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BJ Electric Supply, Inc., (Madison, Wis.): Maureen Barsema, vice president and CFO will NAED’s incoming South Central Region vice president-elect. She has been in the industry for 28 years and has served on NAED’s South Central Region Council, Performance Analysis Committee and Reverse Logistics Committee. She also is a Network Chair for the U.S. Electrical Divisional Board of Affiliated Distributors.

Carlo Gavazzi, Buffalo Grove, Ill., appointed Mike Schlafman as area sales manager for its Wisconsin territory. Schlafman most recently worked for an industrial sensor manufacturer and has also held a sales position with a controls manufacturer carrying similar product lines to Carlo Gavazzi.

Crescent Electric Supply Co. (East Dubuque, Ill.): Richard Schmid is now senior vice president. He started with the company in 1977 and held roles of increasing responsibility, including his previous position as vice president of marketing. Schmid remains a member of the company’s board of directors. In other news at the company, Richard Cody was named V.P., supplier management. He has been with the company for five years and most recently served as vice president of sales.

Butler Supply Inc.(Fenton, Mo.: Bill Kuempel has been named CEO of Butler Supply, Inc. He has been part of the Butler Supply organization since 1984 and has previously served as branch manager, senior V.P., COO and president. He succeeds John Duda, who remains as chairman.

Emerson Electric (St. Louis): Frank Dellaquila is now senior V.P. and chief financial officer, succeeding Walter Galvin, who has served as CFO for 17 years. Galvin will remain as vice chairman, and Dellaquila will join the Office of the Chief Executive (OCE) and report to David Farr, chairman, CEO and president. Dellaquila, has been a senior V.P. of finance and Emerson’s controller since 2009. He has a bachelor’s degree in accounting from Fordham University and a master’s degree in business administration from Columbia University.

Dialight (Farmingdale, N.J.): Daniel Polito is now chief marketing officer. He brings more than 25 years of international marketing management experience to Dialight, including posts as president of the North American operations for Enfis Lighting, an LED lighting technology manufacturer based in the UK; chief marketing officer at Lamina Lighting; vice president of marketing at Environmental Lighting Concepts (ELC), and vice president of marketing at both Thomson/Reuters and The Dun & Bradstreet Corp. He will oversee all areas of the company’s marketing efforts targeting the industrial, commercial, hazardous location, and various infrastructure market and report directly to Dialight CEO Roy Burton.

CN Robinson Lighting Supply Co. (Baltimore): John McIntyre has been promoted to V.P. He was previously director of construction sales and is a LEED Accredited Professional.

Halco Lighting Technologies (Norcross, Ga.): Steve Syers is now senior sales manager – customer support. Syers will be reporting to Jim Coleman, V.P. of sales, and will assume overall responsibility for account representatives and customer service. Syers has a B.S. in business administration from Illinois State University and brings 19 years of experience in B2B sales and the service industry. Syers was previously president of Franchise Gator before the company was sold.
In other news at Halco, Jan McQuain is now national accounts manager. She reports to Jim Coleman and will be establishing a support system for specification sales between national end-user accounts and Halco’s distribution network. McQuain attended Westbark College, is a member of the Atlanta Society of Training and Development, has obtained several certifications including TQM Certification for ISO-9001 and is High Performance Leadership Certified.

Robroy Industries, Conduit Division (Gilmer, Texas): Bill Fisher has been appointed national sales manager. Prior to joining Robroy Industries, Fisher was with United Copper Industries (UCI), Denton, Texas, a manufacturer of copper building wire. While at UCI, he held severals sales management posts. Fisher earned his Bachelor’s of Science degree from Texas Tech University.

Graybar has named Rick Harvey as its district vice president for New York regional operations effective Feb. 1. Harvey succeeds Chris Olsen, who will retire after six years in the position and more than 35 years with Graybar.

Graybar’s New York district is one of 13 operating districts for the company, servicing eastern New York, New Jersey, eastern Pennsylvania and Delaware. Before being named district vice president, Harvey served as director of comm/data sales for Graybar’s Chicago district, and has been with the company for 26 years.

“Graybar appreciates the many contributions Chris Olsen has made throughout his career, and we wish him all the best in retirement,” said Dennis DeSousa, Graybar’s senior vice president of U.S. business. “We are pleased to have Rick Harvey as our New York district vice president and are confident that he will drive continued success for Graybar in this region.”