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As Founder and CEO of the Nation Marketplace, Lori brings a wealth of leadership, knowledge, and proven passion for excellence to the company. During the last 25 years, Lori has established many long-term personal relationships and is professionally admired for her achievements in the areas of technology, finance, sales, and customer service operations.

From 1997 to 2000, Lori worked with Paramount Brokers in Annapolis, Maryland. As co-owner, Lori was instrumental in partnering over forty drop ship suppliers with Walmart.com to increase the company's online revenue. In late 2000, she joined Kmart.com, as Executive Director of Customer Service and Operations. Within two years, she directed and managed over 8,000 customer care associates in multiple call centers all around the world. In 2002, Lori was promoted to Vice President of Customer Care and Operations for the Kmart Corporation (NYSE:KM).

Gagnon was then recruited by W.C. Redmon Company as Vice President (a vendor partner and-supplier to Walmart, Kmart, J.C. Penney, QVC, HSN, Costco, Boscovs and several other major retailers in the United States) to direct their corporate sales and marketing efforts. She stayed in the role for over nine years.

Lori's deepest devotion is to her family. She is also a board member of the Lithuanian Trade Council, a member of the Daughters of the American Revolution, and Commercial Real Estate Women Washington, D.C. (CREW), and a Career Counselor for the homeless at the HALO Organization. She enjoys developing and mentoring young professionals and gets much joy in watching our youth succeed.

Bernard Gagnon brings an abundance of professional experience to the Nation Marketplace. During the early days of internet retailing, Bernard developed an exclusive relationship with Walmart Stores, Inc. ("Walmart") to successfully place more than 20,000 products onto Walmart.com. In 1997, he represented more than 40 major catalog companies to Walmart accelerating their vendor direct program and online product offerings.

In 1999, Bernard joined BlueLight.com as one of its first employees when Kmart Corporation, Martha Stewart Omni Living and Softbank Capital invested an initial round of $55 million. In this role, he served as Executive Director, Vendor Direct Program, again placing thousands of products on BlueLight.com ahead of its initial launch in San Francisco, California.

From 2002 to 2010, Gagnon transitioned into supply chain management. Employed by Kuehne-Nagel, a $65 Billion Swiss logistics provider and later Expeditors International, an $8 Billion freight forwarding company where he led Expeditors aerospace sector as Corporate Manager, Global Aviation and Aerospace.

As CoFounder of the Nation Marketplace, Bernard will be helping the CEO to grow the company into a global trading community. He is also the founder and CEO of the Lithuanian Trade Council, Inc. and welcomes you to connect with him on LinkedIn