Marketing and Sales Organization Announces 2013-2014 Officers

The Marketing and Sales Executives of Detroit (MSED) has announced its officers, board of directors and committee chairs for the 2013-2014 program year.  

Named officers for the organization are:

· President – Thomas VanderLaan, vice president, business development, AVL Powertrain Engineering, Plymouth, Mich.;

· Treasurer – Joseph Melnick, strategic business development programs advisor, Honigman Miller Schwartz and Cohn, Detroit; and

· Executive Director – Ann Bruttell, president, Meeting Coordinators Inc., Troy, Mich.

Elected to the 2013-2014 board of directors are:

· Director – Gerald Bricker, principal, Aadvise Consulting LLC, Northville, Mich.;

· Director – Tracy Fashing, director, sales and marketing, The Townsend Hotel, Birmingham, Mich.;

· Director – Grant Faulkner, sales director, IHS Automotive, Northville, Mich.;

· Director – Susan Gibson, executive director, sales and community initiatives, Corp! Magazine, Warren, Mich.;

· Director & Awards Committee Chair – David Harries, president, Spartan Marketing Services, Rochester Hills, Mich.;

· Director – Anthony Lovell, global vice president, sales and marketing, Grede Holdings, Southfield, Mich.;

· Director – Fred Meinberg, president, Techworld Language Services, Troy, Mich.;

· Director – James Seta, vice president, North American Chassis, Powertrain and Electrical, SKF Automotive, Plymouth, Mich.;

· Director – Gwyn Starr, sales executive, Priority Health, Farmington Hills, Mich.;

· Director – Wim van Acker, partner, The Hunter Group LLC, Bloomfield Hills, Mich.; and

· Director – Lori Jo Vest, president, LJV Consulting LLC, Troy, Mich.

Named as committee chairs are:

· Chair, Golf – David Braun, regional account director, Adecco N.A., Southfield, Mich.;

· Chair, Education Committee – Kathryn Brennan, president, The Brennan Group, Detroit; and

· Chair, Membership Committee – Deborah Staley, marketing and product strategy manager, US Manufacturing, Warren, Mich.

The Marketing & Sales Executives of Detroit (MSED) is a non-profit association of accomplished sales and marketing professionals that recognize the powerful advantage of building and nurturing relationships with their peers and their community. MSED provides the network and resources to advance new thinking, exchange counsel, ideas and new business; and help its members advance their sales and marketing careers. MSED contributions to charities and its own scholarship program help foster the value of the sales and marketing profession in the community.