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Meet our Executive Staff

  • Larry Duncan
  • Mark Peters
  • Mark Brage
  • Kerri Ladd
  • Valerie Mardersoian
  • Keith Martino
Larry Duncan

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

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 Mardersoian

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

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

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

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.