The National Electrical Manufacturers Representatives Association (NEMRA) (Portsmouth, N.H.): The association elected the following officers and directors to its board of directors at its recently held 45th annual conference in San Diego. Officers elected included: Chairman, William Devereaux, R/B Sales Corp., Marion, Iowa; Chairman Elect, Tim Klinger, I-PRO Inc.; Treasurer, Brian Gardner, A.A. MacPherson Company, Canton, Mass.; and Immediate Past Chairman, Greg Baker of J.D. Martin Company, Dallas.
Directors elected to a new three-year term were: CEMRA Representative to the Board, Kevin Smythe of Adanac Sales, Coquitlam, British Columbia; Mike Croft, of Tower Sales Inc., Suwanee, Ga.; and Fran Pollart of Pollart Electrical Sales Inc., Bensalem, Pa. Directors re-elected to fill their terms were: Scott Osterman, Osterman Associates, Syracuse, N.Y.; Joe Tumlin, Coresential, Tampa, Fla.; Mick Upchurch, Allied Group Sales, Phoenix; John Hoffman of Legrand NA, West Hartford, Conn.; and John Hoelz of J.F. Nolan Associates, New Berlin, Wis.
The NEMRA Manufacturers Group (NMG) also announced the following appointments to its Executive Committee. Officers elected included: NMG Chairman, Dale Sidey, Hammond Power Solutions, Baraboo, Wis.; NMG Co-Chairman, Tom Bisson, General Cable, Highland Heights, Ky.; Immediate Past Chairman, Jim Johnson, Calpipe Industries, Downey, Calif. Newly appointed members included: Terry Stevens, Ideal Industries, Sycamore, Ill.; Dan Berry, TPI Corp., Johnson City, Tenn.; Terri Dumas, RAB Lighting, Northvale, N.J.; and Ned Camuti, Thomas & Betts, Memphis, Tenn. Committee members fulfilling the remainder of their terms are: Kim Erwin, Pentair Thermal Management, Menlo Park, Calif.; Goran Haag, Champion Fiberglass, Spring, Texas; Debra Huttenburg, Mersen, Newburyport, Mass.; and Dennis Linden, Electriflex, Roselle, Ill.