April 11, 2021

Meet MDM’s 2021 Women in Distribution

Featured Premium, Leadership / Eric Smith

These extraordinary women are taking the industry to new heights through strong leadership and mindful investments in the future.

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Chintan Patel at Forefront of SiteOne Landscape Supply’s Digital Transformation

Leadership / Eric Smith

Patel used her extensive B2C e-commerce experience when building a digital sales channel for the landscape equipment distributor.

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Jayne Millard Has Built a Lasting Legacy at Turtle & Hughes — and in the Industry

Leadership / Eric Smith

Millard might have handed the reins of the electrical distributor’s top executive post to a successor, but her legacy at the company and in wholesale distribution is intact.

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Katie Parris is Putting Her Own Stamp on the Family Plumbing Business

Leadership / Eric Smith

As the president/CEO and owner of The Part Works Inc., a company her parents started, Parris now gets to combine her own experience and skills with the foundation they built.

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Anne Vranicic Can Handle it All for Valin Corp.

Leadership / Eric Smith

Vrancic might officially be the director or marketing, but she has proven to be so much for the industrial distributor since joining the company in 2002.

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Amazon Business GM Leading Way for Company’s Soaring Growth

Leadership / Eric Smith

Petra Schindler-Carter has been with Amazon Business since it rebranded from AmazonSupply in 2015, and she is a major reason for the division’s success.

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‘Entrepreneurial Mindset’ Pays Off for Riverhawk Industrial Supply’s Sarah Finlayson

Leadership / Eric Smith

Though a relative newbie to the distribution industry, Finlayson has brought a solid business acumen to the company she bought from her parents a few years ago and is now seeing the industrial supplier thrive.

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Graybar’s Kathy Mazzarella is the ‘Dean’ of Women Leaders in Distribution

Leadership / Eric Smith

Mazzarella’s rise to the top at Grayber is legendary, and she is out to help distributors learn from her experience and expertise.

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Deb Swambar Returns Home to Distribution, Makes Impact Beyond HR

Leadership / Eric Smith

As the chief human resources office for Crescent Electric Supply Co., Swambar is leading the charge in the company’s “war for talent,” but she brings much more to the electrical distribution business.

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Allie Copeland Exemplifies Leadership When It’s Needed the Most

Leadership / Eric Smith

ADI Global Distribution vice president of global operations helped carry the company through the complexity of COVID-19 with “creative and unique” solutions.

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COVID-19 (Coronavirus), Full Issue PDF, Leadership, Operations, Research & Analytics, Sales & Marketing, Strategy, Subscriber Only, Technology / Elizabeth Galentine

MDM’s inaugural class of Women in Distribution Award winners make for a powerful group of leaders whose company initiatives and industry outreach are a boon to the profession. Read their stories in the April 10 issue.

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Mahar Tool Supply COO Finds Success in Dedication to Family Business

Leadership / Mike Robuck

Carrie Kessel learned the distribution business by osmosis, as she grew up doing everything from mowing the lawn to counting inventory to filing documents.

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NetPlus Alliance President ‘Exemplifies All of the Traits of a Great Leader’

Leadership / Mike Robuck

Jennifer Murphy’s advice to women just starting out in the distributor industry is to continually cultivate their networking opportunities.

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Legacy of Female Leadership Grows at Industrial Supply

Leadership / Mike Robuck

Jessica Yurgaitis follows in the footsteps of her grandmother and great-grandmother at one of the largest industrial suppliers in the Intermountain West.

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Vallen’s Lansdale Strives to Increase Industry Diversity

Leadership / Mike Robuck

Joyce Lansdale was instrumental to the creation of VICKIE, an acronym for “Voices Inspiring Change, Knowledge, Innovation and Empowerment,” Vallen’s employee resource group designed to recruit strong, diverse candidates into leadership.

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Commentary: A Technology-Driven Future is Coming, Whether You’re Ready or Not

Technology / Elizabeth Galentine

The future we’re headed toward has no sympathy for resource constraints, resistance to change or incompatible legacy systems.

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WESCO Tech Exec Fosters Innovation with Next-Gen Tech and Partnerships

Leadership / Mike Robuck

Rose Chen is driving new growth opportunities by promoting cross-collaboration with emerging technology partners across artificial intelligence, Internet of Things (IoT), and digital technologies.

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NB Handy CEO Excels at Attracting and Retaining New Talent

Leadership / Mike Robuck

Rosana Chaidez crafts NB Handy’s Future Leaders program whereby the company hires college graduates each year to develop them into sales or operations leaders within the company.

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Non-Traditional Career Path Leads Industry Vet to Palmer-Donavin CEO

Leadership / Mike Robuck

Robyn Pollina rose through the ranks from accountant to CEO, ensuring along the way that company culture and giving back to communities are core values for the employee-owned business.

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Mayer CEO Deepens Company Culture By Giving Back to Community

Leadership / Mike Robuck

Nancy Goedecke and her three siblings are the third-generation owners of Mayer and, along with their spouses, make up what is now known as the G3 (Generation 3) Group.

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April 11, 2021

Meet MDM’s 2021 Women in Distribution

Chintan Patel at Forefront of SiteOne Landscape Supply’s Digital Transformation

Jayne Millard Has Built a Lasting Legacy at Turtle & Hughes — and in the Industry

Katie Parris is Putting Her Own Stamp on the Family Plumbing Business

Anne Vranicic Can Handle it All for Valin Corp.

Amazon Business GM Leading Way for Company’s Soaring Growth

‘Entrepreneurial Mindset’ Pays Off for Riverhawk Industrial Supply’s Sarah Finlayson

Graybar’s Kathy Mazzarella is the ‘Dean’ of Women Leaders in Distribution

Deb Swambar Returns Home to Distribution, Makes Impact Beyond HR

Allie Copeland Exemplifies Leadership When It’s Needed the Most

Download this Issue as a PDF: April 10 2021

Mahar Tool Supply COO Finds Success in Dedication to Family Business

NetPlus Alliance President ‘Exemplifies All of the Traits of a Great Leader’

Legacy of Female Leadership Grows at Industrial Supply

Vallen’s Lansdale Strives to Increase Industry Diversity

Commentary: A Technology-Driven Future is Coming, Whether You’re Ready or Not

WESCO Tech Exec Fosters Innovation with Next-Gen Tech and Partnerships

NB Handy CEO Excels at Attracting and Retaining New Talent

Non-Traditional Career Path Leads Industry Vet to Palmer-Donavin CEO

Mayer CEO Deepens Company Culture By Giving Back to Community

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