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People on the Move: June 1

GDA Staff -- Gifts and Dec, 6/1/2011 4:11:23 PM

Ganz Studios appointed Jeanne Sachs to its executive team as vice president advertising sales North America. Sachs Jeanne SachsJeanne Sachs will oversee Ganz's interactive advertising sales team in North America from her base in New York City. The team sells integrated media across web, mobile, and social platforms for Webkinz World and the soon-to-be-launched Amazing World websites. Sachs reports to senior vice president Craig Wallace. She previously held advertising sales positions at DailyCandy, MTV Networks Digital/Nickelodeon, CondeNast's Bridal Group and more.
Inspirational gift company AngelStar hired Ronnie Woodard for new product development. He previously worked on Collectible Creations' spun glass accessories, Snow Buddies and La-Tee-Da catalytic diffusers. His first AngelStar product will debut during the 2011 summer markets, and will be a new category for the company.
Business technology provider Brandwise Inc. hired Paul Bishop as vice president of marketing and communications. In this newly created role, Bishop will lead the company's marketing and communications department. Most recently, Bishop spent three years as executive vice-president at public relations firm Professional Marketing, where he focused on a number of gift and home clients, including Brandwise.
Larry Small recently joined turnaround consulting firm Dorset Partners, bringing commercial printing expertise. Small has served on multiple corporate and bank boards, and his most recent stint as CEO of a manufacturing company involved turning a $40 million business into a $115 million one.
Lisa Wohlhart was named director of sales operations for sales rep company Ivystone/Homestyle. She previously handled corporate PR for IvyStone/Homestyle's sister company OneCoast.Marc TrobmanMarc Trobman
Bob LaRocca joined Reeves International as national sales manager for Reeves' independent and specialty channels of distribution. LaRocca will head up the management of Reeves' specialty sales organizations, as well as being responsible for the overall performance of the specialty toy and gift channels. LaRocca has been in the consumer goods industry on the sales side for more than 20 years, most recently at Small World Toys.
Marc Trobman joined greeting card publisher Avanti as vice president, business development. He previously spent 30 years in a variety of sales and merchandising roles with Recycled Paper Greetings, renamed Papyrus-Recycled Greetings since its acquisition in 2009 by American Greetings. His most recent role was senior vice president, business development.

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