Beacon Promotions (asi/39250) welcomes Maria Lewandowski as a customer care representative. She will be handling the states of Arkansas, Illinois, Kentucky, Louisiana, Mississippi, Tennessee and West Virginia. “Maria comes to Beacon with many years of experience in the industry,” said Ashley Arndt, customer care team lead. “This has been and will continue to be helpful as she serves Beacon’s customers in her territory. I know distributors will appreciate the level of customer care that Maria provides.”

Raining Rose (asi/80489) announces the hiring of Quinn Bui and John R. B. Cudahy. Bui is now the supplier’s Southwest Sales Executive, calling on customers in Colorado, Utah, Arizona, Nevada and California. Cudahy is now Northeast Sales Executive, calling on customers from Virginia to Maine.

AT Designs (asi/30239) welcomes Erich Lichtner as national account manager, USA. 

LarLu (asi/66390) has promoted Joe Durand to executive vice president. 

Charles River Apparel (asi/44620) welcomes Jen Kruger and Bryan Mercer of MW Reps to the sales team. “Jen and Bryan both have a wealth of experience in the industry and will be tremendous assets to our team, strengthening the service we can offer to our clients in the Midwest,” said Rich Corvalan, vice president of sales at Charles River.

Storm Creek (asi/89879) has expanded its customer experience department, hiring three key positions. Noah Thompson serves as an account specialist, Kim Remme serves as the decoration services specialist and Mary Kettler takes on the role of retail account specialist.

Competitive Edge (asi/166085) welcomes Stephen Wittenbach as account manager in its newest location in Grand Rapids, MI. “Stephen brings a fresh perspective to our organization at a time when Competitive Edge is poised to expand our presence in the Grand Rapids market,” said Lisa DeJong, vice president of sales. “His background and experience will be instrumental in helping lead Competitive Edge into its next stage of growth.”

BEL Promo (asi/39552) promoted Merilyn Carreras to senior customer service manager.

Fey Promo (asi/54040) welcomes Lorraine Rosecrans as Midwest territory sales manager. “Lorraine has an impressive reputation and knowledge base. We are excited to have her represent Fey Promo with the vision of growing and strengthening our customer relationships to drive results,” said Samuel Burvee, director of customer acquisition and development.

The Magnet Group (asi/68507) promoted Andre Harris to social media director and Kim Schroeder to art director.