The National Association of Wholesaler-Distributors held its Executive Summit and announced a number of appointments.

Leaders from the PHCP industry included the following:

• Ralph Suppa, president and general manager of the Canadian Institute of Plumbing & Heating was appointed chairman-elect of the AEC for the NAW. Suppa is the first Canadian elected to the board of directors.
• Richard W. Schwartz, chairman of the board of Winsupply, Inc., was named treasurer and chairman of the subcommittee on budget and finance.

NAW comprises individual wholesale distribution firms and a federation of national, regional, state, and local associations and their members, which collectively total more than 30,000 companies. NAW represents the $5.3 trillion merchant wholesale distribution industry, which moves to market virtually every kind of product in the U.S. economy and employs 5.9 million people.