Edward Schukar, previously executive director of both groups, has been named to the newly created position of vice president of vendor relations/ development, where he will focus on enhancing current vendor relations and bringing additional vendors into the groups. Schukar, who has more than 25 years of professional buying group management, has been with Buying Group Services since its inception.
Mathisen was director of marketing, membership, certification and training for the National Kitchen & Bath Association in the late 1980s and before that was president/CEO of New Horizon Kitchens and Matt Building Co. in Houston. Most recently, he was executive vice president/CEO of the Independent Electrical Contractors national trade association.