverse group of people creating fantastic results.
Biggest Inspiration/Most Influential Person: Verne Harnish
(www.gazelles.com)
Secret to My Success Quote: “Don’t expect any opportunity without
first creating value.”
 Craig
Nadel
Company/Title: Jack Nadel Inc., VP
Birthday: February 2, 1961
Marital Status: Married 16 years
Hobbies: Swimming. That’s it with a job and three kids. More
poker in a few years.
Education: Economics degree from UCLA
Favorite Food: All except French
Favorite Movie: Too many to list: Rocky, Rear Window,
Diner, The Graduate, Butch Cassidy and the Sundance
Kid, Animal House, Godfather I & II, Dr. Strangelove,
Shindlers List
Favorite Team: I guess UCLA. I adore John Wooden and grew up
on UCLA basketball. He is one of my idols.
Favorite Book: Catch–22 by Joseph Heller
Favorite Music: Classic rock — I’m stuck in my time.
Favorite Web Site: Depends on the season; other than sports
it is difficult to beat this letter to the shareholders: berkshirehathaway.com/letters/letters.html.
Greatest Business Moment: I’ve loved it overall, but don’t
have an Archimedes–like “Eureka” moment.
Biggest Inspiration/Most Influential Person: Depends. Buffett
and Wooden are high on the list; so too is my father
Secret to My Success Quote: I don’t think there is a secret;
and if there is, I don’t know it. Whatever success I’ve had is due
in large part to persistence and a lack of fear of failure.
 Eric
Nelsen
Company/Title: Proforma Full Moon Promotions, President
Birthday: February 2, 1954
Marital Status: Married 20 years to the beautiful Robin
Hobbies: Golf, cooking, food, wine and Tequila
Education: Kalamazoo College
Favorite Food: All
Favorite Movie: Caddyshackand Braveheart
Favorite Team: 49ers / San Francisco Giants
Favorite Book: Who’s Your Caddy? by Rick Reilly
Favorite Music: Classic rock
Favorite Web Site: www.espn.com,
www.expedia.com, www.google.com
Greatest Business Moment: The day I “discovered” this industry,
or should I say, when it found me.
Biggest Inspiration/Most Influential Person: My father
Secret to My Success Quote: “You have two ears and one mouth;
you should use them in the same ratio.” (I heard it from Randy Hines).
“The sale is a courtship. How good the marriage is depends on how
well the seller maintains the relationship ” (Author unknown but
it’s been taped to my phone for over ten years.)
 Steven
J. Raucher
Company/Title: Proforma GPS, President/Owner
Birthday: November 26, 1963
Marital Status: Married
Hobbies: Cycling
Education: Graduated from Rutgers University
Favorite Food: Italian
Favorite Movie: The Matrix
Favorite Team: Lance Armstrong
Favorite Book:The Seven Spiritual Laws of Success by
Deepak Chopra
Favorite Music: Bruce Springsteen Favorite Web Site:
www.proforma.com/gps1.
Greatest Business Moment: Starting my own business
Biggest Inspiration/Most Influential Person: Lance Armstrong
Secret to My Success Quote: Teamwork and communication are the
biggest keys to success.
 Walter
C. Schatz
Company/Title: Specialty Advertising Association of Greater
New York (SAAGNY) and The SAAGNY Foundation Inc., Executive Director
Personal Bio: Reside in Rockland County, New York
Birthday September 14, 1942
Marital Status: Single, but not alone and very happy!
Hobbies: Time with my five grandchildren, family and extended
family; photography, sailing, model railroading and kite flying
Education: M.A. Columbia University, Major in Leisure Service
Administration and Community Organization
Favorite Food: Almost anything that doesn’t eat me first.
Favorite Movie: The Producers
Favorite Team: Boston Red Sox
Favorite Book: Recently John Adams by David McCullough
Favorite Music: Folk and roots, classic pop
Favorite Web Site: www.saagny.org
and www.promotionseast.org
Greatest Business Moment: Successful completion of the move
of Promotions East to Atlantic City, New Jersey in 1997 and our
continuing successful show.
Biggest Inspiration/Most Influential Person: Dr. Harlan
Metcalf, chair of my undergraduate program
Secret to My Success Quote: “Begin with the end in mind” –StephenCovey
 Howard
Schwartz
Company/Title: HDS Marketing Inc., Founder/CEO
Birthday: November 3, 1969
Marital Status: Happily married
Hobbies: Golf, traveling, working out and gambling.
Education: B.A. from Penn State University
Favorite Food: Italian
Favorite Movie: Animal House
Favorite Team: Even though they are having their worst year
in history, the Penn State Nittany Lions
Favorite Book: Getting to Yes: Negotiating Agreement Without
Giving In by Roger Fisher, William L. Ury, Bruce Patton
Favorite Music: Classic rock
Favorite Web Site: www.yahoo.com
 Jack
Shinall, MAS
Company/Title: Cameo Advertising, President
Personal Bio: Past president of Georgia Association of Promotional
Products Professionals, Smyrna City Councilman 1978- 1992, American
Legion Post 160, member of Sunbelt Promotional Products Association.
Married to Suzanne with two children: Brian, environmental biologist;
and Kristin, band director/music teacher at Palmer Middle School.
Birthday September 25, 1945
Marital Status: Married
Hobbies: Golf, reading, gambling, sports-watching, making money
Education: B.S. from Georgia Tech
Favorite Food: Spaghetti with meat sauce
Favorite Movie: Today it’s Radio
Favorite Team: Georgia Tech Yellow Jackets
Favorite Book: Gone With the Wind by Margaret Mitchell
Favorite Music: ‘60s and ‘70s rock ‘n’ roll, country
Favorite Web Site: Any suppliers’ that will help me make money!
Greatest Business Moment: My purchase of Cameo Advertising
in 1991
Biggest Inspiration/Most Influential Person: Bobby Dodd, former
head coach at Georgia Tech, and Jack Hogg, former high school coach
Secret to My Success Quote: “You must be fair, open and honest
with everyone.
 Vince
Terracina Company/Title: TAG Marketing Ltd., Partner
Birthday: June 26, 1969
Marital Status: Married with three children and one on the way!
Hobbies: Basketball, sports, hiking
Education: B.A. History. M.B.A. International Business
Favorite Food: Italian
Favorite Movie: Life is Beautiful
Favorite Team: San Antonio Spurs
Favorite Book: Goodbye to a River by John Graves and
Undaunted Courage by Stephen Ambrose
Favorite Music: All
Favorite Web Site: National weather service site
Greatest Business Moment: I completed a large pharmaceutical
order in 2002 that was quite a risk, but the reward was high too.
There was also great satisfaction in paying the vendor that extended
me the necessary credit inside of the 30-day term.
Biggest Inspiration/Most Influential Person: I have been
inspired by lots of people: my dad for his drive, my mom for her
patience, my teachers in grade school who taught me what was right,
my wife for her strength and commitment and my children for inspiring
me daily!
Secret to My Success Quote: “Don’t be afraid to make mistakes
– nothing ventured, nothing gained.”
 Dan
Weisberg
Company/Title: Imagraphics Corporation, President
Birthday: April 28, 1953
Marital Status: Married 15 years to Janet
Hobbies: Music, cars, golf, aquariums, landscaping, archeology
Education: B.S. in Psychology from University of Pittsburgh.
M.S. in BioPsychology from University of Pittsburgh
Favorite Food: Sushi
Favorite Movie: Bridge Over the River Kwai
Favorite Team: 1960 Pittsburgh Pirates
Favorite Book: Origin of the Species by Charles Darwin
Favorite Music: Steely Dan, Van Morrison, Annie Lenox, Rolling
Stones and jazz
Favorite Web Site: www.google.com
Greatest Business Moment: Passing $1 million per year in personal
sales
Biggest Inspiration/Most Influential Person: My wife, Janet
Secret to My Success Quote: “The price of success is hard
work, dedication to the job at hand and the determination that,
whether we win or lose, we have applied the best of ourselves to
the task at hand” – Vince Lombardi.
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