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Gemline Expands Sales Leadership Team

The Top 40 supplier has announced three key appointments.

Top 40 supplier Gemline’s (asi/56070) has announced the appointment of three key executives to its sales leadership team.

Jason Kissel and Mark Lange

Jason Kissell (left), vice president of sales, and Mark Lange, director of sales – East

Jason Kissell has been promoted to vice president of sales. He joined the company earlier this year as director of sales – East. He replaces Nicole Verspyck, who will be leaving Gemline at the end of June for personal reasons. Replacing Kissell as Gemline’s director of sales – East will be Mark Lange, who previously served as channel director and director of sales at Under Armour.

Kristin Long

Kristin Long, director of sales – West

Kristin Long has joined Gemline as director of sales – West. Most recently, Long completed a 15-year career with Panasonic Consumer Electronics as national group manager, and prior to that, as national sales manager.

“I am pleased to welcome Jason, Mark and Kristin to Gemline’s leadership team and know that they will be well received by our distributor partners as they work collaboratively to drive revenue growth in the coming years,” said Frank Carpenito, president of Gemline. “As a company, we’re committed to creating exceptional customer experiences for our business partners, and part of that formula involves continuing to invest in our organization.”

With 2019 promotional products revenue of $105 million, Gemline ranks 13th on Counselor’s most recent list of the largest suppliers in the industry. The new list comes out in July 2021.