Gnp Specialties Inc

GNP Branded Gear. is a leading supplier of custom branded products specializing in the service of trade & professional associations, colleges & universities, and small to large businesses.

Founded in 1985 by John Giordano and Arnold Namm, GNP has grown to be one of the nation's premiere vendor-partners of top event planners looking for creative custom branded solutions offered economically and with an extremely high level of service.

As the company began its growth, Vicky Giordano, Accounting Manager, Theresa Watkins, Production Control Supervisor and Jill Hallen, Senior Sales Manager, joined the GNP Team.

In 1999, GNP entered the collegiate market and in 2001 with the acquisition of Great American Promotions, GNP brought on board the team of Greg Parisi and Ed Long to further establish its presence in that market. To date GNP has had the opportunity to work with the most prestigious colleges and universities in the country. As a proud member of the Fair Labor Association (FLA), colleges & universities as well as other organizations can be assured that GNP’s products are manufactured by reputable factories. GNP holds several collegiate licenses through LRG, CLC & SMA.

Keith McCord, GNP's Art Director and Lori Palazzo, Finance Associate joined GNP in 2005.

In 2007, GNP made another leap forward in establishing itself as a leader in the association, government, corporate and independent event planning markets by hiring Todd Frankford. As GNP's National Sales Manager, Todd continued to build on the company's philosophy of providing quality promotional products with exceptional service. Prior to joining GNP, Todd was Vice President of Sales for Marco Meetings, Inc. Todd has been instrumental in creating a number of exciting programs including thrusting GNP to the forefront of the Eco-Friendly GreenGear movement and working with GNP clients on revenue-generating sponsorship programs.

Later in 2007, GNP was joined by Elsa Schock, Production Control Manager.

In 2008, Joseph Giordano started his GNP internship career as E-Commerce Specialist.

In January 2009, Lori Vyhonsky joined GNP as Senior Account Executive. Lori's experience in providing quality promotional product solutions to associations, colleges & universities and other organizations dates back to 1999.

2009 was also the year Christie Rotanz joined the GNP Team as Senior Administrative Coordinator.

Fast-forward to 2012 and GNP was joined by William Schock, Account Executive and Kata Welsh, E-Commerce & Communications Coordinator.

In 2013, after a 3-year internship, Jaime Porciello, joined the GNP team full-time as Marketing & Creative Services Coordinator.

2013 was also the year Nicole Socci, joined GNP as Marketing & Administrative Assistant.

As the GNP Team continues to grow, so does our company’s commitment to provide creative and economical solutions to today’s branded gear challenges. Such a high caliber Executive Team is a guarantee that working with GNP will be an easy, cost effective & hassle free experience.

GNP is a proud member of the Better Business Bureau (holding the highest ranking of A+), Meeting Planners International (MPI), American Society of Association Executives (ASAE), Greater Washington Society of Association Executives (GWSAE), ASAE Green Convene Alliance, American Association of Medical Society Executives (AAMSE), Association Forum of Chicagoland, National Orientation Directors Association (NODA) as well as many others.

GNP's Factory-Direct Programs, Exclusive Products and Eco-Friendly Gear provide exceptional values not available from other promotional products distributors.

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