James Brewer
James Brewer has 14 years of experience in the store fixture industry as an engineer and project manager. He is now program manager, Store Concepts Business Planning for Seattle-based Starbucks. Most recently he was employed as a senior project manager at Design Fabricators, a division of Leggett & Platt, where he managed a rollout account shipping 500 stores and full store kiosks each year. He graduated from Colorado State University with a B.S. in industrial technology.
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Jack Hale
Jack Hale began his career at Menomonee Falls, Wis.-based T.J. Hale in 1969 when the company had eight employees. He was appointed president in 1978 and CEO in 1998. Under his direction, the company has grown to approximately 150 employees and over $40 million in sales. During his tenure Hale has held a variety of positions, including project manager. Hale is very active in NASFM. He is a past board member of NASFM, he chaired the association’s Manufacturing Seminar for three years, hsd served on various committees, and has led roundtable discussions and presentations at NASFM events. Hale is a graduate of Bradley University.
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Daniel (Dan) R. Petersen
Dan Petersen, co-owner of Wisconsin Built in Deerfield, Wis., has 22 years of experience in many areas of retail fixture manufacturing. Wisconsin Built serves various national retailers as well as regional architectural woodwork markets. Petersen’s current responsibilities include new customer development and coordination of an engineering group including estimating, programming, drafting, and project management. With a background in manufacturing, Petersen also helps in strategic development of the facility and equipment needs. He holds an A.A. degree in residential design from NCTI, Wausau, Wis.
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Paul Pinkus
Paul Pinkus has been a managing director at American Express Tax and Business Services in Chicago since 1998. He has over 30 years of experience as a consultant for companies both in and outside of the store fixture industry and was a partner in the accounting and consulting firm of Altschuler, Melovin, and Glasser LLP prior to his current position. Pinkus received a B.S. in Accounting from the University of Illinois in 1974, became a CPA the same year, and served in the United States Army Reserves from 1970 to 1976. He has served on both NASFM Financial and Costing & Estimating Seminar Committees, is a member of the General Management Committee, and has chaired the Associate Member Committee. In addition to his NASFM activities, Pinkus is the chairman of the Greater Midwest Regional Youth Commission of the National Conference of Synagogue Youth, treasurer of the Hanna Sacks Bais Yaakov High School, and serves on the board of the Cheder Lubavitch Hebrew Day School.
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Terri Roberts
Terri Roberts has 25 years of experience in the procurement of store fixtures and raw materials used in store fixture manufacturing. In 1997, she joined Starbucks Coffee Co. as casework manager, where she is responsible for the procurement and management of the casework program for both Starbuck’s domestic and international markets. Roberts manages a team of five suppliers providing fixtures for a very aggressive rollout program; Starbucks is opening over 565 new stores domestically, 350 new stores internationally, and renovating over 350 stores a year domestically. Roberts has traveled extensively to Europe, Asia, and the South Pacific, selecting and qualifying suppliers in their respective regions. She has been the recipient of Starbucks Bravo Award and the Sprit of Starbucks Award for her work on the prototyping of fixtures for new store designs.

Prior to Starbucks, Roberts was assistant purchasing manager for Eddie Bauer for four years, where she was responsible for the procurement of fixtures and casework for 80 store openings a year. Roberts was presented with two Eddie Bauer Stein Awards given for exceptional performance.

Roberts also has experience in the manufacturing environment, including a position as procurement/materials manager for Synsor Corporation. She also worked for seven years at the Lozier Corporation purchasing FFE and custom fixtures, was purchasing manager for Hagge Construction, a general contractor in Chicago building retail stores and restaurants, and was purchasing manager for Interior Products Inc., a subsidiary of the DePalma Design Group. Roberts is a member of NAPM, as well as a member of the NASFM Retail Advisory Council.
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Marc Sagrillo
Marc Sagrillo was named vice president of High Country Millwork in 2003. Prior to this appointment, he was vice president of business development of Leggett & Platt, and president of Design Fabricators, a division of Leggett & Platt, where he had served for 15 years as principal and branch president. His 30 years of experience in the store fixture and architectural millwork manufacturing industry also include four years as the owner of MCS Associates, an industry consulting company, and eight years as the owner of Blue Elk Cabinet Co. He has has also served as an instructor of cabinet making for a trade school. Sagrillo is a director on NASFM’s Board and is chair of NASFM's Project Management Seminar committee.
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Jeff Stone
Jeff Stone is president of Navy Island Plywood. He began his career in woodworking in 1983 making and refinishing furniture out of his father's garage. Several years later he, together with two brothers, started making cabinet doors for local cabinetmakers. One of the door lines consisted of blueprint matched specialty veneer doors. As the company grew, Stone became more dedicated to working with veneers and laying up custom plywood for architectural woodworkers and fixture manufactures. For the past 20 years his primary responsibilities have consisted of managing the company, training, marketing, customer service, and educating architects and designers regarding the advantages of working with wood.
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Orlando M. Uriarte
Orlando M. Uriarte is vice president, sales and marketing, and a partner for Allstate Installations in Hilliard, Ohio. He specializes in and has several years of experience in international and domestic projects. Uriarte not only works with clients throughout Europe, North and South America, but also handles communications, marketing, and management consulting. He has been responsible for the strategy, design, and implementation phases of his projects. He received a B.A. in communications from Ohio Dominican College.
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Brenda White
Brenda White is the public relations coordinator for Wilsonart International in Temple, Texas. White started at Wilsonart as an I.S. trainer, and then became communications generalist, responsible for the company newsletter, facilitating employee communications, company-wide functions and education reimbursement programs. Today she is responsible for coordinating public relations programs, working with the media and outside public relations agencies, writing press materials, setting up and styling photo shoots, managing projects with consumer magazines, presenting marketing programs to customers and new sales representatives, developing regional advertising packages, and managing press events. Prior to working at Wilsonart, White taught computer training classes as a part-time instructor at Temple Junior College; planned seminars for Computerland in Austin, Texas; and conducted computer-systems and bookkeeping training for D.B.G. Management Corp., a property management company in Austin. She holds a degree from the University of Texas in Business Administration.
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