Big changes at Preferred Marketing Group. Limelight Hospitality opens a new showroom, while The Hansen Group and Lund-Iorio add to their teams. Plus, Multiteria and Rosseto update their rep networks.

The Hansen Group added Brooklyn Heer to its marketing team. She recently worked for Perfect Game USA, an organization that promotes the game of baseball by hosting events and providing information to players, families, Major League Baseball organizations, college coaches and fans.

Limelight Foodservice & Hospitality opened a tabletop showroom at 1431 W. Hubbard St. in Chicago. The showroom is available by appointment and features Villeroy & Boch, MEPRA, Mikasa Hospitality, Duralex, REVOL, Mealplak, Chilewich & Peugeot.

Lund-Iorio hired Tatum Brown to serve as an outside sales representative and business development manager. In her new role Brown will assist in coverage of Los Angeles County, Orange County and surrounding areas. She Her background includes working in a variety of foodservice segments ranging from hospitality to design.

Brad Hitchcock became PMG’s owner and principal.Wisconsin-based manufacturer Multiteria added two rep groups. Market First now represents Multiteria in Maryland, Virginia and Washington, D.C., also known as MAFSI Region 5. Pecinka Ferri now represents Multiteria in the New York metropolitan area, also known as MAFSI Region 3. Multiteria expanded its partnership with current Indiana based representative firm, HRI, within MAFSI Region 7. HRI’s coverage of Multiteria now extends across the states of Kentucky, Ohio, and West Virginia.

Change is in the air at the Preferred Marketing Group, a rep group that covers California and Nevada. After leading PMG for more than 20 years, Jeff Couch retired from his position as CEO. Couch is a certified photographer and has a new business, Jeff Couch Food Images where he specializes in food photography for chefs, magazines, cookbooks and more. Brad Hitchcock became PMG’s owner and principal. “I am confident that with my vision and leadership coupled with our team’s enthusiasm and passion, we will drive our company to a new dimension of success!” says Hitchcock, who previously served as PMG’s president. In addition, PMG promoted Kevin Griner to regional vice president of the firm’s Southern California territory. And PMG hired the following three sales reps: Dave Smason (Los Angeles territory), James Pate (Las Vegas) and Sean Lozito (Sacramento).

New England-based firm The Watch Hill Group added Rosseto to its line card. Based in Chicago, Rosseto designs and manufactures serving products.