STAFF
President/CEO
Brent McClendon, CAE • brent@palletcentral.com
Sr. Director, Business Partnerships
Mark Barford • mbarford@palletcentral.com
Senior Director, Mexico and Latam
Paola Beltrán Madrid • pbeltranmadrid@palletcentral.com
PDS & Membership Services Manager
Susan Cheney • scheney@palletcentral.com
PDS Principal Engineer & Strategic Business Advisor
Kristen DeLack, PE • kdelack@palletcentral.com
Director, Government Affairs
Kate Doherty • kdoherty@palletcentral.com
Vice President, Communications
Annee Ferri • aferri@palletcentral.com
Executive Director, Pallet Foundation
Brad Gething, PhD • bgething@palletcentral.com
Senior Vice President
Jason Ortega, JD, MBA, CAE • jortega@palletcentral.com
Events and Programming Manager
Kristina Rader Bitancurt • tina@palletcentral.com
PDS Senior Soware Engineer
Kevin Richey • krichey@palletcentral.com
PDS Associate Soware Engineer
George Scharps • gscharps@palletcentral.com
Office and Operations Manager
Mindy Soranno • msoranno@palletcentral.com
Sr. Director, Marketing
Michelle Sullivan • michelle@palletcentral.com
Vice President, Operations & Events
Mimi Sullivan • msullivan@palletcentral.com
SEASON SPONSORS
Helioz Technologies
513-998-1482 | www.heliozgroup.com
Kiln-Direct.com
910-259-9794 | www.kiln-direct.com
Max Board Feet
434-525-2292 | www.maxboardfeet.com
Mid Continent Steel And Wire
800-867-6245 | www.magnumfasteners.com
Pallet Machinery Group
804-443-5111 | www.palletmachinery.com
Pallet-Track
831-244-0069 | pallerack.com
Pendu Manufacturing
717-354-4348 | www.pendu.com
Profile Technology
800-369-4242 | www.profiletech.com
PRS Group
217-291-0009 | www.prsgroupinc.com
Rotochopper
320-548-3586 | www.rotochopper.com
Smart Products
765-284-9545 | www.smartproductsinc.com
Universal Fastener Outsourcing
800-352-0028 | www.nailscrews.com
Vecoplan
336-861 6070 | www.vecoplanllc.com
Viking Engineering & Development
763-586-1215 | www.vikingeng.com
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