PPFA elects 2012-2013 board of directors

Ron Mason, CPF, Ron Mason’s Gallery One, Iowa City, Iowa, succeeds Ken Link, CPF, Picture This & More, Alton, Ill., as association president. Link assumes the role of immediate past president.

Also elected were George Alvarez, MCPF, The Integrated Framestudio, Edmonton, Alberta, Canada, as vice president; and Stuart Altschuler, Prestige Framing Academy, Woburn, Mass., as treasurer. Julius Shultz, retired CEO of DAX Manufacturing, Orangeburg, N.Y., will serve a second term as past president.

Serving as directors are: Rob Clark, Wizard International, Mukilteo, Wash.; Cliff Wilson, MCPF, Framed In Tatnuck, Worcester, Mass.; Robin Gentry, MCPF, B&J Gallery, Bowling Green, Ky.; David Lantrip, MCPF, Franchise Concepts Inc., St. Louis, Mo.; Joyce Michels, MCPF, Michels Frames & Things, Saint Robert, Mo.; and Carol Graham, FrameReady/SoftTouch Solutions Inc., Petrolia, Ontario, Canada. Jim Esp, executive director, PMA, Jackson, Mich., holds the office of secretary.

PPFA honored outgoing board members Shirley Damon, CPF, Damon Galleries, Vienna, Va.; Jeanette King, SpecialtySoft, Wilmington, N.C.; and Gene Ausili, CPF, The Picture Show, Valencia, Calif. Also during the meeting, Service Award recipients were honored.