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Poore Named Division President at Thomas & Howard

By Restaurant Business Staff on Apr. 20, 2004
COLUMBIA, SC. - Gene Poore has been promoted to division president of the Newberry Division of Thomas & Howard Co., succeeding Harrell Guy, according to the distributorship.

Poore, a graduate of Georgia Southern University and a resident of Fort Mill, served as vice president of operations at the division prior to his promotion.

Before joining the ID Top 50 distributorship and UniPro member, Poore was employed by U.S. Foodservice in several capacities.

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