The Toy Association: Paul Vitale announces retirement

Paul Vitale, Executive Vice President of Finance & Operations at The Toy Association, will retire on December 31, 2023, after serving on the association's human resources and leadership team for 16 years.

In this role, Vitale served as chief financial officer and, in many ways, chief operating officer, with direct responsibility for managing or overseeing the organization's finance, human resources, information technology, facilities, research and credit program areas. He also served as an advisor to the association's president and individual department heads.

During his tenure, Vitale achieved significant milestones

“Paul Vitale has blessed us with one of the finest financial minds and range of operational acumen found anywhere in the trade association and nonprofit community,” said Steve Pasierb, president & CEO of The Toy Association. “He is respected, kind, decent, trusted, and thoughtful. In addition to being simply a wonderful person with whom to work, Paul and his team built best of class reporting, controls, and stewardship that strengthened and helped advance the Association together with human resources services and employee benefits, which strengthened and helped retain our professional team.”

Robert (Bobby) Heins, vice president of finance & accounting, has been promoted to the role of senior vice president of finance & administration at The Toy Association, effective January 1, 2024. An official announcement will be made in the coming weeks.

Source: www.toyassociation.org