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Valarie Clark entered the promotional products industry after an enjoyable 10 year retail management relationship with The Limited Corporation. She started as a store manager in Joliet, IL and worked her way to larger and larger stores located in cities between Chicago and Lancaster, PA. In 1986 she transferred with the company to Sarasota, FL.
Interested in remaining in sales, yet desiring a change, she went to work as a sales representative for a large regional promotional products distributorship.
It is her experience as both an "inside" manager and an "outside" sales rep that
made the transition to mastering the day-to-day operations of Bitner-Poff and Co. such a natural and successful career move.
Valarie is affectionately known as "The Big Head Behind The Desk." When she is not working, she's feeding her "yearnin' for learnin'" at Manatee Community
College or spending time with her 3 dogs and 3 cats. She's also been known to make bird feeders out of hub caps and insists that "good art can come from spray cans."