WF&FSA Names New Young Execs Chairman
News Release
Contact: Marti Pupillo, 888-289-3372
Email:
mpupillo@wffsa.org
WF&FSA Names New Chairman
for Young Executives Network
ANNAPOLIS, MD, August 26, 2005 Wanda Weder, president of the Wholesale Florist & Florist Supplier Association (WF&FSA) has named Paul Fowle, senior financial analyst for Delaware Valley Floral Group, as the new chairman for WF&FSA's Young Executives. Fowle replaces Vincent Valerio who left the floral industry earlier this year to pursue a career in the home improvement sector.
The Young Executives group is the emerging leaders' network. It is comprised of owners, managers and future managers of WF&FSA member firms who want to learn more about the floral industry and to meet and network with their peers. The network serves as a management training ground for the next generation of industry leaders.
"Paul has been active in WF&FSA and the Young Executives for many years," said Weder, who is senior executive vice president of Highland Supply Corporation. "We welcome him to the board of directors and look forward to the added benefit of his industry insight, leadership ability and financial acumen."
Fowle has worked for Delaware Valley in Sewell, NJ, for the past 15 years. After 14 years in operations, he moved into the finance department where his key responsibilities are budget preparation and tracking, costing and customer profitability, and new business development.
He and his wife, Wendy van Staalduinen, formerly of Staalduinen Floral Limited in Ontario, Canada, have long supported WF&FSA activities and events. In fact, they met one year during a WF&FSA Management Institute training seminar, which is sponsored by the Young Executives. Van Staalduinen has since joined her husband at Delaware Valley as a fresh flower product manager.
In addition to his new WF&FSA responsibilities, Fowle is a member of the WF&FSA Education Committee and an active member of the Society of American Florists. A graduate of Rowan University in Glassboro, NJ, Fowle earned his M.B.A. degree from Penn State University. He currently lives in Mullica Hill, NJ, and teaches business courses as an adjunct professor at Rowan University.
The remaining WF&FSA board members are:
- David Armellini, Armellini Industries, Inc.
- Bob Baisch, Baisch and Skinner, Inc.
- Peter Bilicki, Seagroatt Riccardi Ltd.
- Juan Cock-Londono, Uniflor Colombia
- John Donati, Ocean View Flowers
- David Garcia, Pete Garcia Company
- Billy Hardin, Hardin's Wholesale Florist, Inc.
- Bill LaFever, Bill Doran Company
- Clay Sieck, Claymore C. Sieck
- Frank Stuppy, Stuppy Floral Products Co.
- Colleen Taber, Gardens America, Inc.
- Jim Wanko, WF&FSA
- John R. Wilkins, Delaware Valley Floral Group
Membership in the Young Executives is free and open to all employees of WF&FSA member firms. To join, visit
www.wffsa.org or contact Tina Brown, WF&FSA director of meetings and education, at
tbrown@wffsa.org.
WF&FSA is a dynamic business organization dedicated to providing members with the information, services and support they need to remain competitive in today's constantly changing market. The Association offers a wide variety of programs and activities to support its mission of enhancing networking and business opportunities for all floral wholesale distributors and suppliers.
WHOLESALERS. Because it takes more than flowers to grow your business.
WF&FSA
147 Old Solomons Island Rd., Suite 302
Annapolis, MD 21401
Phone: 888-289-3372, Fax: 410-573-5001
e-mail: mpupillo@wffsa.org
www.wffsa.org
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