PPFA elects 2012-2013 board of directors

Members of the Professional Picture Framers Association (PPFA), a PMA member association, elected their 2012-13 board of directors Jan. 31 at the PPFA Luncheon and All-Member Meeting held at the Mirage Resort in Las Vegas, Nev.

Ron Mason, CPF, Ron Mason’s Gallery One, Iowa City, Iowa, succeeds Ken Link, CPF, Picture This & More, Alton, Ill., as association president. Link assumes the role of immediate past president.

Also elected were George Alvarez, MCPF, The Integrated Framestudio, Edmonton, Alberta, Canada, as vice president; and Stuart Altschuler, Prestige Framing Academy, Woburn, Mass., as treasurer. Julius Shultz, retired CEO of DAX Manufacturing, Orangeburg, N.Y., will serve a second term as past president.

Serving as directors are: Rob Clark, Wizard International, Mukilteo, Wash.; Cliff Wilson, MCPF, Framed In Tatnuck, Worcester, Mass.; Robin Gentry, MCPF, B&J Gallery, Bowling Green, Ky.; David Lantrip, MCPF, Franchise Concepts Inc., St. Louis, Mo.; Joyce Michels, MCPF, Michels Frames & Things, Saint Robert, Mo.; and Carol Graham, FrameReady/SoftTouch Solutions Inc., Petrolia, Ontario, Canada.  Jim Esp, executive director, PMA, Jackson, Mich., holds the office of secretary.

PPFA honored outgoing board members Shirley Damon, CPF, Damon Galleries, Vienna, Va.; Jeanette King, SpecialtySoft, Wilmington, N.C.; and Gene Ausili, CPF, The Picture Show, Valencia, Calif. Also during the meeting, Service Award recipients were honored.

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About Gary Pageau

Gary Pageau began his PMA career in 1987 in the editorial department. His primary responsibilities include overseeing the Association’s editorial department, marketing research unit and corporate relations department. The PMA editorial department activities include the Association’s monthly flagship magazine, PMA Magazine – Connecting the Imaging Communities; numerous monthly newsletters; and a daily news update.