Cooper Industries Ltd.(Houston): Kirk S. Hachigian has been named president and chief operating officer and elected as a director to the company’s board of directors. He succeeds H. John Riley Jr., who continues as Cooper’s chairman and chief executive officer. As president and chief operating officer, Hachigian has direct oversight for all of Cooper’s worldwide business operations: Cooper B-Line, Cooper Bussmann, Cooper Crouse-Hinds, Cooper Lighting, Cooper Menvier, Cooper Power Systems, Cooper Wiring Devices, Cooper Tools and Cooper Hand Tools. Hachigian joined Cooper in 2001 as executive vice president, operations.
Thomas & Betts Corp. (T&B, Memphis, Tenn.) Jim Feeney, a 17-year T&B veteran, has been promoted to the position of vice president of sales for electrical products. Most recently, Feeney was area vice president for the Eastern Region.
Dominion Electric Supply Co. (Arlington, Va.): Dominion Electric Supply Co. has announced several employee promotions. Tom Culotta, formerly director of project sales, was promoted to vice president of commercial sales. Mike O’Donnell, formerly assistant vice president of credit, is now vice president of credit. Amanda Leonard and Debbie Carr have been appointed assistant managers to the Chantilly, Va., residential lighting showroom. Both are certified lighting specialists by the American Lighting Association (ALA).
Plymouth Electrical Tape (Canton, Mass.): Shelly MacDonald was recently appointed marketing coordinator. With more than 13 years of experience, MacDonald was most recently an account executive for Thomas & Betts.
North Central Electrical League (NCEL, Bloomington, Minn.): The NCEL recently elected and appointed board members, which include Vice Chairman Greg Hames, president and CEO, Viking Electric Supply Inc.; Director Gary Brusacoram, CPMR, Andrews Johnson Brusacoram; and Director Steve Peterson, president and CEO, Minnesota Electric Supply.
Vista, a JJI Lighting Group Co. (Erie, Pa.): Dan Van Arsdale has been appointed national sales manager after 22 years in sales and sales management positions with Squire Cogswell/Aeros Instruments.
Electrical Equipment Representatives Association (EERA, Kansas City, Mo.): The EERA has announced its 2004/2005 president, officers and directors. Jack Keegan of Matzinger-Keegan Inc., Irvine, Calif., has been named president. Other individuals voted to the board include: President-Elect Robert Chapman, Utility Sales Agents of South Texas, Houston; Vice President Scott Dashiell, Carlson Sales Inc., Vancouver, Wash.; Secretary William “Bill” Chowanec, Young & Co., Pasadena, Calif; Treasurer John Commons, ELUS Co., Cincinnati; and Past-President Gene Bates, Electrorep-Energy Products, St. Louis. Directors include P.J. Martini Jr., Martini & Associates Inc., Annapolis, Md.; David Wick, Energy Product Sales, Minneapolis; and Scott Whitehead, Whitehead & Associates, Atlanta.