PPAI Announces 2016 Distinguished Service Award Recipients

Promotional Products Association International (PPAI), announced the recipients of the 2016 PPAI Distinguished Service Award during its North American Leadership Conference in Nashville Monday. Bruce Felber, MAS, director of marketing and sales support for The Image Group, Toledo, Ohio; and Teresa Moisant, MAS, owner and president of Moisant Promotional Products, Oklahoma City, will both be honored at the Chairman’s Leadership Dinner during the PPAI Expo, January 10 to 14, 2016, in Las Vegas at the Mandalay Bay Convention Center.

Felber is a former member of the PPAI board of directors, serving from 2009 to 2013, including a term as vice chair of membership. He has also been an active volunteer in the association’s committees and action groups, and currently serves on its certification committee and public relations advisory group. Outside of PPAI, Felber’s volunteer work within the industry includes leadership roles at the Promotional Products Education Foundation (PPEF) and the Ohio Promotional Professionals Association (OPPA). OPPA, where Felber served as board president in 1995 and 2001, inducted him into the regional association’s hall of fame in 2008. Felber frequently speaks at the PPAI Expo and Expo East, and is a regular contributor to the association’s educational webinar series and its publications, including PPB magazine.

Moisant has a distinguished history in the promotional products industry, and is a long-time volunteer and advocate for the industry. She has shared widely the promotional products industry’s message with her community and region, speaking in the field regularly at the University of Oklahoma and Oklahoma City Community College, as well as numerous area business and professional groups. Moisant has also led a number of PPAI’s committees, including the marketing information and research advisory council, the public relations advisory council, the membership services advisory council, and the distributors advisory council, and has served on the PPEF board. She is a regular speaker and panelist at the PPAI Expo and the PPAI Women’s Leadership Conference, and with the Promotional Products Association of the Southwest (PPAS).

The PPAI Distinguished Service Award recognizes PPAI members who consistently contribute their skills and expertise toward the betterment of the association through volunteer service and leadership.

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