School Specialty, Inc. Appoints Kevin Baehler as Interim Chief Financial Officer, Effective January 1, 2014
December 20, 2013 at 12:54 pm EST
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On December 19, 2013, the board of directors of School Specialty, Inc. appointed Kevin Baehler, the company's Senior Vice President, Corporate Controller, to serve as interim Chief Financial Officer of the company, effective as of January 1, 2014. David N. Vander Ploeg was retiring as Chief Financial Officer, effective as of December 31, 2013. Prior to joining the company Baehler spent six years with GE Healthcare, a division of General Electric Company.
SSI Liquidating, Inc., formerly School Specialty, Inc. (SSI), is a distributor of supplies, furniture, technology products, supplemental learning products (instructional solutions) and curriculum solutions, primarily to the education marketplace. It designs, develops and provides educators with its own products and services. Its segments include Distribution and curriculum. Distribution segment offers products that include basic classroom supplies and office products, supplemental learning materials, physical education equipment and classroom technology. Curriculum segment is a PreK-12 curriculum-based publisher of products in the categories of science and reading and literacy. Through its SSI Guardian subsidiary, the Company provides curriculum, training and safety and security products for school, healthcare and corporate workplace. Its SOAR life products are a customized offering for hospitals, long-term care, therapeutic facilities, home care, surgery centers and clinics.