Home Organization Products Sales Team
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Pam Hannum
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Pamela Hannum, VP Sales/National Sales Manager has over 25 years in the housewares industry. She began her career as a buyer at Marshall Fields, moving on to Montgomery Ward and Dominick’s Food Stores.
She moved into sales with a 5 year stint at Lifetime Hoan, followed by 13 years at Ekco Housewares/World Kitchen, where she held various positions including Regional Sales VP, National Sales Manager, Director of Marketing, Trade Marketing and Channel Management, before joining Whitmor in January of 2004. She currently lives in the Chicago area with her husband and four children.
Alyson Shiryon
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Alyson Shiryon graduated from New York University with a BS degree in Marketing Management. Prior to college she had her own sterling silver jewelry business, and managed and purchased clothing for ladies boutiques in NYC.
She started at Whitmor in a sales management position in March of 1980, and helped establish the Whitmor brand by selling its products to department stores, mass merchandisers and specialty catalogue companies throughout the country.
She was one of the pioneers in the development of what is known today as the “Home Storage and Organization” category. Today Alyson covers the Northeast region primarily but also handles many key accounts outside of it. Her major accounts include drug chains, supermarkets, many specialty stores, and the off price market. She will be celebrating her 30th year with Whitmor very soon.
David Anderson
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David Anderson, Whitmor’s Vice President Sales and Key Account Executive, has been with the company since 2006. A Midwestern native and business school graduate of Western Michigan University, David has over 25 years experience in the consumer products industry, over 18 of which was with Oneida Silversmiths.David is responsible for sales to several key house accounts and also oversees all Whitmor sales for the South-Central as well as Western United States being handled by several independent manufacturing rep organizations.
Melanie Buchanan
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Melanie Buchanan, VP Marketing and Key Account Executive joined Whitmor in early 2006. Melanie has over 24 years of marketing and sales experience in the Housewares Industry. She began working in Marketing with Libbey Glass and progressed to Vice President of Marketing at World Kitchen in Canada.Originally from Toronto, Ontario, Canada, Melanie now resides in North Carolina. On top of her busy career life, she is a devoted wife and mother of three exceptional children. Melanie handles several of Whitmor’s Key Accounts as well as Retailers across Canada and Internationally.
Kathy Maaser
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Kathy Maaser, VP Sales/Account Executive, has over 25 years experience in the housewares industry. She began her career as a buyer at Macys San Francisco, then moved to Marketing of the Revere Brand for Corning Consumer Products Company. She continued to expand upon her experience by pioneering sales and account marketing with World Kitchen.
She currently resides in the Chicagoland area with her husband and 5 children. She works with several Key Accounts since joining Whitmor in January 2009.
