Debra Buzzell

Experience: A graduate of Central Connecticut State University, Debra worked for an Addy Award winning design studio before heading to south Florida and making her home with National Premium.

She has spent 21+ years with National Premium, specializing in building brand awareness through creative solutions; promotional products, print, dimensional direct mail and fulfillment services.

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Val Clausen

Experience: Val has been selling in the promotional products industry for 29 years. Her in-depth knowledge and experience in the industry affords you a trusted partner and resource for your promotional product needs. Val is charismatic, likes to have fun while she works, and thoroughly enjoys coming up with ideas to help her customers meet their objectives.

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Kasondra Crist

Experience: Kasondra has been with National Premium for 10 years as a Graphic Designer & Merchandiser, Account Manager, and most recently in 2007 Promotional Consultant. In 2003, she jumped at the opportunity to relocate from our Minnesota office to Florida, where she and her German Shepherd have been enjoying the outdoor lifestyle with sun, fun, and warm water to play in ever since.

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Jennifer Leszczynski

Experience: After Graduating with a Masters Degree in Political Science, Jennifer decided to take on a career path in sales. She has been selling promotional products for 11 years now and have succeeded in penetrating and selling into many organizations, from Fortune 100 companies to smaller businesses.

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Jim Ruelle

Experience: Jim is a creative Promotional Marketing Executive with 16 years of sales experience in the Promotional Merchandise Industry. He has a track record of providing creative, cost effective, and innovative business solutions to a wide variety of customer challenges.

He has serviced all types of accounts from medium size business to Fortune 100 firms. His experience in branding and sales promotion enables him to provide solutions which achieve results, increase ROI, and exceed expectations.

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Andy Voit

Experience:  Andy joined National Premium in 2006 after graduating from UW-Whitewater with a Bachelors Degree in Marketing. He quickly built up his business with a hard-working, blue-collar approach. His accuracy, creative mind, and efficiency has allowed him to stand out in a very competitive industry. Add this with strong core values and a desire for perfection and he hasn't looked back. His communication skills make it easy for him to completely understand his client's individual needs before recommending solutions that create lasting impressions and deliver true value.  

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Sheri Hetrick

Experience: Prior to working at National Premium, Sheri worked at a family owned printing company for 8 years and learned all aspects of the printing industry.

She has been with National Premium for over 20 years. Combining her knowledge of the printing industry and the promotional products industry allows her the opportunity to work on custom displays, POP, POS, as well as traditional promotional products. She enjoys working on custom “out of the box” projects that solve her clients’ marketing objectives.

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Phil Allemang, CAS

Experience: Phil has been servicing the meeting and event planning industry for 14 years and other clients nationwide for over 24 years. He received his BS in Business Administration from Emporia State University and after graduating, owned and operated an apparel factory in Kansas for 20 years. After selling the factory, he became the general manager of an apparel company in Iowa that sold into the promotional industry. He successfully turned the company into a profitable business, working with nine factories nationwide to produce the products. He then ventured into the sales aspect of promotional products, leaving the manufacturing side behind.

In 2010, he received a prestigious designation, CAS, Certified Advertising Specialist, from PPAI, Promotional Products Association International. Less than two percent of sales professionals in this industry have obtained this certification. Years of learning the ins and outs of the industry through classes are required to complete this designation.

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Juanita Peckham

Experience: Juanita has worked in the awards and promotional products area for more than 30 years. She has seen many changes over the years but one thing that stays the same is the clients’ expectation of quality products, on time and within budget. She has worked with some of her clients for more than twenty years and enjoys being able to find just the right item for them.

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Brenda Schifman and Linda Smuckler

Experience: Brenda and Linda have been in the promotional products industry for over fifteen years. As a team, they have worked together in roles focused on sales, marketing, and sourcing. They currently share an office and team together to help their customers by identifying creative solutions to help address their clients’ needs. Due to their extensive background in sourcing, they are often able to identify unique products or even create custom, one-of-a-kind products for their customers that are not typically found within our industry.

Their customers have many great things to say about the "Brenda and Linda Team" from "most helpful" to "fun to work with", these two really know how to make their customers happy. Brenda and Linda are truly vested in each and every one of their customers and take time to get to know them and really understand their business in order to offer solutions that can best help them reach their goals. They specialize in uniform programs, length of service programs, as well as sourcing products for their clients’ on-line company stores.

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Todd Rasmussen

Experience: Todd has developed and managed branded merchandise and company store programs for larger companies and non-profits for over 10 years. He works with marketing departments to successfully integrate promotional items into their brand strategy.

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David Schwarzrock

Experience: Prior to joining National Premium, David spent 16 years in the food industry holding many Sales, Marketing and National Account positions. He is now a seasoned sales professional who enjoys working with clients around the world. He has great knowledge of both the domestic and international market and enjoys finding solutions for all his clients’ challenges. He specializes in corporate identity programs, custom products, overseas sourcing and custom calendar programs.

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