Comprehensive Health Education Foundation Adds Marketing and Sales Director to Staff
Comprehensive Health Education Foundation (C. H.E. F. ®), developer of the most widely used prevention curricula in the United States, announced that it has hired Pam Garfield as its Marketing and Sales Director. In this position, Garfield will oversee planning and implementation of all marketing and sales activities for the organization, reporting directly to Debra Keene Bergeron, Vice President of C. H.E. F.
Seattle, WA (PRWEB) October 27, 2005
Comprehensive Health Education Foundation (C. H.E. F. ®), developer of the most widely used prevention curricula in the United States, announced that it has hired Pam Garfield as its Marketing and Sales Director. In this position, Garfield will oversee planning and implementation of all marketing and sales activities for the organization, reporting directly to Debra Keene Bergeron, Vice President of C. H.E. F. Garfield will work closely with most of the organization’s employees, and will supervise a small staff.
With much of her professional career spent in the publishing field, Garfield joins C. H.E. F. from San Francisco-based Krames, a division of StayWell Company, and a leading developer of health and prevention education materials. While at Krames, Garfield held the position of Executive Editor, which was preceded by a brief stint as Custom Project Manager. Prior to these posts, she was employed at Weldon Owen in San Francisco as a Freelance Writer and Editor, and at Palo Alto-based Fast Mark as Managing Editor and Senior Writer. Earlier in her career, Garfield practiced law as an Associate Attorney at Boylan & Bowen, P. C. in Springfield, Vermont.
According to Debra Keene Bergeron, “Pam’s arrival at C. H.E. F. coincides with our growing need for greater discipline in sales and marketing, and we look forward to her future contributions. She brings a unique set of credentials that combine highly impressive career accomplishments, a depth of sales and marketing acumen, plus a thorough understanding of the health and prevention education field. In her new role, Pam will serve our organization well as we look for ways to better serve our current markets, identify opportunities to reach new ones, and continue to support our mission.”
Garfield, who recently relocated to Seattle from San Francisco with her family, received her Bachelor of Arts degree in English and Art History from Skidmore College in Saratoga Springs, New York, and her law degree from the University of Denver College of Law.
About Comprehensive Health Education Foundation
Founded in 1974, Seattle-based Comprehensive Health Education Foundation (C. H.E. F.®) is dedicated to promoting health and quality of life through education, addressing such important topics as childhood obesity and other unhealthy behaviors. As a nationally known nonprofit organization, C. H.E. F. develops a variety of health promotion and prevention education programs and products targeted to the early childhood, school-aged youth, and healthy aging markets. For information about C. H.E. F.’s new FUEL™ series designed to fight childhood obesity, please visit http://fuel. chef. org (http://fuel. chef. org). For C. H.E. F.’s other products and programs, please visit www. chef. org or call 1.800.323.2433.
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