Josh Brown of Keystone Technologies, Montgomeryville, Pa. Appointed to NAILD Board of Directors

NAILD Announces New 2015-2016 Board of Directors

Outstanding Work of Outgoing Board Members Also Recognized

PRINCETON JUNCTION, N.J. — The National Association of Independent Lighting Distributors (NAILD), a non-profit trade organization that provides its members the opportunity to grow their business through education, networking and technology, today announced that it has appointed Josh Brown of Keystone Technologies (Montgomeryville, Pa.) to its board of directors for 2015-2016.

Other new board members include Jim Goodwin of Wattsaver Lighting Products (Framingham, Mass.) Spencer Miles of Pacific Lamp & Supply Company (Seattle, Wash.) and C.W. “Bill” Cooley of Voss Lighting (Lincoln, Neb.). They will help in the development and planning of association programs, member recruitment and other initiatives benefiting the independent lighting distribution industry.

“We are thrilled to have these outstanding individuals join the board,” said NAILD incoming President Greg Ehrich of Premier Lighting of St. Paul, Minn. “All four have a wealth of knowledge and experience in the lighting industry and we look forward to working with them to help the association grow over the next year.”

NAILD also recognizes the outstanding work of outgoing board members Gordon Hunt of Illuminating Technologies, Inc. (Greensboro, N.C.), Gene Grassel of Daupin Electric (Harrisburg, Pa.), Tony Collins of Hatch Lighting (Phoenixville, Pa.) and Randy Johnson of US Lamp, Inc. (Green Bay, Wis.).

“I commend the efforts of these four outgoing board members for all the work they have done to support NAILD’s mission and growth,” Ehrich said. “We thank them for their service over the past year.”

Brown, Goodwin, Miles and Cooley join the following board members: President Ehrich, President-Elect Rebecca Phillips of Professional Lighting & Supply, Inc. (Greensboro, N.C.), Secretary/Treasurer Robbin Watt, C.N. Robinson Lighting Supply (Baltimore, Md.), Immediate Past President Kevin Eagan of Northwest Lighting Systems (Burnsville, Minn.), Past President Council Chair Cooley, Kelly Himes of Derick Associates, Inc. (Gaithersburg, Md.), Cory Schneider of Lighting Unlimited, Inc. (Scottsdale, Ariz.), Gene Siepka of USHIO America, Inc. (Dyer, Ind.) and Joan Scott Trew of Scott Lighting Supply Co. (Huntsville, Ala.)

For more information on NAILD, visit www.naild.org.

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About The National Association of Independent Lighting Distributors (NAILD)

Founded in 1977, The National Association of Independent Lighting Distributors (NAILD) is a non-profit trade association made up of specialty lighting distributors and vendor/manufacturers of lighting goods and supplies used in the operation of specialized lighting distributors. NAILD’s mission is to provide its members the opportunity to grow their businesses profitably through education, networking, and technology. For more information, visit www.naild.org.