St. Charles, IL (March 30, 2016) — American Office Products Distributors, Inc. (AOPD), has just concluded a highly successful 2016 Annual Meeting at The Hyatt Hill Country in San Antonio, TX. This year’s meeting entitled “Kinetic 2016 – the momentum of success” was a joint endeavor with TriMega and Direct Purchasing Catalog Group (DPCG) to provide time and monetary savings to both dealers and Business Partners.
At the AOPD Awards Dinner, two individuals were presented with The AOPD President’s Award. This year AOPD honored Dealer Representative Gordie Pepper of Ritter’s Office Outfitters and Business Partner Representative Hannah Stevens of Pentel of America. Both recipients are truly well deserving of this prestigious award and have been long time supporters of AOPD and the Independent Dealer Community.
In addition to the President’s Award Executive Director, Mark Leazer, introduced a new award, The M.C. Bud Mundt Outstanding Achievement Award. This award was given to Bud Mundt for his outstanding leadership and dedication as AOPD’s past Executive Director for 11 years.
Executive Director, Mark Leazer said, “AOPD established this special award to honor Bud upon his retirement and to exemplify what he has meant to the organization during his tenure as Executive Director. It will be awarded to individuals that accomplish special things for AOPD. Of course who better to be the first recipient than “Mr. Bud Mundt.”
The 2016 AOPD Board of Directors, voted on at the meeting, by the dealer members are:
President – Frank L. Fera, Bulldog Office Products
Chairman of the Board – Pat Crowley, Innovative Office Solutions
Vice President – Bill Jones, The Office City
Treasurer – Gordie Pepper, Ritter’s Office Outfitters
Secretary – Joe Breczka, Eaton Office Supply
Director – David Hammontree, A&W Office Supply & Design
Director – Wayne Stillwagon, Miller’s Supplies at Work
Director – Kim Crook Vogel, Strickland Companies
Leazer, concluded, “A special thank-you goes out to this year’s Exclusive Premier Sponsor S.P. Richards. Other event sponsors that deserve recognition are: 3M, Avery Products, Business Solutions Association, Clover Imaging Group, Domtar’s Enterprise Group, Essendant, Fellowes Inc., PM Company, Quality Park, Smead Manufacturing Co. and The HON Company.”