EVAN SHATZ - Key Persons
Adam Pelkofsky, associate, attended SUNY Cobbleskill for Culinary Arts before spending 6 years in the Food and Hospitality industry, selling and running weddings. He decided to try a new angle on hospitality when he joined ESSA in 2015, taking over the Western PA, NY, and Western CT territories. When Adam's not drumming up business, you can find him on the golf course, meditating.
Elissa Shatz, associate, is a graduate of FIT, where she majored in Marketing & Communications. After graduation, she gained invaluable sales experience while working at Karl Chevrolet in New Canaan, CT. Being Evan's daughter, Elissa grew up with the understanding that she would one day have the opportunity of joining "the business", which she did in 2006. Starting out as a sales assistant, Elissa learned the ins and outs of running a repping business first hand, by assisting in the home office. With this knowledge, Elissa soon "hit the road", calling on accounts in the New England states. She now divides her time between developing business in the New England area and loving life in NH, where she's always trying to find time for trampoline cardio.
Jes Rodriguez, associate, studied interior design at Berkeley College. After graduating in 1993, she began her career at Prime Hospitality in NJ and later joined Elias Design in NYC. After 11 years in the hospitality design field, Jes decided to switch gears and in 2007, moved to Hawaii for 3 months to train and become a certified Bikram Yoga instructor. Towards the end of 2007, Jes joined Evan Shatz Sales Associates where her interior design background helps clients with their design methodology. She calls on accounts in NJ and eastern PA.