Ace in U.S. announces new appointments

OAK BROOK, Ill. — Ace Hardware has announced the promotion of Kerilyn M. Johnson to vice-president, general counsel, and secretary, effective from the first of this month. Johnson, a DePaul University law graduate, joined Ace Hardware in 2013 as senior corporate counsel and was promoted to assistant general counsel in 2015. Before joining Ace Hardware, she had already amassed almost 20 years of experience on the legal teams of Midas International, 3Com, and Motorola. The company also announced that Mark Spanswick would be appointed as president and general manager of Ace Wholesale Holdings. Spanswick has spent the last 27 years in a variety of leadership roles at W.W. Grainger.