ERA PRESS RELEASE
May 30, 2024
Contact: Clare Kluck / Communications Director / ckluck@era.org

ERA Announces 2025 ERA Conference Chair, Vice Chair & Committee Leaders

The Electronics Representatives Association (ERA) is pleased to announce the appointment of the chair, vice chair and members of the 2025 Conference Committee responsible for planning the 2025 ERA Conference.

Jeff May, president, Logix Sales & Marketing, will serve as Conference Committee Chair and Perry Thornton, president, Pinnacle Marketing, will serve as Conference Committee Vice Chair.

The remainder of the 2025 Conference Committee leaders are as follows:

• Adam Grigor, president, Tech-Trek Ltd. — Breakout Sessions Co-Chair
• Paula Renfrow, vice president, Americas Marketing, TTI Inc. — Breakout Sessions Co-Chair
• Mark Wachtel, president, SJ Associates — Keynote/General Sessions Co-Chair
• Tom Wichert, executive vice president, sales and marketing, TDK Lambda — Keynote/General Sessions Co-Chair
• Lisa Dietrich, distribution manager, Conley Associates — Sponsorships Co-Chair
• John O’Brien, CPMR, president, Coakley Boyd & Abbett — Sponsorships Co-Chair
• Todd McAtee, SVP, business development, Mouser Electronics & SVP, demand development & global operations, XTG — Conference Advisor
• Ellen Coan, CPMR, vice president, operations, C C Electro Sales Inc. — Executive Committee Liaison

“It is an honor and privilege to serve as the 2025 ERA Conference Chair,” said May. “A record number of ERA members volunteered to create our 2025 conference — thank you, ERA community! I am excited to work with Perry Thornton, the ERA staff, our core committee and their teams to produce a fabulous conference.”

“I am really excited to have the opportunity to volunteer and participate in the 2025 ERA Conference as Vice Chair,” said Thornton. “With Jeff May at the helm and a stellar cast of committee chairs, co-chairs and members, we are poised to have another informative and educational conference.”

The 2025 ERA Conference will be ERA’s 56th national conference and will take place once again at the AT&T Hotel and Conference Center in Austin, Texas, on Feb. 23-25, 2025.

ERA plans to announce the entire slate of Conference planning committee volunteers later this spring, as well as announce the Conference theme and attendee/sponsorship registration in the summer.

About ERA

The 88-year-old Electronics Representatives Association (ERA) is the international trade organization for professional field sales companies in the global electronics industries, manufacturers who go to market through representative firms and global distributors. It is the mission of ERA to support the professional field sales function through programs and activities that educate, inform and advocate for manufacturers’ representatives, the principals they represent and the distributors who are reps’ partners in local territories.

For more information about ERA, visit era.org.