CleggPromo Inc., the supplier based in Gardena, Calif., recently announced the addition of Chris Hodge as the company's president. Hodge has 20-plus years of promotional product supplier experience with a focus on sales and marketing.
He graduated from Baylor University and landed in the promotional product arena in the early days of Norwood, moving up to the position of senior vice president of sales for the Barlow Group. He served as president of Benchmark Industries as a part of the Magnet Group and helped expand the company into new product categories such as crystal and art glass. Hodge also moved out of the country for a few years and relocated to Honduras, where he helped coach and develop start-up businesses. He is a former SAAC board member and is excited to return to the promotional products industry.