AmericasMart Promotes Sullivan Harper to SVP

November 7, 2011  by in UnCategorized   

By Home Furnishings Business in Executive Changes on November 8, 2011

AmericasMart Atlanta has promoted Mary Sullivan Harper to senior vice president of leasing for AmericasMart Atlanta€™s Building Two permanent gift showrooms.

"Mary brings to our business a poise and perspective well suited to the diverse demands of the gift arena," said Jeffrey L. Portman Sr., president and CEO of AmericasMart Atlanta and its AMC Inc. parent entity. "She has earned and sustains the respect of her customers and colleagues through trusted counsel and decisive leadership across years of hard work. Her spirit and commitment shine through in every endeavor."

Sullivan Harper began her AmericasMart tenure with responsibility for the sales, leasing and management of AmericasMart Building Two, primarily in the gift category, which anchors closely aligned collections also housed in Building Two, including home accents, stationery and tabletop.

In March 2009, she assumed additional responsibility for the leasing of the tabletop category on floors eight and nine and oversaw Tabletop€™s restaging and repositioning as the Living and Entertaining center.

She most recently directed the relocation of showrooms affected by the reconfiguration of the 9th-floor corridor, which opened in July 2011, and currently is managing the 8th-floor corridor reconfiguration scheduled to open in January 2012.

Harper also played a significant role in the planning for and leasing of AmericasMart's newest entity, Building Two West Wing, which opened in January 2009.