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| Tim Arenberg is President of Chicago-based Columbia Pipe & Supply Co., a leading distributor of pipe, valves, fittings, plumbing, HVAC, hydronics, and valve automation and engineered products in the United States. The company serves mechanical, process piping, commercial plumbing contractors, and industrial and institutional customers from its 21 distribution centers throughout Illinois, Indiana, Michigan, Minnesota, and Wisconsin. During his 20 years at Columbia Pipe & Supply, the company experienced significant growth and development, including: increased revenues from $48 million to over $200 million; the successful completion of five acquisitions and eleven start-ups; and staff growth to over 350 people. Mr. Arenberg is currently a member of the Boards of Directors of supplyForce Account Management, AD Integrated Supply, LLC, and Columbia Pipe & Supply Co. He has also served on the Board of Directors for the American Supply Association and as Chairman of the American Supply Association’s Industrial Piping Division Executive Council. Mr. Arenberg is a 1979 graduate of University of Illinois, College of Commerce, with a BS in Marketing.
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| Barry Boyer is a life-long resident of Cedar Rapids, Iowa. He is married to Gilda and they have two children, Erik and Lauren. Barry graduated with honors from Cornell College in 1984 where he studied Economics, Business and Political Science. He is currently President and CEO of Van Meter Industrial, an employee-owned electrical wholesale and automation company headquartered in Cedar Rapids, Iowa. He has been with Van Meter for 16 years. Van Meter and its subsidiaries have 21 locations and 550 people in Iowa and Minnesota. He is passionate about community service and currently serves on 7 local and industry boards including current Chair of the United Way of East Central Iowa and Chair of Cedar Rapids Economic Development. In his spare time, he spends time with family and is an avid photographer and outdoorsman.
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| Jon Eames is the President of N. H. Bragg & Sons, an Industrial Supply Distributor with locations in Bangor and Portland, Maine. Mr. Eames is a sixth generation family member of this 151 year old family-owned company. His company joined Affiliated Distributors' Industrial Supply Division in 1995. He joined AD's Board in 2004 and is a graduate of Babson College with a BS in Management, Finance and Marketing.
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| Lenin Juarez is a Managing Partner for Action Gypsum Supply LP. With four locations and a great staff, Action Gypsum Supply LP is one of the leaders in drywall distribution in the state of Texas. Lenin obtained a BA from Texas Tech University, having studied one year in Lima, Peru with the University of Indiana in 1968 and received a Juris Doctorate Degree from The National Law Center, George Washington University in Washington DC in 1972. He joined the drywall industry in 1980. Lenin and his partner, Terri King, established Action Gypsum Supply LP in 2003.
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Tim MacDonald is President & Chief Executive Officer of Ideal Supply Co. Ltd, a 3rd generation family-owned, distributor of electrical supplies to contractors, industry and the automotive aftermarket. Located in Listowel, Ontario, Ideal's headquarters and distribution center redistributes stock to the company's 30 branches across southwest Ontario. In 2007, Ideal Supply was recognized by Deloitte as one of "Canada's 50 Best Managed Companies".
Tim is currently on the Board of Directors of the Stratford Shakespeare Festival and is the Founding Chair of the Stratford and Perth County Community Foundation. Tim has also served as Chair of Electro-Federation Canada, President of the Listowel Chamber of Commerce and Chair of the Western Ontario Chapter of YPO. Tim and his wife, Alexandra, make their home in Stratford, Ontario.
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| Michael McInerney is the Chairman of the Board of Thos. Somerville Company in Upper Marlboro, MD. Thos. Somerville Company has 22 branch locations in Virginia, Maryland, West Virginia and Pennsylvania. They joined Affiliated Distributors' Plumbing Division in January 2001. Mr. McInerney has been a member of the AD Board since 2001 and serves as the Chairman of the Board's Audit Committee. Mr. McInerney is also a member of the Board of Directors for T.W. Perry Company, T. S. Realty Company, Washington Hotel Company and the Centers for the Handicapped. Mr. McInerney attended the University of Notre Dame and went on to graduate school at The George Washington University.
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| Tammy Miller is CEO of Border States, the 9th largest electrical distributor in the US with annual sales exceeding $1 billion. The company, headquartered in Fargo, ND, with 58 branches in 13 states, serves the utility, industrial and construction markets, has approximately 1,350 employees, and is 100% employee-owned through an Employee Stock Ownership Trust (ESOP). Tammy currently serves on the Board of Directors for Elite Distributors Insurance Captive, Starion Financial and Sanford Medical Center. Miller is a past Board Chair for NAED (National Association of Electrical Distributors) and the first female Board Chair in their 100-year history. Tammy has a BS in accounting and a MBA from Minnesota State University Moorhead. Tammy and her husband, Craig Palmer, divide their time between Fargo and Scottsdale, AZ.
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| Brian G. Peirce is the President and CEO of Peirce-Phelps Inc. headquartered in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. Peirce-Phelps is a distributor of HVAC equipment, parts and supplies that has served dealers and contractors in the Mid-Atlantic market since 1926. The company also sells hearth and solid surface materials throughout New York, Delaware, Pennsylvania, New Jersey, Maryland, Virginia and West Virginia. His company joined AD through the merger of the HVAC Group with AD in January of 2006. Mr. Peirce graduated with a B.A. in Economics from Franklin and Marshall College and received his MBA from the University of Chicago.
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| Jeff Pope is President of F. W. Webb Company, the Northeast’s largest distributor of plumbing, heating, and cooling products, pumps and industrial pipe, valves and fittings. As the third generation of his family to lead F. W. Webb, Jeff joined the company in 1980 and learned the business on the front line as an inside salesperson at the Burlington, Massachusetts facility. Jeff became head of the HVAC and Controls division in 1996. He moved up to Vice President of Branch Operations a few years later, and in 2002 took over the title of President from John Pope. From 2006 to 2009, Jeff served on AD’s HVAC Divisional Board. He is a graduate of Dartmouth College and a member of the Board of Directors of the American Supply Association (ASA). Jeff and his family reside in Beverly, Massachusetts. In his spare time he enjoys playing golf.
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| John Spoor is the President and COO of State Electric Supply Company and a member of AD's Board since 2004. During his tenure, State Electric grew from 6 branches in two states to 33 branches spanning 5 states (WV, VA, KY, OH, and NC). He has been a Regional Vice-President for NAED and a member of their Board of Directors. Mr. Spoor graduated from Marshall University with a Bachelor of Science and MBA.
-Back to Top- |  | Bill Weisberg is the CEO of Affiliated Distributors (AD). He joined AD 28 years ago and became CEO in 1991. Mr. Weisberg has helped to facilitate AD's growth through the effective utilization of Affiliate and Supplier Committees and Task Forces. This consensus building process resulted in the establishment of the industry's first formalized Networking groups, the development of innovative marketing and planning programs, the implementation of the first national accounts program for electrical independents and the early adoption of internet technology to facilitate group communications.
Under Mr. Weisberg's leadership AD has completed successful mergers with five member-owned cooperatives, entered the Canadian electrical market, the general line industrial market, the Plumbing, PVF and HVAC markets and the drywall industry. In 1999 he founded supplyFORCE, a national accounts business that survived the dot-com crash and is active to this day serving multi-regional MRO customers by coordinating the fulfillment of orders and services from AD members across three AD industries.
Mr. Weisberg is the proud parent of eight children and is a graduate of Central High School in Philadelphia, PA.
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