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December 4, 2025
GHTA announces 2025-26 Board of Directors

Gift & Home Trade Association (GHTA) members elected its 2025-26 Board of Directors both via an electronic vote and an in-person vote held during the business meeting at GHTA’s Annual Conference held at the Grand Hyatt Deer Valley in Park City, Utah, Oct. 15-17.

The 2025-26 Board members are:

Chair: RaeLee Walton, Roadrunners
President: Chuck Fraelich, tag
Vice President: Alison Blackmore, Just Got 2 Have It
Secretary: Janice Dayon Christensen, nora fleming
Treasurer: Trudi Bartow, Unemployed Philosophers Guild

Melissa Bloom, Twist Sales
Cole Daugherty, Dallas Market Center
Adriana de Mello, de Mello Co
Lindsay DeMyer, Darrah & Co
Benno Duenkelsbehler, (re)Align Expansion Sherpas
Michael Griffith, Enesco
Michele Leuthold, Sincere Surroundings
Terence Morris, AndMore
Andy Bjork, Parliamentarian

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