What is APRO?

What is APRO? - APRO's Board of Directors

 

APRO is governed by a 18-member elected board of directors. Sixteen directors serve staggered two-year terms with eight directors elected each year. The 17th and 18th board members are from the vendor community and are elected by the APRO Vendor Advisory Committee.

 

All directors are elected at the annual convention. For more information about the APRO board of directors, contact Bill Keese by e-mail or by calling 800/204-2776, ext. 101.

 

2011-2012 APRO Executive Committee:

 

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APRO President
Robert O. Briley
(Term: 2010-12)
Briley Investments, dba Aaron’s
Abilene, Texas
325/698-1501

Email: robert.briley@aaronrents.com 
First Vice President
Cynthia Baber Strunk
(Term: 2011-13)
Baber’s Inc.
Pascagoula, Mississippi
228/312-0350

Second Vice President
David P. David
(Term: 2010-12)
Full-O-Pep Appliances
Bloomington, Indiana
812/333-7496  

Email: david@americanrentals.com

Secretary
Richard Rose
(Term: 2010-12)
RTO Inc.
Norfolk, Virginia
757/455-2800, ext. 527

Email: richard@rtobestway.com

Treasurer
Mike Tissot
(Term: 2010-12)
Countryside Rentals Inc.
Bainbridge, Ohio
740/634-2666
 

Email: mtissot@r2o.com

 

 

 
 
 
 
    

 

  

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

2011-2012 APRO Board of Directors:

Dennis Adams
(Term: 2011-13)
Full-O-Pep Appliances
Bloomington, Indiana
812/961-4224
 
Email: dennis@americanrentals.com
Sidney Burton
(Term: 2010-12)
Hometown Ventures
Sault Sainte Marie, Michigan
906/440-2333


Email: burton.hbs@gmail.com
Dan Cole
(Term: 2011-13)
National Rent To own
Bridgeton, Missouri
314/291-3139
  

Email: dcole@nationalrto.com

Dwight Dumler
(Term: 2010-12)
Rent-A-Center
Plano, Texas
972/801-1352

Email: Dwight.Dumler@Rentacenter.com

Dave Edwards
(Term: 2011-13)
SEI/Aaron’s
East Hartford, Connecticut
860/290-6670

Email: dave.edwards@aarons.com

Gary Ferriman
(Term: 2011-13)
Showplace Inc.
Marion, Ohio
740/383-6020

Email: gferriman@showplaceinc.biz

Bill French
(Term: 2011-13)
O'Rourke Sales Company
Lewisville, Texas
972/978-9283
 
Email: bfrench@orourkesales.com

Sandi Frye
(Term: 2011-13)  
White Rose Ent., dba Premier Rental-Purchase
Altoona, Pennsylvania
814/949-2300

Email: sandifrye@premierrents.com 

Michael E. Gerwe Jr.
(Term: 2011-13)
RES Accessories 
Tampa, Florida 
800/444-7304
  
 

Email: mgjr@resacc.com

Bill Kelly
(Term: 2010-12)
EBRO International, dba ColorTyme
Defuniak Springs, Florida
850/543-7522

Email: williamakelly@aol.com
Jim Ratner
(Term: 2011-13)
JR Squared Ent., dba Premier Rental-PurchaseSan Westbrook, Maine
207/854-6200    

Email: jimratner@premierrents.com
Gopal Reddy
(Term: 2011-13)
Action Dev. Corp., dba Aaron's Sales & Lease Ownership
Springfield, Illinois
217/241-5800  

Email: gopal.reddy@aarons.com
Jamie Slatton
(Term: 2010-12)
Buddy’s Home Furnishings
Tampa, Florida
813/623-5461

Email: jslatton@buddyrents.com 

 

 

 
 

 

 

      
 

 

 
 

   
 

 
 
   
 

  
 
 
 
 
  
 

 

  

 

   



  
 
 
  

    
 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Join APRO Today!

For more information:
800/204-2776, ext. 109
Fax 512/794-0097
E-mail Shelley Martinek, APRO's member services director




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RTOHQ: The Magazine’s upgraded digital format

APRO's new, mobile-ready magazine is now available in addition to our print edition. The digital format provides the same informative content as our printed magazine, but also offers tools to make the reading experience more enriching. Access the table of contents page with one click or tap. Get additional information from advertisers by clicking on the links in their ads. The interface is easy to navigate and requires no special app—read our magazine on your computer, digital table or smartphone. Click here to access the digital version of RTOHQ: The Magazine November-December 2011.

 

Marketing Matters

This year marks the launch of a marketing campaign initiated by APRO to build the rent-to-own customer base. It will be a multi-year endeavor employing multiple strategies. In this and upcoming issues of our magazine, we will address the many facets of marketing that affect our industry.

 

Striving for an A with the BBB

by William E. Freeland

Consumers often refer to the Better Business Bureau's ratings to help them make rental and purchasing decisions. National Rent-to-Own's human resource manager outlines the steps every RTO company should pursue to help earn an A+ from the BBB.

 

Creating an Extraordinary Customer Experience

by Bill Keese

Apple does it. Southwest Airlines does it. Can the rent-to-own industry also garner a national reputation for exceptional service and, in the process, attract new customers?

 

BB and BBQ on Beale Street

Memphis' reputation for tremendous food, groundbreaking music and Southern charm is well deserved. It's not too early to start planning your trip there next July for APRO's 2012 Rent-to-Own Convention and Trade Show.

 

Card Talk

by Ed Winn III

Credit and debit card payments are on the rise in rent-to-own. So are the risks in keeping such transactions secure.

 

Rent-to-Own Families, Part VI

by Kristen Card

No, you're not seeing double, or are you? Our latest profiles of kindred colleagues include two sets of twins-the Botkins and the Kimbles. And in Kansas, a son and daughter help their dad keep business running Strong.

 

 

Future issues of APRO's magazine will be available in this same new format. Click here to access past issues that are not yet archived in the new interface.

 

Association of Progressive Rental Organizations
1504 Robin Hood Trail
Austin, Texas 78703
800/204-2776, ext. 103
Fax 512/794-0097