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Premier Group Announces 2025 Board Lineup and Strategic Focus During Annual Retreat

11 Jun 2025 1:41 PM | Dana Geiger (Administrator)

Premier Group Network, a member-driven coalition of promotional products industry leaders, proudly announces its 2025 Board of Directors following a dynamic and collaborative annual retreat in Virginia Beach. The retreat served as a springboard for setting operational priorities to better serve the growth and success of the membership.


2025 Premier Group Network Board of Directors
With nearly 300 years of combined industry experience, the newly seated board includes:

  • Todd Mawyer, TK Promotions – Board Chair
  • Robert Titelman, Skylight Creative Ideas – Immediate Past Chair
  • Samantha Kates, Spector & Co. – Vice Chair
  • Brittany Frase, Hirsch – Director
  • Brian Diessroth, Edwards Garment – Director
  • Jackie DeFusco, Koozie Group – Director
  • Andrea Kramer, City Apparel + Merch – Director
  • Darren Lichtsinn, JH Specialty – Director
  • Alicia Rhodes, Action Plus Ideas – Director

Key highlights from the annual retreat included:

  • Strategic alignment around key priorities: operational excellence, member engagement and growth, spend optimization, and brand awareness
  • Reaffirmed commitment to delivering exceptional value, connectivity, and profitability for supplier and distributor members alike
  • Activation of realigned committees to drive progress on organizational goals and enhance support for Premier Group’s growing membership

“I’ve had the pleasure of working with so many incredible industry leaders since joining Premier Group in 2021,” said Dana Geiger, Executive Director. “Each year we say goodbye to tenured leaders and welcome a new class of brilliant volunteers. This year is no exception.  I’m so excited about the energy and expertise this new board embodies, and I am thrilled to be working alongside them to bring fresh initiatives to the membership.”


About Premier Group Network

Premier Group Network (also known as Premier Catalog Group) is the leading supplier-distributor alliance in the promotional products industry—and the only one that grants full and equal membership to both suppliers and distributors. Founded in 1997 by Paul Smith and Doug Bruce, Premier Group is one of the industry’s oldest and most respected buying groups. Membership is selective and based on recommendation by the Membership Committee and approval by the Board of Directors. Premier Group operates as a 501(c)(6) nonprofit organization.

For more information, visit: www.premiergroupnetwork.com

Media contact: Dana Geiger | 757.491.3114 | Dana@premiergroupnetwork.com


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