PPAI Announces Board Election Results
The final results are in for PPAI’s 2016 Board of Directors election. PPAI welcomes Danny Rosin, co-owner of Brand Fuel, Inc., and Sharon Willochell, president of Trimark, who will begin their four-year board terms immediately following The PPAI Expo 2017. D’Anna Zimmer, the Texas, Oklahoma and Louisiana business development manager for BAG MAKERS, Inc., has been appointed as the RAC Delegate to the PPAI board. Zimmer’s term is for two years.
“I am excited to welcome Danny, Sharon and D’Anna to PPAI’s board,” said Tom Goos, MAS, PPAI board chair. “They are experienced, passionate leaders and the industry and its members are lucky to have them. I look forward to what they accomplish over the next few years.”
I also want to extend my thanks to all of the candidates in this year’s election,” Goos continued. “They displayed an impressive depth of talent, enthusiasm and expertise. We are privileged to have had such an excellent slate of candidates stand up in support of the industry and the Association.”
The board of directors is the governing body for PPAI and plays a major role in directing its strategic activities, adopting policies and approving budgets to carry out the work of the Association. In the month-long election, PPAI sent ballots to all company members who vote for the distributor and supplier candidates.
Consumer Confidence Up
U.S. consumer confidence surged to its highest level in more than nine years the Conference Board announced. The Conference Board’s gauge rose to 104.1 in September from a revised 101.8 the month prior, surprising Wall Street expectations for a retreat to 99.
The September result is the strongest monthly reading since August 2007 and comes in just above the previous post-recession high of 103.8 set in January 2015. The report underscores how consumption has remained a relative bright spot even as other indicators of US economic growth have lost some of their sparkle.
“A more positive view of the labor market drove the gain, which suggests that the September jobs report is likely to be a solid one,” said Joshua Shapiro, chief U.S. economist at MFR.