GNP Specialties, Inc. is a leading supplier of branded products specializing in the service of event planning and higher education organizations.

Founded in 1985 by Arnold Namm and John Giordano, GNP rapidly grew to one of the nation's premiere vendor-partners of top association, corporate and independent event planners looking for exciting new products offered with an extremely high level of service.

As the company continued its growth, Vicky Giordano, Accounting Manager and Jill Hallen, 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 our products are manufactured by reputable factories. GNP holds several licenses with LRG, CLC & SMA.

Keith McCord, GNP's Art Director joined GNP in 2005.

In 2007 GNP made another leap forward in establishing itself as a leader in the event planning market 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 new programs including thrusting GNP to the forefront of the Eco-Friendly GreenGear movement.

Later in 2007, GNP was joined by Elsa Schock, Production Control Manager and Justin Grosskurth, E-Commerce Operations Manager.

In January 2009, Lori Vyhonsky joined GNP as an experienced account executive.  Lori's experience in providing quality promotional products to associations, organizations and colleges dates back to 1999.

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 Meeting Planners International (MPI), American Society of Association Executives (ASAE), Greater Washington Society of Association Executives (GWSAE), Hospitality, Sales & Marketing Association International (HSMAI), Religious Conference Managers Association (RCMA), American Association of Medical Society Executives (AAMSE), 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.

For additional information about our company please email info@BrandedGear.com

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