Ronald A. Millett, president and general manager of Deseret Book Co., has been elected president of the Utah Retail Merchants Association, an organization uniting the retail industry and providing representation on regulatory and legislative issues.
Millett has been with Deseret Book for 22 years, the past 11 years as president and a member of the board of directors.Other officers are Keith C. Saunders, executive vice president, chief financial officer and secretary of ZCMI, past-president; William H. Child, chief executive officer of R.C. Willey, first vice president; Richard Powers, manager of J.C. Penney Co., second vice president.
Others are Ronald W. Inkley, president of Inkley's, treasurer; Robert E. Hale, regional manager of M.H. King Co., secretary; James V. Olsen, executive vice president; and Daniel R. Parris, executive secretary.
Elected to the board of directors were Richard Clark, vice president of regional operations for Fred Meyer Co.; Mark Cosby, manager of Dillard's; Robert N. Fabry, regional human resource manager for ShopKo; David R. Fielding, district manager of Sears Roebuck & Co.; Weston E. Hamilton, Zions First National Bank.
Others are Wael Kanann, manager of F.W. Woolworth Co.; Karl Kruse, district manager of Wal-Mart Stores Inc.; James B. Johnston, government relations representative for Kmart; Scott Madson, district manager of Mervyn's; and Dennis Morse, retired executive from Sears.