Monte Carlo Fan Company Appoints New Sales Management Team

Riverside, New Jersey (April 14, 2008) - Monte Carlo Fan Company, the ceiling fan division of Sea Gull Lighting Products, LLC, a Generation Brands Company, announced today the appointment of several new sales leaders in support of the company's recent integration plan, while reassigning selected existing members of the company to new roles. The plan aimed at improving the brand's sales, marketing, and service, greatly boosts the company's resources with a totally integrated team of seasoned professionals and focuses on growth initiatives in all channels.

Most notably for the company is that sales management for the Monte Carlo brand will now be led by Spencer Bolgard, Vice President of Sales, for the Sea Gull Lighting and Monte Carlo brands.  Bolgard, a six-year company veteran, will apply his twenty-plus years of sales management experience, leadership, and expertise to the Monte Carlo sales organization, while streamlining operations in this area for the company.  Prior to joining the company in 2002, he served as Vice President, Electrical Supply Division at Affiliated Distributors, following various sales and marketing positions with GE, Leviton Manufacturing, and Motorola. 

Joining the new team of sales leaders for the Monte Carlo brand are several seasoned sales professionals:

Scott Torontali joins the Monte Carlo Fan Company as Vice President/National Sales Manager.  Most recently, Torontali served as Vice President of Sales for Hunter Fan Corporation - Casablanca Division, after serving nine years in various sales roles at Black & Decker Corporation.  Torontali currently resides in St. Simons Island, GA and holds a Bachelors Degree in Business from the University of Akron.

To further support the company's growth the Monte Carlo Fan Company  has appointed Scott Forst to the role of Eastern Regional Sales Manager.  Forst joins Monte Carlo after serving several years in sales and sales management for Hunter Fan Corporation - Casablanca Division.  A thirty-year Floridian, Forst currently resides in Tampa, FL and holds a Marketing Degree from Florida State University.

Stephanie David also joins the Sea Gull Lighting & Monte Carlo Fan Company team as Director of Business Development, Corporate Accounts for both brands.  After graduating from Franklin and Marshall College with a BA in English and Business Administration, David began her eleven-year career in the building materials industry with Armstrong World Industries in their commercial ceilings sales organization.  During this time, she earned her MBA from Auburn University.  Before joining the Sea Gull Lighting / Monte Carlo team, David led several key sales initiatives for the lighting showroom channel with other market leading manufacturers, including the Kohler Company and Lutron Electronics. She also worked for Ferguson Enterprises, the largest plumbing supplier in the US, as their Builder Sales Manager for the Philadelphia market.  David will utilize these experiences and skills as a solid foundation for her new position for the company.