Nicholas & Company Consolidates Leadership

SALT LAKE CITY (September 13, 2012)Nicholas & Company has promoted three Vice Presidents to Executive Vice Presidents. Dave Robbins, Ed Carr and George Adondakis have been promoted to Executive Vice Presidents reporting to Peter Mouskondis, CEO and President. Mr. Robbins, Executive Vice President of Supply Chain, will oversee Transportation, Operations and Procurement.

George Adondakis, Executive Vice President of HR and Legal, will continue leading Human Resources and will now have oversight with Finance. Ed Carr, Executive Vice President of Sales and Marketing, will oversee all sales and marketing activities in addition to leading research and development of potential expansion markets. Barry Houghtalen will continue as Vice President of Purchasing and Tony Sansone will continue as Vice President of Finance.

Peter Mouskondis, CEO and President said, "My goal is to increase interdepartmental cooperation and flow. I feel we need to rally around our Mission Vision Passion culture and do the best possible job of striving for the same company goals. I expect that this move will result in better customer service, better cross-departmental communication and better internal efficiencies".

From their founding in 1939 to their current third-generation leadership, Nicholas & Company has been honored with numerous awards including the Utah Department of Workforce Services Work/Life Award for ten consecutive years, Best Company to Work for in 2005 and 2011 from Utah Business Magazine and Best of State Statue and awards in 2003, 2006, 2009 - 2012.

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