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The Desert Glow: Opening Reception at The Westin La Paloma Resort & Spa in Tucson, Arizona was the perfect opportunity to reconnect with industry peers plus meet new members.

The American Lighting Association (ALA) held a welcome party on Sunday evening before conference officially started. According to ALA’s Vice President of Membership Carrie Kolles, there were 35 new members who attended conference for the first time.

Tammy Pegg of Spectra Marketing Group, Ryan Ranzino of Crystorama (center) and Brad Krieger of Speckk Brands.
Melissa Leib of Luma Reps is flanked by Marcus Guild (left) and Jeremy Salomon of Hinkley.
Ferguson Home brought several members of its showroom teams from across the country: (from left to right) Kelsie Sanders of Ferguson in Idaho, Jenny McDougall of Ferguson in Kansas City and Ixia Morales and Tory Romero from Ferguson in Florida.
Michelle Edmonds of Ray Lighting Centers chats with Justin Kennedy of Hinkley (center) and Chad Kulesza of Quorum.
It was the second ALA Conference for Rebecca Keefauver of Aggieland Lighting (left) and Lizzette Winters of AFX. Previously, Keefauver won free conference registration at Lightovation.
Robert Marash and Mary Vidal of Innovations Lighting enjoyed the evening.
Michael Lewellen and Kaitlin Dennis of Ferguson Home enjoyed chatting with colleagues.
Carl Bloomfield and Tim Corcoran of Intertek. The testing lab is a long-time sponsor of the conference.
Joe Delgado and Michelle Janor of Inspired Interiors in El Paso have been neighbors for 15 years before becoming business partners.
John Rot of Hortons in Chicago and Laura Van Zeyl of Dallas Market Center toasted to the success of this year’s Goombay Bash, supporting the H Foundation.
Luma Reps’ Mindi Seidel, Tom Ramsdell and Melissa Leib.
Field Bradford of Quorum is flanked by Michelle Edmonds of Ray Lighting Centers and Jeff Norris of Southern Glow Sales.

Linda Longo

Linda Longo is an award-winning journalist who has covered the residential lighting industry for more than 30 years.

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