Roles & Responsibilities Members of Staff Liaison AdVenture Marketing Awards Channel Advantage Partnership (CAP) CAP Associates A conference-planning committee that sets the agenda for NAED s annual AdVenture Marketing Conference. This committee focuses on the education and networking needs of electrical industry marketing professionals. To review Annual Award nominations and choose recipients. The winners of the Annual Awards are recognized at the NAED National Meeting. Serves as permanent council for the NAED Foundation. The fund, selects, coordinates, and monitors critical research and development of educational programs. Funding is derived from the board-directed Investment fund first established in 2003. Serves as a permanent advisory group of endowment contributors. The Associates discuss industry issues and work together to develop research topics. Chair, Chair-Elect, Past Chair three Members@Large (Manufacturer or Allied Partner) Member Distributor, Associate Member Chair, Chair-Elect, Current Past Chair & Past Chair Members of this council are made up of distributors and manufacturers. The Chair is a distributor member and serves a 2-year term Members of this council are made up of distributor members. Becky Burgess Sr. Director of Meetings & Conferences becky.burgess@naed.org CAP Steering Subcommittee The governing sub-committee of the CAP. Chair, Chair-Elect, Past Chair, and member distributors and manufacturers. CEP Governing Eastern Region Certification program that sets the bar for electrical distribution by assessing the skills required by professionals in today s industry. Designation validates the knowledge and credibility of the holder and encourages others to strive for it as well. Provides direction to the NAED Board of Directors in serving the needs of the membership; and enhance the efficiency of the electrical distribution channel in each respective region. The Regional shall be responsible for membership, marketing, regional conference planning and representation of the interests of the region. Chair, Chair-Elect, Past Chair, and member distributors and manufacturers. Regional VP, VP-Elect, Past VP, NAED Chair, Chair-Elect, Past Chair 4 NAED Member-At-Large, Eastern region Member-At-Large, 2 LEAD committee members, Paula Siddell Education Program psiddell@naed.org Brian Peters bpeters@naed.org 1
Roles & Responsibilities Members of Staff Liaison Education & The EDC is made up of human resource and Development training professionals from electrical (EDC) distribution and manufacturing companies. Education & Development (EDC) Executive Team Finance Government Affairs IDEA Board The Education and Development (EDC) guides the NAED Foundation toward leading edge training and education programs, provides a vision on future training and education programs and encourages dialogue with members to further the industries education and development. The committee meets quarterly on teleconference and has one National meeting The executive branch of the Education & Development (EDC). The EDC Executive Team guides the strategic vision of the EDC as well as facilitates the task teams in their creation of industry toolkits, templates, and programs. Develop long-range financial plans, investment policies, financial and operating policies and National budget. Oversight of investments and financial condition of the Association. Reports to the NAED Board of Directors on the financial condition and present financial and investment policies for approval. One meeting per year prior to the National Meeting and other meetings deemed necessary by the Chair. Length of term is the same as the office they hold. Government Affairs is an advocate for members by keeping appraised of current issues and notifying NAED members of new laws and regulations that may impact their business. IDEA is a privately held company equally owned by the National Association of Electrical Distributors (NAED) and the National Electrical Manufacturers Association (NEMA) for the purpose of providing the supply chain with systems and standards for the electronic exchange of business data. Chair, Chair-Elect, Past Chair, and member distributors. Chair, Chair-Elect, Past Chair 2 Member-At- Large (Manufacturer or Allied Partner) and The members shall include: Chair of the Board, Chair-Elect, Past Chair, Finance Chair, Foundation Chair, the President and Vice President, Finance. consists of member distributors and meets once a year. Four distributor members are selected by NAED s Board of Directors. John Kiso Education Project jkiso@naed.org John Kiso Education Project jkiso@naed.org Tim Dencker VP Finance tdencker@naed.org Ed Orlet VP of Government Affairs eorlet@naed.org Bethany Sullivan NAED Observer bethanysullivan@msn.com 2
Roles & Responsibilities Members of Staff Liaison Lake Michigan A conference-planning committee that sets the Chair, Past Chair,, Brian Peters Club agenda for NAED s annual Lake Michigan Club Manufacturer or Allied Partners, and conference and the Lake Michigan Club Holiday manufacturer representatives. bpeters@naed.org LEAD Manufacturers Membership Missouri River Club event. A conference-planning committee that sets the agenda for NAED s annual Leadership Enhancement and Development (LEAD) conference. This committee focuses on developing current and emerging leaders in the electrical distribution industry. Each committee member is responsible for soliciting input on selected topics from 8-10 other manufacturers to ensure representation from the manufacturing community. Communicating industry issues, concerns, trends and opportunities. Meets four times per year - at each regional conference and at the National Meeting This committee is charged with making recommendations to the Board of Directors to either approve or deny membership of potential distributors, associates, allied partners and Honorary Life Members. Length of term is the same as the office they hold. A committee of electrical distributors, manufacturers and manufacturer representatives, primarily located in the plains states that are dedicated to education associates and provide new and expanded networking opportunities. The committee consists of the LEAD Chair, LEAD Chair-Elect, and LEAD Past Chair, at least two (2) representatives from each region, and at least two (2) manufactures. members are chosen to represent regions and varying sizes of member companies. The Chair serves for two years and remains on for one year as Past Chair. members are required to serve two-year terms. Terms begin and end at NAED s National Meetings. The is composed of the Past Chair and the Region VP-Elects. The planning committee consists of 3-5 distributors, 2-3 manufacturer representatives including 2 direct sales representatives from manufacturers. meetings consist of a planning session, a post conference wrap up session and teleconferences as needed. A conference is held yearly in the Fall. Rhonda Parkinson Conference rparkinson@naed.org Frank Dantona Membership Liaison fdantona@naed.org Sheila Logan Office & Executive slogan@naed.org Jon Gehbauer jgehbauer@naed.org 3
Roles & Responsibilities Members of Staff Liaison NAED Board of Directors NAED Foundation Board of Directors Nominating Performance Analysis As the governing body of NAED, the Board of Directors is accountable for the effective performance and direction of the organization as a whole, and for communicating to the membership with respect to these activities and policies. As the governing body of the NAED Foundation, the NAED Foundation Board of Directors acts as the governing body to ensure that information and training products are created to move the electrical industry forward. To present nominations as their respective terms require. The Nominating shall establish criteria for the open positions for which such nominations are presented. Provide individual expertise and experience to issues concerning performance reporting that is delivered via the annual NAED PAR Report. The focus of the committee is to offer suggestions and candid impression for the necessary implementations for the overall benefit to the industry. Participate in committee meetings, special interest/project teleconferences, and special presentations to committee on projects as needed. The committee meets as needed via teleconference or in-person. Chair, Chair-Elect, Past Chair, Three Regional Vice Presidents, Three Regional VPs-Elect, Three Past Regional VPs, LEAD Chair, Foundation Chair, Foundation Chair-Elect, Chair or Vice Chair of ("IDEA"), A representative of the Non-Voting Members Two year term: Finance Chair, up to two (2) at-large members, Up to three (3) members that are, at the time of nomination, employees of one of the NAED members that paid the top ten amount of dues to NAED during the immediately preceding full fiscal year of NAED. Chair, Chair-Elect, Past-Chair, NAED Chair- Elect, NAED President, National Electrical Manufacturer s Representatives Association ( NEMRA ) Past-Chair, LEAD Past-Chair. At least four (4) other at-large members appointed for two-year terms. Chair, Chair-Elect, Past Chair and VPs from each regional council. The committee is composed of the PAC chairperson and six distributor members with financial experience i.e.: Controller, VP Finance. Michelle McNamara Sr. VP/Executive Director mmcnamara@naed.org 4
Roles & Responsibilities Members of Staff Liaison Personnel Chair, Chair-Elect & Past Chair Review South Central Regional Strategic Technology Task Force Phase III Western Regional Provides direction to the NAED Board of Directors in serving the needs of the membership; and enhance the efficiency of the electrical distribution channel in each respective region. The Regional shall be responsible for membership, marketing, regional conference planning and representation of the interests of the region. The mission of the Strategic Technology Task Force is to provide a roadmap for the industry to respond to technology innovations; offer recommended solutions to common technology issues; educate the industry on how to use technology as a competitive weapon to cement the viability of the channel into the future; and develop a mechanism to evaluate and measure the ongoing level of technology usage as a channel. Provides direction to the NAED Board of Directors in serving the needs of the membership; and enhance the efficiency of the electrical distribution channel in each respective region. The Regional shall be responsible for membership, marketing, regional conference planning and representation of the interests of the region. Regional VP, VP-Elect, Past VP, NAED Chair, Chair-Elect, Past Chair 4 NAED Member-At-Large, Eastern region Member-At-Large, 2 LEAD committee members, Two task force leaders with up to ten task force members. The task force is comprised of distributor technology leaders. Regional VP, VP-Elect, Past VP, NAED Chair, Chair-Elect, Past Chair 4 NAED Member-At-Large, Eastern region Member-At-Large, 2 LEAD committee members, Jon Gehbauer jgehbauer@naed.org Bethany Sullivan NAED Observer bethanysullivan@msn.com Jon Gehbauer jgehbauer@naed.org Women in Industry The WII is a conference-planning committee that sets the agenda for NAED s annual Women in Industry Forum and Women in Industry Bootcamps. This committee focuses on engaging and encouraging women to have successful careers in the industry by developing strong leadership qualities and connections to mentor each other. Becky Burgess Sr. Director of Meetings & Conferences becky.burgess@naed.org 5
Roles & Responsibilities Members of Staff Liaison Women in Women in Industry Subcommittee conducts Industry approximately six conference calls a year Subcommittee The Women in Industry Subcommittee is tasked to recruit other females to participate in the Women in Industry Forum, bootcamps, and luncheon meetings throughout the year. Becky Burgess Sr. Director of Meetings & Conferences becky.burgess@naed.org 6