MANA’s Board of Directors Welcomes Sid Ragona

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MANA’s Board of Directors is pleased to announce that the rep members have elected Sid Ragona to serve on MANA’s Board of Directors ballot for a two-year term starting May 1, 2022.

Sid Ragona

Sid Ragona founded Ragona Scientific, LLC, in 2006, and the company has been a MANA member since 2009. Ragona Scientific specializes in nanotechnology from foreign start-up companies that want to sell into the U.S. and Canada (www.ragonascientific.com).

Since July 2020, he has cohosted a radio show and podcast about entrepreneurship entitled Rethinking Business: Success Sauce and Two Pickles (www.successsaucetwopickles.com). He has also been a Certified Score Mentor since 2011.

In his Board application, Ragona wrote: “I would be honored to serve as a Board Member for MANA. I have been an enthusiastic supporter of MANA ever since I joined around 13 years ago. I thoroughly enjoy the monthly magazine (Agency Sales) and have contributed to it quite a few times.

“In 2015 I served on the professional development council for MANA and learned a lot from the process. I have benefited professionally and financially from being a MANA member and have found the organization and its personnel to be very helpful and responsive. I cannot imagine running a rep company without the vast arsenal of MANA resources at my fingertips.

“In addition to running a successful rep company that specializes in overseas manufacturers, I am also a certified SCORE mentor and board member (member at large) of our local chapter. I teach a large variety of workshops ranging from Sales, Marketing, Negotiation, and business planning using a Business Model Canvas. Additionally, I cohost a radio show and podcast about entrepreneurship.

“I feel that all these skills culminate to work in synergy to provide sound decision making based on a wide variety of experience.”

Agnew, Palladino and Russell‑Murray Reelected

MANA’s Board of Directors is also pleased to announce that Board Members Keynae Agnew, Marnee Palladino, and Kenneth Russell-Murray have been elected to their second two-year terms.

Keynae Agnew, CPMR is CEO/president of Agnew Pacific Enterprises, LLC, representing medical and scientific instrumentation manufacturers since 2010. Prior to starting her agency, she gained experience working as a manufacturers’ representative for Nord Scientific. Her work history includes over 14 years of molecular biology laboratory experience in industry and academic research. Agnew graduated from Texas A&M University with a degree in Biochemistry. She serves on the leadership team of MANA’s special interest group “A League of Their Own” (ALOTO), the Board of Directors for MANA, and the Board of Directors for the Health Industry Representatives Association (HIRA).

Marnee Palladino is CEO and president of MARN, Inc., a manufacturers’ representative firm in Middlebury, Connecticut. In 2020 she was elected to the MANA Board of Directors. Prior to launching MARN in 2014, Palladino worked in sales and marketing for Palladin Precision Products (now one of MARN’s principal manufacturing lines). After graduating from Cornell University with a Bachelor of Science in facilities planning and management, she worked in Manhattan for a financial corporation and later launched ML Project Management Consulting.

Kenneth Russell-Murray is president and owner of ElectraSpec, Inc., a manufacturers’ agency located in Quebec, Canada. His agency has been operating since 1995. Russell-Murray became a member of MANA’s Board of Directors in 2020 and is also on the Board of Directors for EFC (Electro-Federation Canada) representing the province of Quebec. During his spare time Russell-Murray enjoys downhill skiing, golf and tennis.