December 17, 2020
National Chain Group’s Joseph Esposito (pictured) has been elected chair of the board of directors of the Manufacturing Jewelers & Suppliers of America (MJSA).
He succeeds Steven A. Cipolla, president of National Chain Group, who will now become chair of the MJSA Education Foundation. Cipolla had served as board chair since 2016.
Esposito, the executive vice president of National Chain Group, first came into the industry as an apprentice in 1979. In 1988, he formed Prime Time Manufacturing, where he served as president for nearly 20 years. Berkshire Hathaway–owned Richline Group purchased Prime Time in 2007.
Esposito ran Richline’s global manufacturing for 12 years before joining National Chain.