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Larry Duncan
President & Chief Executive Officer, Duncan Enterprises
Larry Duncan has worked in the family business all of his life, becoming President & CEO in 1983.
He is completely dedicated to the consumer and to ensuring they have a joyful creative experience with
all of our products and programs. He has led the charge to diversify the company and expand via acquisitions,
while also growing organically via proprietary creative product development. With his experience in all
facets of the company operations, he sets the course for strategic direction and drives constant changes,
improvement and innovation company-wide. Duncan is an active community supporter, currently serving on the
Board of Directors for the Boys & Girls Club of Fresno County.
Mark Peters
President & Chief Operating Officer, iLoveToCreate
Mark Peters has 28 years of marketing, sales, and general
management experience. He has been with iLoveToCreate since 1993, leading both marketing and sales groups before becoming COO
in 2006 and President in 2011. Prior to iLoveToCreate, Peters spent six years in consumer packaged goods marketing with The Clorox
Company and nine years in marketing & sales positions for Specialty Brands, the marketers of brands like Fleischmann’s Yeast
and Spice Islands Spices. Peters received his BS degree in Food Science from University of California at Davis in 1977 and his
MBA from the University of California Berkeley in 1981. In between his undergraduate and graduate degrees, Peters worked for
Contadina Foods (now a Nestle subsidiary) as quality control manager.
Valerie Marderosian
Senior Vice President & Chief Creative Officer
Valerie Marderosian has over 30 years of marketing, sales, and management experience. She began her creative career as
an instructor at an independent craft retailer, joining the iLoveToCreate team in 1978. Throughout her 20 year career here,
she has held many titles including Marketing Communications Manager, Group Product Development Manager and Vice President
of Marketing & New Product Development. She left the company to pursue opportunities in the toy industry as Director of
Marketing at Valley Decorating Company and in the broadcast industry as Director of Global Business Planning & Sales
Operations at Thomson Grass Valley. She returned to iLoveToCreate in 2003 and is responsible for the strategic direction of
all sales, marketing, new product development, creative, consumer insights, education, inspiration and marketing
communication programs and teams.
Mark Brage
Chief Financial Officer
Mark Brage has more than 30 years of experience in the
accounting field and has been with iLoveToCreate since 2003 with full responsibility for all Accounting, Finance and
Information Technology functions. Brage earned a BS degree in Accounting from CSU Fresno in 1978. Prior to iLoveToCreate, Brage
spent 15 years with SPX Valves & Controls and CMB Industries (acquired by SPX in 2001), 11 years with Hans Sumpf Company as the
General Manager/Controller and Foster Commodities for four years as the Account Manager.
Kerri Ladd
Vice President of Human Resources
Kerri Ladd has more than 30 years of Human Resources and management experience. She has been with iLoveToCreate since
1980 and became a member of the Executive Team in 1992. Ladd has responsibility for the development of ongoing policies and
programs to maintain a quality work life that supports a high performance culture. Additionally, she provides leadership to
the Product Implementation Team Manager, Sales & Service Manager and related teams. Ladd has maintained professional
membership since 1984 in the Society of Human Resources Management with senior level certification SPHR. As a member of the
Human Resources Team, Ladd works cross-functionally to support all areas of the company.
Keith Martino
Vice President of Operations
Keith Martino has more than 25 years of operations, marketing and sales experience working for U.S., European and
Japanese companies, with extensive international operations and general management experience. He has been with
iLoveToCreate for two years with responsibility for manufacturing, quality control and product compliance, sourcing and
procurement, vendor partnerships, planning and forecasting and warehouse, inventory and distribution. Martino earned a BS
degree in Business Statistics from Penn State University.
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