East Coast Warehouse and the Global Cold Chain Alliance also announce appointments.
Bestpass, a company that provides single-source payment and streamlined toll management services to commercial fleets, recently hired William Decaire (pictured above right) as general counsel.
Prior to joining the Albany, N.Y.-based company, Decaire practiced law for more than 17 years as an attorney with Carter Conboy, for which he served as outside general counsel for several Capital Region companies, including Bestpass.
East Coast Warehouse & Distribution, a temperature-controlled logistics provider to the food and beverage industry, has named Joe Rosiek and Michael Colucci directors of business development and Michael Rosenweig senior director of warehouse operations.
Rosiek will be based in Philadelphia; Colucci and Rosenweig will be based at the company headquarters in Elizabeth, N.J.
Rosiek previously worked for Hess Trucking, Reckitt Benckiser and Unisys Corp. Most recently, he served as vice president of sales and marketing for Stack Transportation.
Colucci joined East Coast Warehouse in October as manager of customer experience. Prior to joining the company, he worked for Heineken USA as a logistics manager.
Rosensweig joins East Coast Warehouse from Gill Apparel Group, for which he served as 3PL manager. Prior to that, he was the general manager of Port Logistics Group.
The Global Cold Chain Alliance (GCCA) has promoted Megan Costello to chief operating officer and Catharine Perry to vice president of member programs and services.
While both have been operating in their new roles since January, GCCA President and CEO Corey Rosenbusch made an official announcement during the recent IARW-WFLO Convention in Santa Ana Pueblo, N.M.
Costello started with GCCA in 2013 as vice president of member programs and services. She has more than 25 years of association experience, including as managing director of the Association of Corporate Travel Executives.
Perry has worked for GCCA since 2012. She has worked for associations for the last 11 years, including the Animal Agriculture Alliance and the National FFA Organization.
The International Air Cargo Association (TIACA) announced that Emir Pineda (pictured above left), trade and logistics manager for the marketing division of the Miami-Dade Aviation Department, has been elected to its board.
Pineda interned at Miami International Airport in 1988 before embarking on a career that has included senior business development roles for cargo trade at both Dallas/Fort Worth International Airport and Air France/KLM Martinair Cargo.
He also served as the commercial route development manager for Cargolux, responsible for sales and operations throughout Latin America.