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PERSONNEL                                     Contributed by:  Diane Bradley                                                                                                                       PERSONNEL
                                                          AND Erin Cook                                                                 Accounting Doodles             Contributed by:  Sarah Alkassar
                   Alvar Goes Far                     Diane Bradley:                                                               Ed Webber’s team has a new member   park, read and COOK. She loves to exper-  Welcome Too to These
                                                      The Graduate                                                                 with the addition of Sarah Alkassar, the   iment with new dishes and try new and   New P&H People!
                                                                                                                                   new Accounting Assistant. Sarah says   different recipes.                    Contributed by:  Hailey Lewis
                                             Dianne Bradley earned her first of                                                    that she plans to make accounting her                                    Information for these new folks was
                                             perhaps many achievements in higher                                                   long term career, as she really enjoys it.   Sarah also likes art generally and is not   not available at the time of press,
                                             education in December, graduating from                                                Yes, Really.                        shy, so just start talking and she’ll talk   but we want to say “Welcome to
                                             Averitt University in Danville, Virginia.                                                                                 right back. You may want to talk to her   P&H”!
                                                                                                                                   Sarah came to P&H from a non-profit,   about Kuwait, and how good the food is
                                             As anyone who has ever gone to school                                                 humanitarian organization that worked   there.                           P&H Arlington, TX
                                             and worked full time knows (Diane is the                                              on behalf of refugees both overseas                                      Jose Soria, Jr. - Warehouse
                                             P&H East Coast Operations Manager),                                                   and in the Dallas/Fort Worth area.  Even   Val Makes Her Escape          Cecilia Duron - Warehouse
                                             earning your degree while working is not                                              non-profits have to keep track of their
                                             for people who need to watch a lot of TV!                                             funding :-)                                                              P&H Danville, VA
                                                                                                                                                                       So, just in case you’ve been living under a
                                             Dianne says that an MBA may be in her                                                 Sarah is a SPORTS FAN, which means that   rock, you may have missed the news that   Lisa Harper, Quality Control
                                             future. For now though, we want to say                                                she will be right at home here at P&H.   our own Val Bailey is finally making good
                                             “Wow Dianne, you deserve a big basket                                                 Her loyalties are with the home teams   on her threat to depart from the ranks of   Val’s office just doesn’t look at all
                                             of kudos!”                                                                            here in the DFW area: she supports the   P&H devotees.                   the same without her in it, does it.
                                                                                                                                   Cowboys, the Rangers and the Dallas                                      Something tells me that she might
            Contributed by:  Alvar Diaz                                                        Way to go Rosa!                                                         Val is retiring from her position her at
                                                  Contributed by:  Hailey Lewis                                                    Mavericks!                                                               be taking that name plate as a me-
                                                                                                                                                                       P&H, and her last day is scheduled to be   mento of her time at P&H, making
            So by now, all of you have either met                                              Every quarter P&H solicits                                              the Friday before Easter, which is com-  this desk look just that much more
            or spoken to our new Vice President                                                nominations from the                                                    monly known as “Good Friday”. However,     “Val-less”.
            of Sales and Marketing, Alvar Diaz,                                                entire company to nom-                                                  since it will become the anniversary of
            since he’s been on at least a couple                                               inate someone who they                                                  Val’s retirement forevermore, perhaps   I’m sure that you will take the op-
            continents since he started a little                                               thing has distinguished                                                 we should consider redubbing it “Sad   portunity to wish Val good luck in
            less than 2 months ago.                                                            themselves in their job.                                                Friday”.
                                                                                                                                                                                                            her new life, without throwing her
                                                                                                                                                                                                            a Bon Voyage party, which she has
            Here is Alvar this week, at the Pro-                                               Nominators are asked                                                    Val is moving to San Antonio, where her   been pretty clear about not being
            Mat Trade Show in Chicago. Alvar                                                   to share why they are                                                   daughter and her granddaughter will   in favor of.
            has now been to most of the major                                                  nominating the person-                                                  ensure that she doesn’t miss this place
            trade shows that we attend, which                                                  -as in specifically what                                                a bit, and where she can River Walk just   Good Luck, Val. You will be missed!
            is a remarkable achievement for his                                                that person is doing                                                    any old time she chooses.
            short tenure here at P&H!                                                          that makes them worthy                                                                                          Contributed by:  Val Bailey
                                                                                               of the honor of being
            Alvar has already hit the ground run-                                              named Employee of the
            ning with his sales and marketing                                                  Quarter.
            agenda--hosting regular sales team
            strategy sessions.                                                                 A winner is selected
                                                                                               based on the number of              Sarah has a somewhat unusual hobby,
            Our  sales team has taken up the                                                   nominations received. At            especially in this day and age, when
            challenge of finding and pursuing                                                  least, we think that’s how          pen usage has fallen all of of vogue--
            those opportunities in the market-                                                 it is done.                         she likes to DOODLE! For those who are
            place we are positioned to tackle                                                                                      not famililar with this talent, it involves,
            best in the coming years.                                                          In addition to the honor            according to Wikipedia “drawing while a
                                                                                               of being selected by                person’s attention is otherwise occupied.
            We know we couldn’t be in better                                                   your  co-workers,  the              Doodles are simple drawings that can
            hands.                                                                             Employee of the Quarter             have concrete representational meaning
                                                                                               receives a gift card and            or may just be composed of random and
            If you haven’t met Alvar, good luck                                                the privilege of a special          abstract lines”.
            finding him in, but when you do,                                                   parking spot.
            be sure and introduce yourself and                                                                                     Sarah says that she has “folders full of
            share with Alvar your ideas of what                                                But the real prize is know-         random doodles” that she will be happy
            makes P&H better than Apple!         Employee of the Quarter                       ing that the people you             to show you if you’d like to take a look.
                                                 Rosa  Gonzalez                                work with think so highly           When she’s not doodling, she also likes to
            Or at, least, how you think we can                                                 of you!
            catch up with them!                                                                                                    play video games, take her dogs to the
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