People On the Move - May 6, 2022 Update

Appointments to IDEA's board of directors and some new execs joining AD and Fromm Electric Supply.
May 5, 2022
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IDEA (Arlington, VA)

Larry Stern, president of Standard Electric Supply (above), will lead IDEA’s board of directors. He has led Standard Electric Supply for 30-plus years. Stern previously served in many volunteer posts for NAED, AD, SupplyForce and IDEA.

Also joining the IDEA board is Mary Derrick, VP, Channel Strategy & Digital Enablement for Schneider Electric (above). She brings over a decade of experience at Schneider Electric and her background includes customer journey mapping, digital marketing and BIM strategy.

The IDEA board members for 2022 are:

Larry Stern, Standard Electric Supply

Frank Kulaszewicz, IDEA chair elect, senior VP, Rockwell Automation

Brian DiBella, IDEA past chair & treasurer, president, Data, Power & Control, Legrand North America

Phil Hale, IDEA secretary, CIO, Elliott Electric Supply

Mary Derrick, Schneider Electric

Rick Gigliotti, board officer, VP, Business Process Management, WESCO Distribution

Paul McCool, board officer, president & CEO, Revere Electric Supply

Bill Waltz, board officer, president & CEO, Atkore International

Affiliated Distributors (AD), Wayne, PA)

Marisol Fernandez will be returning as president of AD’s Electrical and Industrial Business Unit, effective June 8. Fernandez comes back to AD from Bunzl where she held the position of senior VP - Sales Effectiveness and led several strategic functions in its distribution division. Prior to that role, Fernandez was president of AD’s Industrial & Safety – U.S. Division. In Fernandez’s new role at AD, the group’s U.S. and Mexico Electrical, Industrial, Safety and Bearings & Power Transmission divisions as well as AD Member Supply will report to her. Marisol holds a MBA from Lake Forest Graduate School of Management and proudly served the United States as a member of the U.S. Air Force.

Fromm Electric Supply (Reading, PA)

Heather Busch joined the company as a lighting specialist and will help drive the company’s project development, system design, and value-added services initiatives. Busch holds a bachelor’s degree in architectural engineering with a certification in environmental/illumination/electrical systems design from Penn State University.

In other news at Fromm Electric, Frank Giliberto was named Services Business Development manager. In this newly created role, Giliberto will oversee the company’s automation services, storeroom and job-site inventory management programs and panel assembly shop. He holds a bachelor’s degree in business and marketing from Aurora University.