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May 1, 2003
Kirby Risk Corp., Lafayette, Ind., has named John Burke executive vice president, operations as well as president and chief operating officer of Kirby

Kirby Risk Corp., Lafayette, Ind., has named John Burke executive vice president, operations as well as president and chief operating officer of Kirby Risk Electrical Supply. He was previously chief operating officer of Source Alliance. Douglas Mansfield has been promoted to president and chief operating officer of Kirby Risk's manufacturing group. He was most recently responsible for the company's motor repair, precision machining, service center and Arco Electric segments. Jason Bricker has been named executive vice president and chief financial officer. He has been with the company since 1996. Karl Neve has been named branch manager at the Macomb, Ill., location. He was previously a customer service manager with the YMCA. Steve Golba has been named division manager of the South Bend, Ind., location. He was previously branch manager of the Plymouth, Ind., location. Edgar Cyr has been named marketing manager of automation products. He was most recently area manager for motion control with the Automation Marketing Group. Damaris Whaley has been appointed branch manager for the LaPorte, Ind., location. She was previously area operations manager for the South Bend, LaPorte and Plymouth, Ind., locations. Rich Bradshaw has been named sales manager, strategic accounts with the strategic sales group. He was previously an account manager at the Kokomo, Ind., location.

Pass & Seymour/Legrand, Syracuse, N.Y., has appointed Rebekah Bell product manager for the weatherproof, wall plates and boxes/braces lines. Yann Kulp has been named product manager for residential wiring devices and ground fault circuit interrupter lines. Cookie Caloia has been named director of marketing communications for all of Pass & Seymour/Legrand. She previously was marketing communications manager.

Scott Telesz has been named general manager, supply chain management for GE Supply, Shelton, Conn. Most recently, Telesz served as e-productivity leader.

Tom Morgan has been named president and chief operating officer of Hughes Supply Inc., Orlando. He was previously with enfoTrust Networks, where he was chief executive officer. Stewart Hall Jr. has resigned as president, chief operating officer and member of the board of directors to pursue a family business venture.

Robert Reynolds Jr. has been elected chairman of the board for Graybar Electric Co., St. Louis. Reynolds, also president and chief executive officer of Graybar, succeeds Carl Hall, who recently retired after 41 years with the company. Graybar has also appointed Lawrence R. Giglio vice president investment and inventory management. He was formerly district vice president at Dallas. Lindsey Darnell has been named district vice president at Dallas. He was previously director of construction market. Henry Schmidt was named manager, comm/data sales in the Midwest. Schmidt was previously director of corporate accounts.

Hagemeyer North America, Atlanta, Ga., has appointed David Oldfather as chief operating officer of Tristate Electrical & Electronics Supply Co. He succeeds Grayson Oldfather who has left the company to pursue other interest. David Oldfather has been an associate with Tristate since 1993.

John Wilczura has been named national sales manager for Remke Industries, Wheeling, Ill. Wilczura was previously with Harting Inc.

Brady Corp., Milwaukee, has named Scott Hoffman global business director, power and communications markets for identification solutions and specialty tapes, North America. He was most recently director of sales for ISST-North America. Todd LaMalfa has been named director of sales and director of power and communications markets, ISST-North America. He was most recently director of marketing for North America.