IRTA Elects New Board
President At Jamaican Convention
Barter industry veteran
and alternative-currency expert Annette Riggs was elected as the
Board of Director�s new president at IRTA�s 33rd International
Convention in Ocho Rios, Jamaica earlier this month.
She has over 30 years
experience in the barter industry and a variety of non-cash
execution business models, including small business trade exchanges,
large corporate barter transactions, and complementary currency
applications. Annette was the co-founder and president of
Barter.com,
which was the first application of barter services for the online
marketplace. Prior to that endeavor, she created Denver-based Anso
Marketing Group with the aim of developing in-house barter divisions
for mid- and large-size companies and barter finance operations.
Annette also
successfully operated retail trade exchanges as well as serving as a
niche-market barter media consultant. She has a passion for
supporting new innovation and cooperation across these disciplines
and is currently the founder and managing director of Community
Connect Trade Association (CCTA) in Denver. Its purpose is to
combine commercial business-to-business trade with a consumer trade
based loyalty system.
�The trade and barter
industry currently faces great challenges and great opportunities,�
declared IRTA president Annette Riggs. �I am inspired by the
foundation that has been built over many years by committed members
of the International Reciprocal Trade Association (IRTA). I am
confident that with the collaboration of our global board of
directors and our membership, we can meet these challenges and help
shape the future in a positive way that benefits trade and
complementary currency system constituents worldwide.�
IRTA�s Executive
Director Ron Whitney, added, �Annette is one of the brightest lights
in the barter industry, she will lead IRTA and our industry to
heretofore unimaginable heights.�
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