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APSP Announces New Officers
Kathleen Carlson, senior vice president of Aqua Quip in Seattle, will be the chairman. She is currently chairman-elect and served on the retail council for 11 years as well as taking an active role in the APSP Career Institute.
Joe Amato, president and CEO of Amato Industries in Silver Spring, Md., has been named chairman-elect. Amato currently acts as secretary/treasurer and has a long history of service in the Mid-Atlantic chapter, particularly in government relations.
The new secretary/treasurer will be Steven J. Gorlin, president of Lakehurst, N.J.-based Gorlin Pools & Spas. Gorlin's experience includes active participation in NESPA, an affiliate of APSP that serves the Northeast.
The association's current chairman, Charlie Schobel, will remain on the executive committee as past-chairman. Schobel is also vice president and general manager of BioLab, Lawrenceville, Ga.
Officers serve a one-year term and will be confirmed the annual members' meeting at this week's IPSPE Show in Las Vegas.
Nexxus Spins Off Commercial Business
Nexxus Lighting has sold its commercial pool lighting business to Next Step Products, LLC, for a reported $2.3 million. Next Step now controls the manufacture, marketing and sale of fiber optic and LED products used in the pool and spa markets, but not the business of the company's subsidiary, Lumificient Corp., which makes channel lighting products for signage.
Nexxus president and CEO Mike Bauer said his company's "legacy business" had been struggling due to the backyard industry's slump, in addition to increased competition and operating losses.
