Members of the National Association of Wholesaler-Distributors (NAW), during the association’s Executive Summit in Washington, DC, elected Robert Taylor Chairman of the NAW Board of Directors. He currently serves as president and CEO of Do it Best Corp., headquartered in Ft. Wayne, IN.

Taylor succeeds Chip Hornsby, the former group chief executive of Wolseley plc. Hornsby will remain active on the NAW Board as Immediate Past Chairman.

The following industry leaders also were elected as NAW Officers for 2010:

Chairman-Elect
Dennis G. Hatchell
President and COO
Alex Lee Inc.
Winston Salem, NC

First Vice Chairman
Mark Kramer
President and CEO
Laird Plastics
Boca Raton, FL

Second Vice Chairman
Roy Vallee
Chairman and CEO
Avnet Inc.
Phoenix, AZ

Secretary
Patrick Larmon
President and CEO
Bunzl Distribution USA Inc.
St. Louis, MO

Dirk Van Dongen
President
National Association of Wholesaler-Distributors
Washington, DC

Completing the 2010 NAW Board of Directors are Chairman of the NAW Association Executives Council (AEC), Joseph Thompson Jr., CEO of Thompson Management Associates, LLC, an association management company that manages The Association for Hose & Accessories Distribution, the International Sealing Distribution Association, and the Security Hardware Distributors Association; Chairman-Elect of the AEC, David Cotter, CEO of the Textile Care Allied Trades Association; and Past Chairman of the AEC, M. Robert Weidner III, President and CEO of the Metals Service Center Institute.  


Source: NAW