Paula Snyder Named Executive Vice President/COO Of Lance Benefield & Co. Worldwide

Furniture World Magazine

Paula J. Snyder has been named Executive Vice President and Chief Operating Officer of Lance Benefield & Co., Inc. WORLDWIDE, the Fort Myers, FL, based marketing communications firm. Lance G. Hanish, Chairman/CEO and founder of the corporation made the announcement. The firm, easily the largest advertising company in Southwest Florida with capitalized billing in excess of $30 million, represents clients in over 90 markets throughout the United States and eight foreign countries. "As our company has grown dramatically during the past few years, Ms Snyder has proven to be one of the most valuable people in management.", stated Hanish. "She has guided the company on a day to day basis for the past two years in her role as Senior Vice President, and has been involved in every capacity of advertising, public relations and production. We have exploded from a small firm with a few employees to a major force in retail advertising and 49 employees in several states. Paula is the reason this firm has been able to grow with vision and economic balance. We look forward to having her lead the company for many years into the future." A native of Dearborn, MI, Ms Snyder began her advertising career with the Herrington Group, a large Ohio based advertising agency, following graduation from The Ohio State University, Columbus, where she earned a degree in Business. Her next job was with Teledyne where she honed her accounting skills. In addition to her duties as Executive Vice President/COO, Ms Snyder is also Senior Supervising Producer for the entire firm's worldwide filming and post production schedule. The firm produces over 1500 television and radio commercials a year. The company has won over 200 major advertising awards including two local ADDY Awards this year in the Southwest Florida Advertising Association ceremonies for their client, Robb & Stucky. They also won their 32nd and 33rd national TELLY Award, announced this month, for advertising excellence on behalf of their clients, Stanley Furniture, Stanleytown, VA, and for Hooker Furniture Co., Martinsville, VA. With offices in High Point, NC, Phoenix, AZ, Scottsdale, AZ and Santa Monica, CA, she will continue to run each of the offices out of Fort Myers. A resident of Bonita Springs, Paula and her husband, Ken, are the parents of three daughters. For more information on Lance Benefield see their web area at www.furninfo.com.