New
Hires at Leff Electric
John Lorince |
John
Lorince has been hired as marketing manager for Leff Electric. Lorince has more than 18 years of experience in marketing
and communication. He joins Leff Electric from Pickwick & Frolic Restaurant
& Club where he worked as the director of marketing and public relations.
Lorince also worked in marketing at the Cleveland Metroparks Zoo and was the
associate executive director at the Children's Museum of Cleveland. |
Paul Popovich |
Paul
Popovich has been hired as an outside sales associate for Leff
Magnum Wire & Cable division. Popovich has a background in low voltage data
sales. According to a company news release, in his new role, Popovich "will be
responsible for developing sales of low voltage wire and cable in Northeast
Ohio and Western Pennsylvania."
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Board Appointments
CRS Board of Directors: Bernard Erickson is one of
three new members recently appointed to the board of directors at CRS
Electronics Inc., an LED lighting manufacturer and developer. Erickson is the
division manager at Facilities Solutions Group (FSG), a company he joined in
2006 after it purchased O.K. Electric Supply Company. Erickson was the
president and CEO at O.K. Electric Supply at the time. According to LEDs Magazine, FSG is “a
national distributor of top-brand lighting and electrical products and the 18th largest electrical contractor in the United States.”
NEMA 2012 Board of Governors Officers: The list of
officers for the National Electrical Manufacturers Association’s (NEMA) 2012
Board of Governors has been announced:
- Chairman—Dominic Pileggi, Chairman and CEO, Thomas & Betts
Corporation
- First Vice Chairman—John Selldorff, Chairman and CEO, Legrand
North America
- Second Vice Chairman—Christopher Curtis, President and CEO,
Schneider Electric
- Treasurer—Thomas Gross, Vice Chairman and COO, Eaton Corporation
- Immediate Past Chairman—David FitzGibbon, Vice Chairman and CEO,
ILSCO Corporation
Other NEMA Board of Governors members include:
-
Craig
Ashmore, Executive Vice President, Planning and Development, Emerson Electric
Company
- William
Boehm, Chairman of the Board, Connector Manufacturing Company
- Theodore
Crandall, Senior Vice President and CFO, Rockwell Automation
- Daryl
Dulaney, President and CEO, Siemens Industry
- Zia
Eftekhar, CEO of Lighting, North America for Philips Lighting, Philips Lighting
North America
- John
Estey President and CEO, S&C Electric Company
- Gabriel
Garza, Vice President, Distribution Transformers, Prolec
- Mark
Gliebe, President and CEO, Regal Beloit
- Susan
Graham, President and CEO, Elantas, PDG, Inc.
- Kirk
Hachigian, Chairman, President and CEO, Cooper Industries, Inc.
- Don
Hendler, President and CEO, Leviton Manufacturing Co., Inc.
- Gregory
Kenny President
and CEO, General Cable
- Rick
Leaman, President and CEO, Osram Sylvania
- Peter
McIlroy II, Chairman and CEO, Robroy Industries, Inc.
- Vernon
Nagel, Chairman,
President and CEO, Acuity Lighting Group
- Michael
W. Pessina, President, Office of Product Development Lutron
Electronics Company, Inc.
- Timothy
H. Powers, Chairman, President and CEO, Hubbell Incorporated
- Luis
Ramirez, CEO, Industrial Solutions, GE Energy
- Kenan
Sahin, CEO and Founder, Tiax, LLC
- Enrique
O. Santacana, President and CEO, ABB Inc.
- Gregory
Sebasky, Chairman, Philips Electronics North America and EVP/CEO Customer
Service, Philips Healthcare
- John
Stropki, Chairman, President and CEO, Lincoln Electric
- Maryrose
Sylvester, President and CEO, GE Lighting
- Stuart
W. Thorn, President and CEO, Southwire Company
Recently Deceased
Bernard Albury, of Tampa, Fla., died on Oct. 22.
According to the Tampa Tribune, Albury worked as a salesman at Graybar
and at Westinghouse before starting his own company, B & E Electrical
Supply. Albury’s company was the first African American electrical company ever
established in Tampa. Albury leaves behind his wife and five children.
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