Orbit Industries (Bell Gardens, CA)
Aaron Salazar (in photo) was promoted to regional sales manager. In this new role, he will be responsible for managing the sales territory of Bob Jones & Associates (AZ and southern NV), and the Inland Empire, CA. Before Orbit, Aaron worked at CED, where he held roles such as counter sales and inside sales. After that, he worked Parrish-Hare Electrical Supply from 2018 to 2019. In 2019, Aaron Salazar joined Orbit Industries as a factory sales representative.
OmniCable (West Chester, PA)
Greg Donato, OmniCable’s chief commercial officer (CCO), will retire effective April 21. Donato has over 39 years in the industry, the past 30 between OmniCable and Houston Wire & Cable (HWC). He spent 15 years at HWC prior to joining OmniCable as executive vice president of sales and operations. Over his 15-year career with OmniCable, he has held various roles, including COO, and helped shape OmniCable into the company that it is today.
“His leadership contributions include the creation of some of our outside sales roles, opening the Charlotte and Seattle branches, launching the Corporate Sales Center, and starting up the Supply Chain team and Business Development team,” said Greg Lampert, OmniCable’s president & CEO, in the press release. “He has hired and mentored many of today’s leaders and built an outstanding reputation throughout the industry with customers, suppliers, and of course, our team members. He will be greatly missed, but we wish him all the best in retirement.”
Affiliated Distributors (West Chester, PA)
AD’s owner/members elected three directors to its board of directors. AD’s newly elected director is François Deschênes, president & CEO of Deschênes Group. Chrissy Nardini, president, American Metals Supply, and Donald Slominski, Jr., executive chairman of the board, McNaughton-McKay Electric Co., were reelected by AD’s owner/members.
The members of the 2023 AD board of directors are:
• François Deschênes, president & CEO, Deschênes Group
• Steve Drummond, president, Source Atlantic
• Clay Geary, owner/manager, Interior Exterior Building Supply
• Karla Neupert Hockley, president, Consolidated Supply Co.
• Tim Horsman, president & CEO, E.B. Horsman & Son & AD Organizational Development Committee Chair
• Dr. Don McNeeley, chairman & CEO, Chicago Tube & Iron
• Chrissy Nardini, president, American Metals Supply Co.
• Donald Slominski, Jr., executive chairman, McNaughton-McKay Electric Company & AD Audit Committee Chair
• Bill Weisberg, chairman & CEO, AD
• David White, CEO, Border States Electric & AD Board Lead Directors
• John Wiborg, president & CEO, Stellar Industrial Supply & chair of the AD Nominating & Governance and Investment Committees.