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Published on: 8/17/2005
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Irving, TX Aug. 17, 2005 - The National Burglar and Fire Alarm Association (NBFAA) today announced the appointment of Georgia Calaway as director of Communications, Public Relations and Marketing and Jorge Rivas as director of Chapter Relations, Membership and Events.
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In addition, we have added focus on our chapter relations with the addition of Jorge in his newly-created position," said NBFAA Executive Director Merlin Guilbeau.
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Rivas, who began in early July, is taking on a new role at NBFAA and will be devoting a considerable amount of his time to working with the chapters, as well as overseeing membership, events and member benefit/affinity functions.The new focus on chapter relations will enable the association to develop more involved, mutually beneficial and proactive relationships with chapters.Rivas will also provide staff support to the Membership Committee and the Alarm Industry Research and Educational Foundation (AIREF)/NBFAA Golf Tournament Committee.
Coming to NBFAA with more than five years of association experience with the National Society of Hispanic MBAs, Rivas brings management experience in operations, conference and meeting planning, finance and general administration.He has a bachelor's degree in business administration management from the Interamerican University of Puerto Rico.