Marketing & Sales Executives of Detroit Announces Board and Officers for 2006-2007

TROY, Mich., Sept. 20 -- The Marketing & Sales Executives of Detroit announced its board of directors, officers and committee chairs for the 2006-2007 program year. Named officers for the organization were:

  *  MSED President - Gary E. Corbin, director of global automotive
     business development, Accenture, Southfield, Mich.;
  *  Vice President - Richard Marsolais, business development manager,
     Honigman Miller Schwartz and Cohn, Detroit;
  *  Treasurer - Lee Grubb, chairman, TierConnect, Bloomfield Hills, Mich.;
  *  Executive Director - Ann K. Bruttell, president of Meeting
     Coordinators, Inc., Troy, Mich.

  The 2006-2007 board of directors elected were:
  *  Kathryn J. Brennan, president of The Brennan Group, Detroit;
  *  Len Damico, vice president of Durakon Industries, Farmington Hills,
     Mich.;
  *  Bill Foy, vice president of DENSO International America, Inc.,
     Southfield, Mich.;
  *  Timothy J. Glock, vice president of sales, DURA Automotive Systems,
     Inc., Rochester Hills, Mich.;
  *  Brian Hurley, vice president of customer initiatives, GE Automotive,
     Southfield, Mich.;
  *  Jason Lambiris, president & CEO, Apex Digital Solutions, Sterling
     Heights, Mich.;
  *  J. Max Rogers, global director of sales, marketing and planning, Delphi

     Packard Electric, Bloomfield Hills, Mich.;
  *  Marianne Schrode, business development manager, Dassault Systemes,
     Auburn Hills, Mich.

  Named as committee chairs were:
  *  Gala Committee - Richard Marsolais, business development manager,
     Honigman Miller Schwartz and Cohn, Detroit;
  *  Education Committee - Brian Demoe, managing partner, Atrio Systems,
     Inc., Pontiac, Mich.;
  *  Events Committee - Kimberly A. Ziomek, global account manager, JATO
     Dynamics, West Bloomfield, Mich.;
  *  Membership Committee - Jill Jablonski, executive director, SAE-Detroit
     Section, Farmington Hills, Mich.;
  *  Marketing/Communications Committee - Lauren Eisbrenner, executive vice
     president & COO, Eisbrenner Public Relations, Troy, Mich.

Founded in 1988, the Marketing & Sales Executives of Detroit (MSED) is a non-profit organization for marketing and sales management professionals in southeastern Michigan. MSED provides members with an ongoing platform for idea exchange, professional development and new business opportunities. The organization conducts approximately 15 meetings, seminars and education events each year for networking, professional development and scholarship fund- raising purposes.