Maritz Names Duke Hale To Top Post In Automotive Group

    ST. LOUIS--July 11, 2002--Maritz Inc., the worldwide leader in enterprise performance management, has named Duke Hale as Group Vice President for its automotive sector.
    In this newly created position, Hale will oversee the day-to-day operations, sales, and management of the entire range of services Maritz provides to the auto industry. Maritz personnel in its Southern California and Detroit offices will report to Hale.
    "We are delighted that Duke has joined our team," said Dennis Hummel, Chief Sales Officer for Maritz Inc. "He is a strong business manager, sales leader, and team player with a long automotive history. His experience, leadership, and knowledge, combined with Maritz' outstanding track record in the automotive industry will allow us to enhance and further develop our solution offerings."
    Hale will be responsible for maintaining a coordinated strategy and service approach by aligning resources from Maritz' performance improvement, travel, and market research business units with its automotive sales and marketing offices throughout the country.
    "We expect to sharpen our focus on this critical client segment," Hummel said "We firmly believe that Maritz can best serve the vast needs of the auto sector with a coordinated and single-threaded leadership, strategy, and service approach. Duke's vast experience within the sector affords us a new dimension as we continually evaluate and enhance our best practices in an effort to meet and exceed client expectations."
    Hale has spent his entire professional career in the automotive industry. Most recently, he was Chief Operating Officer at American Isuzu Motors Inc. From 1996-2000, he was Vice President, Customer Service and Parts Operations, at Mazda North American Operations in Irvine, Calif.; prior to that, he was Vice President of Sales for Mazda Motors of America.
    Hale previously served as President of Starcraft Automotive Corp. of Goshen, N.Y. He also has held senior-level positions at Volvo Cars of North America, Chrysler Corp., and Ford Motor Co.
    Hale received a bachelor of science degree from Ball State University in 1972.

    About Maritz

    Maritz Inc. ranks No. 157 on the most recent Forbes list of "500 Biggest Private Companies." Maritz offers market and customer research, communications, learning solutions, incentive initiatives, meetings and event management, awards and recognition, travel services, and customer loyalty programs, which are delivered through 20 operating companies located in the United States, Canada, Mexico, the United Kingdom, France, and Germany. Additional information can be found at www.maritz.com.