DistributED: Meet the “30 Under 35” With Blaire Barlow

For the next few months, the “DistributED with tED magazine” podcast will interview people who earned the 2022 tED magazine “30 Under 35” award.

All of the winners were featured in the July 1 issue of tED magazine. While the issue provided some information on their work in electrical distribution, the interviews for the podcast allow you to get to know the winners a little better. We’ll learn how they were introduced to the supply chain and how they see it functioning in the future.

All of this year’s honorees will receive their awards at the NAED LEAD Conference, September 12-14 at the Hyatt Regency in Milwaukee, Wisconsin. There is still plenty of time for you to register any of your current or future leaders for the event. This year, the focus will be on becoming a leader who can “multiply” their associates’ talents to maximize their potential. Plus, what key leadership skills will allow them to retain the top talent that reports to them? For more information on the NAED LEAD Conference, you can go to naed.org/LEAD.

In this podcast, we talked with Blaire Barlow, Director of Marketing for Wholesale Electric Supply. In addition to her work, Blaire has completed NAED’s Leadership Development Program, is a member of the LEAD Conference committee, and will become the committee chair for the 2023 event. Blaire also works in her community on a wide variety of projects and stresses the culture at Wholesale as a reason to work there.