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E-mail: pave@p-a-v-e.info

PAVE Elects New Board and Officers

Hollywood, Fla. (February 16, 2007)—The Planning and Visual Education Partnership (PAVE) conducted voting by conference call to elect 13 members to PAVE’s Board of Directors. The new board met for the first time on Feb. 15 to elect officers. Founded in 1992, The Planning and Visual Education Partnership’s (PAVE) objective is to encourage students to study in the field of retail design and planning and visual merchandising. Says newly elected President Richard Stolls, “PAVE is growing and we need volunteers to help us maintain the momentum. We’re looking for volunteers to serve on our fundraising, education, and PAVE Gala committees.” If interested in participating, contact Shawn Pariaug at 954-241-4827 or shawnpariaug@p-a-v-e.info.

Elected as officers of PAVE:

• President
  Richard Stolls, CEO, Trimco Display LLC
  Brooklyn, N.Y.
  
  
• Vice President
  Ignaz Gorischek, Vice President Stores, Visual, Planning, and Design,
  The Neiman Marcus Group Inc.
  Dallas
  
  
• Vice President, PAVE Gala
  Nancy Jackson, President, Architectural Systems Inc.
  New York City
  
  
• Vice President, PAVE Education
  Eric Feigenbaum, Chair, Laboratory Institute of Merchandising
  New York City
  
  
• Treasurer
  Richard Ernest, President, Crown Metal Manufacturing Co.
  Elmhurst, Ill.

NASFM Executive Director Klein Merriman will serve as secretary of PAVE.

The new directors are:

• Ken Albright, President, SEVEN CONTINENTS Corp., Toronto
• Christine Belich, Vice President, Sony Style, New York City
• Dennis Gerdeman, Principal, Chute Gerdeman, Columbus, Ohio
• Elisabeth Jacobsen, Chairperson, Fashion Institute of Technology, New York City
• Linda Lombardi, Director, Shop Design, Store Planning, and Visual Merchandising, Ann Taylor, New York City
• Anthony Mancini, Senior Vice President, Capital Improvements, MGM Mirage Design Group, Las Vegas
• Cynthia Patino, Assistant Department Chair, Fashion Institute of Design & Merchandising (FIDM), Los Angeles
• Russell Richardson, Richardson & Associates, LLC, Aiken, S.C.

A full listing of officers and board members and current officers is available at
www.p-a-v-e.info/about/about_board.cfm