Mary Sullivan Harper’s Role Expands to AmericasMart Building Three Showroom
Mary Sullivan Harper, who since 2011 has served as senior vice president of Leasing for AmericasMart Atlanta’s Building Two gift showrooms, will now head all Building Three apparel showroom leasing in a significant expansion of responsibilities, according to Jeffrey L. Portman, vice chairman and president of AmericasMart parent AMC, Inc.
Harper began her AmericasMart tenure in 1997 as vice president of gift leasing. That role expanded in 2006 to the leasing and management of the Living & Entertaining: Gifts, Tabletop & Accessories category, with another promotion following in 2011, when she was named senior vice president of Leasing for Building Two and the then-new West Wing expansion.
“Among her many talents, Mary excels in building lasting partnerships, delivering sound advice and helping lay paths to success for our large and growing Building Two showroom community. She is well-equipped to lead our apparel permanent exhibitor population with new vision, new energy and fresh collaborative approaches,” Portman adds.
Harper has long been recognized as a leader in the U.S. gift industry, having been named a “Next Generation Gift Leader” byGift & Decorative Accessories Magazine in 2010. She is a graduate of Auburn University.
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AmericasMart Atlanta is the nation’s only global wholesale marketplace housing the world’s single-largest collection of home, gift, area rug and apparel merchandise. The largest of AmericasMart’s 14 annual Markets and shows, The Atlanta International Gift & Home Furnishings Market and The Atlanta International Area Rug Market in January and July are the ignition switch for global retailing with buyers from every U.S. state and more than 90 countries discovering product in more than 1,400 showrooms and more than 2,500 temporary exhibiting companies. ICON HONORS, the home and gift industry’s most celebrated recognition program, is produced and staged annually by AmericasMart.
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