Toy Industry Association Elects New Leadership
Playthings Staff -- Gifts and Dec, 2/15/2012 10:50:41 PM
New York - The Toy Industry Association (TIA) elected two new members to its Board of Directors at its annual business meeting held earlier this week during the American International Toy Fair. The meeting also saw the chairmanship gavel pass to Soren Torp Laursen of LEGO Systems, taking over as board chairman from Bryan Stockton of Mattel.
Julia Fitzgerald, chief digital engagement officer, toys and sporting goods, Sears Holdings Corporation and Jeffrey Kennis, president, Enchanted Moments Inc. were recommended by the Nominating Committee and elected at the meeting to become the first members of the retailer and independent sales rep communities to serve on the TIA Board. Fitzgerald and Kennis will each serve their first term through 2014.
"A year ago, TIA's membership approved a new set of bylaws that expanded our organization to include licensors, retailers, sales reps and others, with the goal in mind of making TIA a more inclusive organization," said TIA president Carter Keithley. "Today I am pleased to welcome to our Board of Directors two new members from among these categories, who will now have a voice at the TIA table."
In addition, John Gessert, president and CEO of American Plastic Toys, returns to the Board of Directors, as vice chairman;as immediate past chairman, Stockton becomes an advisor. Rounding out the Executive Committee are David Hargreaves of Hasbro, as Secretary-Treasurer; Chuck Scothon, general manger/SVP, Mattel, Digital Networks and Bob Wann, CEO, Patch Products, join as the newest members of the Committee.
The Annual Business Meeting included remarks by Keithley and former Secretary-Treasurer John Gessert, who announced that the association had achieved one of its Strategic Goals by restoring its financial reserves well ahead of its originally anticipated timeline.
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