Wholesale distribution industry finds strong lead advocates in Dirk Van Dongen and Jade West; members bring grassroots power to bear Association Executives Council Chairman-elect Talbot Gee. The $6 million-revenue National Association of Wholesaler-Distributors has long had a reputation for punching above its weight in the advocacy arena. One key to that success: The 70-year old NAW Association Executives Council, which wrapped up its summer meeting July 13 in St. Petersburg, Fla.. The AEC was created in 1946 when a group of associations founded NAW, a hybrid group that has both corporate and association members. "Distribution is the largest part of the economy that no one… Read More