People On the Move - July 11, 2025 Update

Exec appointments at NAED, Shat-R-Shield, NSI Indusries and M.K. Morse.
July 10, 2025
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John Hanna from Fromm Electric
John Hanna from Fromm Electric

National Association of Electrical Distributors (NAED) (St. Louis, MO)

The association recently announced the appointment of a number of industry execs to its board of directors. Now on the board are: Paul Kennedy, CEO, DSG (Chair); John Cain, CEO emeritus & strategic advisor, Wiseway Supply; John Hanna, president & CEO of Fromm Electric; John Eggleton, president and CEO of Kirby Risk Electrical Supply (chair-elect); Farrah Mittel, president, Schaedler Yesco Distribution; Amanda Witham, director of sales operations, United Electric Supply Co.; George Vorwick, president & CEO, United Electric Supply; Chris Scarbrough, president, Echo Electric/Sonepar; Matt Stern, COO, Standard Electric Supply Co.; Jason Seger, president & CEO, Border States; Roger Little, CEO, Rexel USA; Nelson Squires, executive VP & general manager, WESCO Electronic Solutions; Barry Powell, CEO, Electrical Products, Siemens; Christy Tilton, VP of U.S. Trade Sales, Signify; and Wes Smith, president & CEO, NAED.


MaxLite (Pine Brook, NJ)

The company recently made two senior-level executive appointments. Thomas Rhee is chief operating officer (COO) and Dwight Kitchen is chief revenue officer (CRO). Both executives will report directly to Chairman and CEO Yon Sung.
Rhee returns to MaxLite with more than 30 years of experience in sales, marketing and strategic leadership across the consumer electronics and lighting industries. He previously served as MaxLite’s executive vice president of sales and marketing from 2010 to 2014, where he helped rebrand the company, introduced LED products, and led organizational transformation. He has a MBA from the University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign. 
Kitchen will lead all revenue-generating and marketing functions. He brings over two decades of lighting industry leadership, with successful tenures at Sylvania, Osram, Electrix and most recently ESI Lighting. He has an engineering degree from Merrimack College.

NSI Industries (Huntersville, NC)

Chase Vaughan joined the company as a regional sales manager, according to a LinkedIn post. He will be responsible for driving growth with a portfolio of brands through well-respected agencies and distributor partners in the company’s Chesapeake Region.


Shat·R·Shield Lighting Inc. (Salisbury, NC)

Paul Booyzen joined the company as its new senior product engineer. He brings more than 12 years of experience in the lighting industry, with a background in design, manufacturing, software integration, installation and commissioning. He has successfully created and managed research and design teams specializing in software and firmware development while establishing production divisions that leverage both local and international resources.

 

M. K. Morse Co. (Canton, OH)

Matt Pomeroy was hired as technical sales manager for the United Kingdom and Ireland by this manufacturer of cutting solutions. He has more than 30 years  of experience in the metal industry at companies including Accurate Cutting Services and L.S. Starrett Co.

 

OBITUARY

Ben Denney, owner of Denney Electric Supply, passed away on July, according to a post at www.electricaltrends.com. The post said Denney Electric Supply is an eleven-location distributor in eastern Pennsylvania. The company was a member of TIED, which eventually became IMARK and is now part of AD’s IESD division.