AD’s annual event includes its “Spirit of Independence” Awards Banquet, where AD recognizes and honors distributors and suppliers who achieved outstanding performance during the previous calendar year. Among the highlights:
• Supplier of the Year, Marketing Excellence: Philips Lighting Co., Somerset, N.J.
• Supplier of the Year, Performance: Heritage Plastics, Carrollton, Ohio
• U.S. Affiliate of the Year, Performance: Green Mountain Electric Supply, Newport, Vt.
• Supplier of the Year, Leadership: John Hoffman, executive vice president of sales and marketing, Legrand, Solvay, N.Y.
• U.S. Affiliate of the Year, Leadership: John Burke, president & COO, Kirby Risk Electrical Supply, Lafayette, Ind.
• AD MVP: Thea Copeland, marketing manager, Buckles-Smith, San Jose, Calif.
• Best Annual Planning Process: Electrical Engineering & Equipment Co., Windsor Heights, Iowa
• Best Conversion to an AD Supplier: Kendall Electric, Portage, Mich., and Hubbell Lighting, Greenville, S.C.
• Clean Energy Affiliate of the Year: McNaughton-McKay Electric Co., Madison Heights, Mich.
• Clean Energy Supplier of the Year: Scout Solar, Tempe, Ariz.
• Clean Energy Champion of the Year: Jim Woods, director of Clean Energy Programs, Shealy Electrical Wholesalers, West Columbia, S.C.
• Canadian Affiliate of the Year, Performance: Earl O’Neil Electric Supply Limited, Woodbridge, Ont.
• Giving Back: Shealy Electrical Wholesalers, West Columbia, S.C.