The Vernon Company, Newton, Iowa, has announced the addition of Lisa Hubbard as the company’s new vice president of sales and marketing, effective Nov. 16, 2020.
Hubbard brings with her more than 20 years of sales and marketing leadership experience. She most recently served as vice president of sales, and previously vice president of digital sales and marketing, at Premier Safety and YRC Freight. In those roles, Hubbard was instrumental in developing multiple sales teams—field and inside—and top customer success utilizing technology; differentiated pricing; targeted promotions; and digital tools, including SEO and e-commerce solutions.
She also brings extensive logistics and supply chain experience, and won the AA ISP Innovator of the Year award in 2019, and the 2017 Road to Excellence award while at YRC Freight.
Hubbard graduated from AIB College of Business with a bachelor’s degree in business administration.
“When I first met Lisa, I discovered very quickly that we found someone very special,” Chris Vernon, president and CEO of The Vernon Company, said. “She’s smart, exudes warm confidence and brings with her several decades of exceptional sales leadership success from both the safety and freight logistics markets. Lisa also has extensive technology and e-commerce experience that will be a great addition to our company. I’m confident she will bring many great ideas to help Vernon grow our sales teams and customer base.”
After 31 years with the Vernon Company, most recently in his key role of vice president of sales and marketing, Dave Regan will retire officially in the summer of 2021. He will continue to be of service to the organization throughout 2021 under the new title of senior vice president of sales and marketing.
For more information on The Vernon Company, visit www.vernoncompany.com.
