Greg Ehrich of Premier Lighting Named NAILD President

NAILD Announces New 2015-16 Board of Directors and Recognizes Outstanding Work of Outgoing Board Members

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The National Association of Independent Lighting Distributors (NAILD), a non-profit trade organization that provides it’s members the opportunity to grow their business through education, networking and technology, announced today it’s new board of directors for 2015-2016.

In his 5th year of serving on the NAILD board, Greg Ehrich of Premier Lighting in St. Paul, MN takes over as the NAILD President. “I am looking forward to growing the organization and helping our members adapt to the future of lighting,” Ehrich stated.

Josh Brown of Keystone Technologies (Montgomeryville, PA.), Jim Goodwin of Wattsaver Lighting Products (Framingham, Mass.), Spencer Miles of Pacific Lamp & Supply Company (Seattle, Wash.) and C.W. “Bill” Cooley of Voss Lighting (Lincoln, Neb.) were named to the NAILD board of directors and will help in the development and planning of association programs, member recruitment and other initiatives benefiting the independent lighting distribution industry.

“We are thrilled to have these outstanding individuals join the board,” said NAILD incoming President Greg Ehrich of Premier Lighting of St. Paul, Minn. “All four have a wealth of knowledge and experience in the lighting industry and we look forward to working with them to help the association grow over the next year.”

NAILD also recognizes the oustanding work of outgoing board members Gordon Hunt of Illuminating Technologies, Inc. (Greensboro, NC), Gene Grassel of Daupin Electric (Harrisburg, PA.), Tony Collins of Hatch Lighting (Phoenixville, PA.) and Randy Johnson of US Lamp, Inc. (Green Bay, WI).

“I commend the efforts of these four outgoing board members for all the work they have done to support NAILD’s mission and growth,” Ehrich said. “We thank them for their service over the past year.”

Brown, Goodwin, Miles and Cooley join the following board members: President Ehrich, President-Elect Rebecca Phillips of Professional Lighting & Supply, Inc. (Greensboro, N.C.), Secretary/Treasurer Robbin Watt, C.N. Robinson Lighting Supply (Baltimore, MD), Immediate Past President Kevin Eagan of Northwest Lighting Systems (Burnsville, MN), Past President Council Chair Cooley, Kelly Himes of Derick Associates, Inc. (Gaithersburg, MD), Cory Schneider of Lighting Unlimited, Inc. (Scottsdale, AZ), Gene Siepka of USHIO America, Inc. (Dyer, IN) and Joan Scott Trew of Scott Lighting Supply Co. (Huntsville, AL).

For more information on NAILD, visit www.naild.org.

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