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Pamela Crane

Executive Vice President
Ken Crane's Home Entertainment

“The electronics industry is definitely in my blood” quips Pam Crane.

Being part of a family business, Pam was literally raised in the electronics industry. From her father the legendary, Ken Crane, a pioneer in the TV business, (and both a Dealerscope Hall of Fame, and CEA Hall of Fame recipient,) she learned the business from the ground up.

As a teenager, Pam worked in the family business during summer vacations holding various jobs. Pam remembers attending the precursor to CES, “The Music Show” held in Chicago with her family… “ I’ve been going to CES, before it was CES”.

After graduating from Pepperdine University with a degree in Communications, she worked for Jack Lawlor Advertising. Lawlor Advertising, a local ad agency, who specialized in retail and consumer electronics and represented accounts such as RCA Distributor, Hitachi Sales Corporation, United Stores, Ken Crane’s and Paul’s TV. Pam handled the national advertising for Hitachi Sales Corporation from 1980- 1988.

In 1988, Pam returned to Ken Crane’s, to spearhead the in house advertising/marketing department for her family business.

Pam and her brother Casey are now the second generation to lead Ken Crane’s after the passing of their father in 2005.

Pam is a big believer in giving back to the community, and is involved in many Community Service organizations, including serving as a Board of Trustee member of Torrance Memorial Medical Center. Pam’s main passion is her animals and working with animal rescue groups to find homes for orphaned animals.