Exec. Director at America's Uptown Hounds Luxury Pet Resorts
America's Uptown Hounds Luxury Pet Resorts has hired Christy Stucker as executive director. Stucker of Jazzercise Inc., specializes in business development and branding. She will be responsible for franchise sales, new product introductions, increasing national sales, as well as marketing and merchandising.


New Bravo! Sales Rep
Bravo! has added Michelle Carter to the Bravo! sales team as the company's southern California sales representative. Carter's duties will include building and managing Bravo! sales in Southern California, as well as maintaining and developing relationships with current Bravo! retailers and NEWCO, the Bravo! distributor for this region.

Carter has more than nine years sales and management experience, including increasing West Coast product market share for the Independent Pet Channel and four years as the West Coast Regional Sales Manager for The Greenies Company. Carter's most recent assignment was with Key Company & Associates in Kansas City where she was the West Coast Sales Manager for the professional channel.
 

Director of Sales & Marketing at Southeast Pet
Southeast Pet has hired Thomas Graves as its director of sales and marketing. Graves has had a 20-year executive career in industrial and commercial supplies. He will be responsible for leading the sales force, strategic planning, supplier selection and relations, and product lifecycle management.


Espree Hires
Espree Animal Products has hired Lauren Snell. Snell will be the face and voice to greet Espree customers and the new Espree Facebook page correspondent. She will help with customer service.


Ecological Labs Gains Microbiologist
Ecological Laboratories, Inc. has hired Peter Kalessis to be responsible for culture identification utilizing PCR and DNA sequencing technical scientific equipment and skills. He will also be responsible for product quality control, management of stock culture banks and new microbial product development, product improvements and methodologies for determining impacts on environments. Kalessis is an Ohio State University graduate.


All Pet Supply Adds Two
All Pet Supply USA has hired Celia Amores as sales manager for the south Florida market. Amores will be responsible for expanding the business in that market; she comes to the position with several years of industry experience.
Dianelys Amor joins All Pet Supply USA as customer service manager. She will be responsible for managing all customer accounts, logistics and will oversee the company's drop-ship department.


RFG Distributing Fills Positions
RFG Distributing has hired Bennie Joppru as administrative manager. Joppru comes to RFG after spending 5 years in the NFL playing for the Houston Texans and the Seattle Seahawks. He is a graduate of the University of Michigan with a Bachelor's degree in General Studies. Joppru  went on to receive executive education certificates from Harvard Business School and The Wharton School at the University of Pennsylvania.

He will be overseeing and helping to coordinate shipping and receiving, buying products, and working with vendors.
The company has also hired Mike Norman to work in its marketing department.

Norman brings 20 years of experience in the creative industry. Under Norman's direction, the company plans to move into new areas including social media.