J.W. Pepper congratulates Ashli Rulien, regional sales manager of Northern California, who was honored with the CMEA Music Industry Leadership Award at the CMEA Banquet on February 17th, 2017 in San Jose, California. The CMEA Music Industry Leadership Award honors an individual or organization for outstanding leadership in music education.
“We are excited that CMEA is recognizing Ashli for her work with music teachers in the state of California,” says Linda Schmidt, vice president, regional sales. “Committed to excellent customer service, Ashli is a natural at connecting with customers and we are proud to have her on our management team.”
Ashli’s educational background includes a Bachelor’s Degree in Business Management from San Francisco State University. She has worked at Pepper for eight years, continually serving the music education community. Ashli leads a commendable team in Pepper’s Northern California store and orchestrates the organization of all California All-State Conference reading sessions. In addition to organizing California All-State Conference reading sessions, Ashli also helps coordinate reading sessions and festivals in conjunction with CMEA Bay Section, Colorado MEA, Utah MEA and Nevada MEA.
Photo: L-R: Claire Edelmann, Dave Buckeyne, Ashli Rulien and Katie Nishimori
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