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MIRA STAFF

Auday P. Arabo, Esq.
MIRA President & CEO

Ed Weglarz
Director, Petroleum

Jim Green
Vice President, Program Development

Ken Schulte
Director, Business Development & Vendor Liaison

Ila Konja
Bookkeeper

Mary Ann Yono
Business Development

Mahasen Salman
Business Development

Andrea Valente
Illinois Business Development

Rita Denha
Publication Sales

Kristine Zrinyi
Event Coordinator

Mary Jaddou
Event Assistant

Raneen Samona
Front Desk Administrator

MIRA CONSULTANTS

Matt Miner
Michigan Lobbyist
Capitol Strategies Group

Terry Fleming
Ohio Lobbyist
TC Fleming & Associates

Morrill & Fiedler, LLC
Illinois Lobbyist

Tamar Lutz
Graphic Designer
Tamar Designs, LLC

Vanessa Denha
Magazine Writer
Denha Media Group

UHY-MI
Certified Public Accountant

I like what MIRA is doing,” “They are very strong in helping the community and working on retailers’ issues.

Jim Nader
Plumb's Inc.
Our partnership with MIRA has been vey intimate and very beneficial for both of us. It’s a true partnership.”

“We piggyback on new members, MIRA sells our product, and we sell theirs. There’s a lot of team selling there, if you will. I didn’t expect that, to be honest. It’s quite unusual to have an association work that hard for a supplier.

Cindi Quinn-Ventura
DTE Energy Supply
First, the MIRA program provides a great link to bringing together Nestle Direct Store Delivery with potential new retailers and customers who would like to sell Nestle frozen food that otherwise we may never have come in contact with. Second, the MIRA program allows Nestle to develop specific promotions for MIRA retailers to help drive business. Best of all, This is accomplished while developing great relationships with both the staff and members of MIRA.

Scott Ellis
Nestle DSD
We were able to pick up some stores at the MIRA show in April, and it’s just a good thing to be out there with people who are related to our business and for the people to get more familiar with our brand. MIRA has been a great help to market our brand.

Nick Sulaka
Nick's Chips
There are a lot of cynics out there that say MIRA doesn’t do much for the average member, and I’m here to tell them that they do. I am on the inside, I know what they do. People don’t realize what goes on behind the scenes, so I tell a lot of people about the work MIRA is doing and what a fantastic job Auday Arabo is doing as President & CEO.

Clifton Denha
Wine Palace, Livonia MI
Especially in this difficult economy and with so many regulations, we need to have people who can speak for our industry and fight for our causes.”

“I want MIRA’s base to be wider because new members mean a larger organization and a stronger voice – which enables organizations like MIRA to affect what happens in local, state, and federal government – and a strong voice depends on building a good, solid base.

Fred Dally
Medicine Chest, Detroit MI